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A Blaze is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: “Max, you silly devil, you’ll break your neck if you go careering down the slide that way. Drop it, and come to the Club House with me and get some coffee.” - “I’ve had enough for to-day. I’m damp all through. There, give us a cigarette, Victor, old man. When are you going home?”

In At Lehmann’s by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of innocence, vulnerability, appearance, confusion and desire. Taken from her In a German Pension collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Mansfield may be exploring the theme of innocence. Sabina believes Hans’ story about why his hands are so dirty even though the story is exceptionally far-fetched and borders on the impossible.

The Modern Soul is more about characters than action. The story begins with the stereotype of the pompous German music professor explaining to the young English narrator why he incessantly eats cherries: “There is nothing like cherries for producing free saliva after trombone playing, especially after Grieg’s ‘Ich Liebe Dich’” He’s cherry eating is connected with a consuming desire for women. The two older Germans, the Professor and the German actress’ mother, talk incessantly of food and soul. They agree that the English are “fish blooded,” cold and without soul.

When Amber Benson moves into her inherited Manhattan basement apartment, she just wants to figure out her life. But when soul-sucking monsters attack her in the subway and she's rescued by a devastatingly gorgeous man who turns out to be a vampire king, everything changes. Waking up in his penthouse fortress should have been her salvation. It's actually her nightmare.

In Sebastanes Grafschaft herrscht unvorstellbarer Wohlstand. Nun sieht sich der greise Sebastane als einziger Verteidiger der Macht des ewigen Waldes gegenüber. Doch dieser Feind droht nicht nur mit unvorstellbarer Gewalt, sondern lockt auch mit ewiger Jugend und einem Leben, wie es sich der Alte immer gewünscht hat.

Hijo de un ladrón y de una bruja, Pablos, el Buscón, entra al servicio de un joven rico, vive en Alcalá, en la corte y acaba viajando a América. Aunque su argumento no deja de ser muy similar al de otras obras del género, La vida del Buscón no es una novela picaresca al uso.

El mal, el misterio, el amor, el mar, el viaje, las aventuras...todos los grandes temas de Robert Louis Stevenson se reúnen en esta preciosa edición de sus Cuentos completos de la colección Grandes Clásicos de Literatura Random House.

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp...

The Minder Project could change the world, but at what cost? As the first Minder, Naidine would like nothing more than to quietly help people, but the government has different plans.

The terror continues in Spine Chillers Volumes 16-20, where each tale leads you further into the dark. Here, haunted houses echo with restless footsteps, unseen eyes track your every move, and ancient curses stir awake after centuries of silence. This book holds nightmares that twist the ordinary into the unthinkable. A quiet street becomes a hunting ground. An empty room conceals something breathing just out of sight. And once the horrors reveal themselves, escape is no longer possible.

Hours of second chance romance, best friends-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine, and dating the coach’s daughter…all in the second, oh-so-bingable, Bad Motherpuckers box set.

Suivez Gabrielle Delmas qui décide de quitter Lyon pour s'installer avec son fils Tristan dans sa Provence natale. Elle rêve de renouer non seulement avec ses racines, mais aussi de faire revivre le domaine viticole de son père, Lou Triadou. Mais entre la terre qui est imprégnée d'une ancienne malédiction et les Montauban qui règnent en maîtres depuis des générations sur la région, le nouveau départ de Gabrielle ne s'annonce pas aussi facile qu'elle aurait pu l'espérer.

In a career spanning from the Golden Age of science fiction and fantasy to the modern age, Andre Norton's brilliant mind and inimitable talents forged an unforgettable legacy in literature. From all-encompassing world-building sagas to charming short stories, her works remain fascinating and compelling for lovers of the strange, the surprising, and the wondrous possibilities of human imagination.

London's Maxwell Towers have long been under the control of Max—an all-seeing AI intent on punishing wrongdoers and wicked tenants by sending them to the Thirteenth Floor, where unspeakable horrors come to life. Now, Max's coding has been embedded in computer systems all over the world, and there is no escape from his nightmarish reign.

Brian Sloane is a pure psychopathic monster … to everyone but Mina. She was looking for a good man to scratch a particular itch but instead ended up bought by the violent enforcer of a submissive training house. Against all odds, the villain became her hero. She was the light to his dark until the lights went out, and the darkness inside her came out to play.

Publicado pela primeira vez em 2005, numa edição artesanal, numerada e restrita a amigos, Nego tudo era, sem ninguém saber, a gênese do que viria a ser a obra de Andréa del Fuego duas décadas depois. Desejo, traição, malícia e acidez permeiam estas páginas explosivas, com textos de linhas ágeis que provocam, incomodam e fazem rir—tal qual em A pediatra, cuja protagonista é o suprassumo desse aspecto mordaz da produção da escritora.

Der Rächer seiner Ehre ist eine Erzählung von Anton Tschechow, in der ein Mann, der seine Frau beim Ehebruch erwischt hat, nach einem Revolver sucht. Er durchdenkt verschiedene Szenarien der Rache und Gewalt, entscheidet sich aber letztlich dagegen, da er die Tat durch einen aufsehenerregenden Ehescheidungsprozess und Verachtung ahnden will, anstatt Gewalt anzuwenden oder sich verhaften zu lassen.

Germans at Meat is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: Bread soup was placed upon the table. – “Ah,” said the Herr Rat, leaning upon the table as he peered into the tureen, “that is what I need. My ‘magen’ has not been in order for several days. Bread soup, and just the right consistency. I am a good cook myself”—he turned to me. – “How interesting,” I said, attempting to infuse just the right amount of enthusiasm into my voice...

Als der kleine Beamte Iwan Petrowitsch Panichidin in der Weihnachtsnacht anno 1883 sein gemietetes Zimmer im Moskauer Viertel Arbat betritt, findet er darin einen hochwertigen Frauensarg vor. Panichidin, der den Weihnachtsabend auf einer spiritistischen Sitzung verbracht hat, möchte nachschauen, ob der Sarg „bewohnt“ ist, flüchtet aber zurück in den Moskauer Starkregen...

Vor dem Gericht des Landkreises S. soll der Erzähler wegen Bigamie angeklagt werden. Die Reise dorthin wird von einem Schneesturm behindert. Des Nachts muss die Fahrt auf der nächstgelegenen Poststation unterbrochen werden. In dem Zimmer, das dem Erzähler vom Posthalter zugewiesen wird, schläft bereits jemand hinter einem Wandschirm...