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Aus dem Regen in die Traufe ist eine Kurzgeschichte des russischen Schriftstellers Anton Tschechow: Beim Domchordirigenten Gradussow sitzt der Advokat Kaljakin. Er hält eine an Gradussow adressierte Vorladung zum Friedensrichter in der Hand und spricht: »Sie mögen sagen, was Sie wollen, Dossifej Petrowitsch, aber Sie sind schuld. Ich achte Sie, ich schätze Ihre Zuneigung, muss Ihnen aber zu meinem Leidwesen sagen, dass Sie im Unrecht waren. Jawohl, im Unrecht. Sie haben meinen Klienten Derewjaschkin beleidigt ... Warum haben Sie ihn beleidigt?«

I’m having a mini life crisis. Normally I would confide in my bestie. But I didn’t come all the way to Alaska to ruin her wedding with my pathetic problems. I decide to stay in North Haven a few extra days to get my head on straight. When the new bride offers her key to me and insists I stay at her place while she’s on her honeymoon, I gladly accept it. My plan to hide out and avoid people—especially the arrogant groomsmen James Devano—is quickly upended when I discover I’m not the only one who’s been invited to stay.

The author describes life in South Africa from the viewpoint of different cultures and characters. As a keen observer of human nature, she invites her listeners to become part of real-life issues by visiting the characters behind the scenes, often shocking them with open and honest dialogue about unusual situations. Sharing experiences in a government hospital, one real and another fictional, and a matric dance where a man reluctantly takes his gardener's son to his matric dance in his sports car, Mandy and her Friends reveal the shocking reality of what life is like living with a drug addict.

A hiker stumbles on a gruesome species undiscovered by science… An injury triggers an appalling new ability… A domestic pet holds a household in thrall... A human monster finally meets his match… Crimes against nature birth an abomination… These and fifteen more tales make up WHERE THE SHADOWS ARE SHOWN, a short story collection by Josh Schlossberg (author of CHARWOOD and MALINAE), who guides you on a trek through the shadowy realms of biological and folk horror, supernatural and weird fiction.

The Spiral of Greed From the Native Myths of the American West series—a collection that reimagines traditional Klamath and Modoc stories in a contemporary voice. When a traveler called HeWhoGathers crosses the great grass ocean, his charm and hunger draw in Buffalo, Mother Deer, C’waam, and the Black Wolf of Yamsay Mountain. Each learns the cost of trust and the price of greed. Told in the rhythm of oral storytelling, The Spiral of Greed is both a warning and a lullaby—a story to listen to in quiet moments or before sleep.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Mama and daughter, Emery and Cricket Scott, are getting ready to celebrate. They've just finished painting sixty houses in the same number of days and they know it's time for a break. But before they can get their equipment loaded and drive away from the last job site, they're approached by Miss Wilma Parker--a member of the night watch and the owner of the Parker Cemetery on the outskirts of town. It's Halloween and the grave bells have been ringing for days, a phenomenon that has never occurred before. Terrified, Wilma asks the Scotts to help her.

Gloria lavora in una casa editrice. Quello che fa la appassiona. Quando ormai manca poco alle vacanze natalizie, il suo editore le assegna il compito di lavorare al romanzo di un autore appena acquisito, su cui la casa editrice ha investito molto, Orlando James. Gloria accetta ben volentieri, anche se sa che Orlando ha non poche singolari caratteristiche: è eccentrico, non ama le regole, cela a tutti la sua vera identità. Ma soprattutto – cosa che Gloria non immaginava – comincia a mettere in discussione tutti gli interventi di Gloria sul suo romanzo.

