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Der amerikanische Prosa-Künstler Washington Irving hat mit seinen Erzählungen einen prägenden Einfluss auf die amerikanische Literatur ausgeübt. Das liegt an seiner sehr angenehmen Sprachgestaltung und dem Realitätsbezug des gewählten Gegenstands. Allerdings ummantelt er seine Geschichten ebenso gerne mit einem Grotesk-Phantastischen Gewand, so dass man zum einen nie weiß was als nächstes kommt und zum anderen immer das Gefühl vermittelt bekommt hautnah dabei zu sein, wobei einem die beschriebenen Szenen sofort vor dem geistigen Auge vorüberzuziehen scheinen.

When World War III erupts on American soil, the chaos ripples across the globe. This anthology explores the untold stories unfolding as civilization's lights go out—from the home front to distant battlefields where the fate of nations hangs in the balance. Across America, ordinary people face extraordinary terror. A government driver on his final day before retirement finds himself protecting the Transportation Secretary in a Christmas Eve ambush. Executive Protection agents in Detroit discover that when the power grid fails, predators emerge from the shadows.

I’ve always wanted to be a doctor. The only problem is that no matter how many hours I work, I’ll never be able to afford it on my own. Then I meet him. Grant Bennett. He’s grumpy, scarred, and way too intense. He’s also the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen. And when he makes me a shocking offer, I don’t know if I should laugh, cry, or say yes.

Boasting a cast of dreamful characters, from Young Escher to George Bailey to a wide array of inanimate objects absconded from the dark tonics of our childhood – be they headless dolls, cuckoo clocks, inverted carpets or ravenous prisms, SKULL KINGDOMS: AN IMAGINARY OMNIBUS dives headlong into the radii of the imagination, measuring our inner landscapes against the sharp, enchanted edges of the playgrounds we create to keep us safe from the outer world.

In a kingdom where magic is punishable by death, Liora survives by shaping glass. By day, she is an apprentice glasswright—quiet, obedient, invisible. By night, she dares the forbidden, whispering lost words into molten fire and crafting glass that does more than shine. It warms. It heals. It remembers.

Random Acts of Romance is an anthology of subtle love stories. Simple, thoughtful, modest, and deeply human, the collection is meant as much for the sensible reader as for the romantic. The stories touch upon the lives of an artist, a wanderlust, a start-up entrepreneur, an old crush, tweens in a food festival, another with a spare movie ticket, a couple entrusted to end an alliance, an erstwhile rejected marriage alliance, someone lost in the corporate rat race, and a dedicated single parent.

Graveyard Sale: A mirror reflects more than the interest of its potential buyer. Convictus: Humanity becomes deathless, sparking the end of the world. Summer Winter Slaughter: The last crew on a mining planet must choose to salvage either the operation or their sanity. Five additional stories explore a mysterious cataclysm, a camping trip devolving into a nightmare, the deadly secret of a mini-mart attendant, a cursed forest, and the perfect romantic date in a park—until the zombies arrive.

In this enchanting homage to JD Salinger's 1948 classic, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, SEE MORE GLASS invites listeners to dive into a world where joy and sorrow coexist in an unexpected dance. Set in a playful resort of reflective surfaces, the story chronicles Sybil, a curious girl who stumbles upon a mysterious ghost—wearing flamboyant clown attire and leaving behind gleaming clues. His laughter-filled interventions not only spark wonder but unfold into a deeper narrative of a bygone soul seeking to heal through playful mischief.

تضم «100٪ قطن» مجموعة من القصص القصيرة التي تقدم مضامين عميقة في إطار فني متميز وبأسلوب راق لا يعتريە الضعف أو الابتذال. ومن أمثلة قصص المجموعة: «الامتحان»، و«المظاهرة» و«ارتباط»، و«فرح» وغيرها من القصص التي تسعى إلى الاقتراب من فنيات القصة القصيرة من ناحية والاقتراب من القارئ من ناحية أخرى.