Aus dem Regen in die Traufe ist eine Kurzgeschichte des russischen Schriftstellers Anton Tschechow: Beim Domchordirigenten Gradussow sitzt der Advokat Kaljakin. Er hält eine an Gradussow adressierte Vorladung zum Friedensrichter in der Hand und spricht: »Sie mögen sagen, was Sie wollen, Dossifej Petrowitsch, aber Sie sind schuld. Ich achte Sie, ich schätze Ihre Zuneigung, muss Ihnen aber zu meinem Leidwesen sagen, dass Sie im Unrecht waren. Jawohl, im Unrecht. Sie haben meinen Klienten Derewjaschkin beleidigt ... Warum haben Sie ihn beleidigt?«

Imagine immersing yourself in the most powerful, thought-provoking, and psychologically complex stories ever written-now curated into a single, comprehensive volume that brings Dostoevsky's brilliance to life like never before. The Complete Fyodor Dostoevsky Collection offers his most celebrated novels, novellas, and short stories, designed to captivate your mind and soul with timeless themes of guilt, redemption, madness, morality, and the human condition.

A trio of young people stranded on an uncharted island discover its sickening secrets. A man contracts a degenerative disease through a webcam encounter. An office worker follows the object of his affection into a mysterious club where life, death, and anatomy have no limits. A reforming necrophiliac struggles to maintain the illusion of normalcy in a new relationship. A woman awakens with other captives in the basement of a madman using them to attract impossible prey.

Ja, das Publikum! ist eine humoristische Kurzgeschichte des russischen Schriftstellers Anton Tschechow: »Schluss, ich trinke nicht mehr! ... Keinen Tropfen! Es ist Zeit, vernünftig zu werden. Ich muss arbeiten ... Wenn man sein Gehalt bekommt, so soll man ehrlich, eifrig und gewissenhaft seinen Dienst tun und sich weder Ruhe, noch Schlaf gönnen. Ich muss endlich meinen liederlichen Lebenswandel aufgeben ... Ich habe mir angewöhnt, mein Gehalt umsonst zu beziehen, und das ist nicht schön ... gar nicht schön ...«

The clock struck midnight, but when Prince Charming is a detective, he has no problem hunting down his mafia Cinderella in this spicy holiday retelling by Top 35 Best Selling author Jill Ramsower.

The bookshelves of World literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. Among them is the talented and prolific Australian writer Guy Boothby...

Der Tod des Beamten ist eine humoristische Kurzgeschichte des russischen Schriftstellers Anton Tschechow, die am 25. und 26. Juni 1883 geschrieben wurde und am 2. Juli 1883 in dem wöchentlich erscheinenden Sankt Petersburger Witzblatt Oskolki erschien.
Der Gerichtsvollzieher Iwan Dmitritsch Tscherwjakow, der im Opernhaus eine Vorstellung von Die Glocken von Corneville verfolgt, niest aus Versehen seinen Vordermann an, der sich daraufhin Glatze und Hals abwischt und offenbar murmelnd seinen Unmut äußert...

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025 In Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Written originally in Kannada, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq’s years as a...

Jojo is a tiny shark in a small pond, where everything is familiar and nothing ever changes. He swim-races with his buddies, listens to old fish stories, and lives comfortably within the limits he calls home. But as his fins grow stronger and habit turns into restlessness, a strange stirring rises inside him.

Meet Aswaled "Kyle" Stampson, a 48-year-old smooth-talking single father from the Bluff city—a who half hustler, half philosopher, and all heart. When life throws bills, broken cars, and parenting curve balls his way, Kyle flips every struggle into a punchline.

Welcome. Sit down. Relax. Take your shoes off, get comfy and let me tell you a story. There are eight here to choose from. What's your pleasure. I have quite a collection. Are you into catastrophes? Check out LAST CALL. Or this one: How a few bad choices can cost you everything. My girl Stella in MY RESTITUTION can tell you all about it. You like the weird stuff? RUG BURN is plenty weird. I immortalized my garden hoe in that one. STRANGER IN THE GARDEN tells the story of a lonely, widowed preacher and a downhearted young woman who share solace on a stone bench.

Nothing says romance more than a wedding at Christmas. Marrying the love of your life, surrounded by your nearest and dearest at the most festive time of the year? What could be more perfect? For Brayden Riley and Addison Ridge, it’s their dream wedding. 'Tis the season. Love and peace reign. Right? A waylaid maid of honor, a mischievous family member, and a father having trouble letting go are all typical blips in an otherwise ordinary wedding.

The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is the very talented author of macabre, fantastic and horror fiction, the Polish writer Stefan Grabiński.