There's something wrong with the carnival barker. Something creepy. And yet, his words pull young Terrence toward the funhouse. Toward the open door. Toward the dark... "Come one... come all..."

They promised perfection. The Black-Box program built Echo-units — cloned soldiers engineered to never tire, never falter, never fail. Dr. Elara Kane called it evolution. General Heller called it the future of war. But Sergeant Major Cole Maddox saw what they really became. It started with a single patient in a hospital ER. One bite. One moan for brains. Then it spread city to city, faster than bullets, fire, or bombs could stop it. Napalm couldn’t. Nuclear fire couldn’t. Humanity’s weapons only turned the world to ash.

A vivid and haunting collection of interconnected stories, Winesburg, Ohio portrays a cast of isolated individuals in a small midwestern town at the end of the 19th century. Central to the book is George Willard, a young newspaper writer, to whom a variety of Winesburg’s residents, past and present, attempt to confide their secret desires, failures and innermost truths.

When a peasant girl follows glowing mushrooms into the forbidden forest, she discovers the witch waiting in the cave wears her own face—and the mad queen in the castle does too. In a kingdom gripped by famine, young Carys has always been the wild child her mother couldn't tame. But when mysterious mushrooms begin to glow at her touch and lead her deep into the forest, she stumbles into an impossible truth.

Deal Breaker is an M/M holiday romance novella, featuring a one-night stand between two people who thought they’d never see each other again.

A quiet neighborhood where nothing ever happens. A terrifying communal nightmare that strikes fear into the hearts of the residents. A supernatural entity that preys on the dreams and fears of the weak. It's an El Niño summer in the unassuming neighborhood of SOMEWHERE, Tucson, and the burgeoning heat is driving everybody crazy, bringing with it a single mirage of terror. When all the males experience the same disturbing nightmare featuring a supernatural entity that grows from the body of a deceased animal, they start to wonder who this mysterious creature is.

Nicholas Whittaker, a man who hates Christmas with a passion, moves to Manitou Springs, Colorado, to start a handyman business and escape the holiday he detests. But when Natalie Hughes and her five-year-old daughter Lainey move to Manitou Springs after her husband's death, Nicholas finds himself surrounded by the holidays he's tried so hard to stay away from. Can Natalie and Lainey convince Nicholas that Christmas is a wonderful time of the year and miracles do happen? Find out in this heartwarming holiday romance.

In Alpha-Bedtime Stories, Wessam Eldein delivers a hauntingly original collection of twenty-six suspenseful fiction tales—one for every letter of the alphabet—that will keep listeners hooked long after the lights go out. Blending mystery, thriller and suspense, this anthology invites you to step into worlds where everyday moments twist into the unexpected, and where shadows whisper truths you may not be ready to face.

What does it mean to escape when love, obligation, and habit quietly close in? In “The Escape” by Katherine Mansfield, a quiet domestic moment becomes the stage for an unspoken emotional reckoning between a husband and wife. As they prepare for an evening out, small gestures, clipped remarks, and inner reflections reveal the tensions beneath their long-standing marriage. What appears outwardly calm is charged with resentment, fatigue, and the desire—felt by both—for freedom from roles that no longer bring comfort.

I was out of money and options when this mysterious woman offered me five thousand dollars to get a tattoo. That seemed like a no-brainer. When I got tired of the tattoo, I figured I would just magically transfer it onto something else. No big deal. One missing person, one mutated kitten, one local crime lord, and a dozen cockroaches later, it turns out it was kind of a big deal.

When aging artist David Bittacy develops an increasingly intimate bond with the forest surrounding his home, his devotion to the trees becomes something deeper—mystical, unsettling, and profoundly transformative. His wife Sophia, rooted in conventional faith and fearful of the wild unknown, watches with growing dread as the woods seem to claim her husband in ways she cannot understand.