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The prestigious annual anthology features prize-winning stories by an international array of talented writers, including Weike Wang, Colm Tóibín, Louise Erdrich, Samanta Schweblin, Jenny Xie, Kevin Wilson, Brandon Taylor, and Catherine Lacey. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge...

Mit Das Eisenbahnunglück richtet Thomas Mann den Blick auf einen scheinbar zufälligen Vorfall und entfaltet daraus eine tiefgründige Reflexion über Schicksal, Vergänglichkeit und die Zerbrechlichkeit menschlicher Existenz. Ausgangspunkt ist die Nachricht von einem schweren Zugunglück, die...

Gestatten: Abigail. Geisterjägerin, Fuchsflüsterin und generelle Unruhestifterin. Es ist Ferienzeit in London und Abigail, Peter Grants lästige Cousine, kann mehr oder weniger tun und lassen, was sie will. Was bei allen, die sie kennen, eigentlich die Alarmglocken schrillen lassen sollte...

Read by Georgina Campbell A brilliant new short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Madeline Miller—her first new work of fiction since the publication of Circe—that vibrantly reimagines the powerful and forgotten myth of Mestra. A cursed father, a gifted daughter Mestra...

Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.

Was für eine sexy neue Kollegin! Bei Callies Anblick bedauert Dr. Cade Coleman seinen Vorsatz, den Frauen und der Liebe abzuschwören! Der Chirurg will sich durch nichts von seiner Arbeit ablenken lassen - wären Callies Kurven nur nicht so überaus verlockend...

Er weiß, dass er sie kennt - doch Sarah bestreitet, jemals mit ihm gesprochen zu haben. Dabei erinnert sich Scheich Rahman al-Taraq genau an ihre erste Begegnung. Und daran, wie faszinierend er die Ärztin damals fand! Der Chirurg muss herausfinden, was Sarah verbirgt...

Schwester Scarlet kann die hilflosen Erziehungsversuche von Dr. Jackson nicht mit ansehen. Also begleitet sie den attraktiven Kinderarzt und seine mutterlose Tochter auf einen Ausflug. Nur um zu helfen, redet sie sich ein. Aber warum endet der Tag dann mit einem heißen Kuss?...

Mit Anekdote beweist Thomas Mann, dass große Literatur nicht immer großer Länge bedarf. Auf wenigen Seiten entfaltet er eine ebenso geistreiche wie pointierte Geschichte, in der hinter einer scheinbar beiläufigen Begebenheit grundlegende Fragen nach menschlichem Verhalten, Eitelkeit und...

Nesta coletânea de quatro contos da Rainha do Crime, o amado detetive Hercule Poirot está de volta para investigar casos nada comuns. Em Assassinato no beco, prepare-se para narrativas envolvendo um homicídio disfarçado de suicídio, o roubo de planos militares ultrassecretos, a morte...

Hon hade allt för länge levt i rollen som hustru och mamma, navet i en vardag som alltid snurrat kring en man som aldrig såg henne. Nu håller hon skilsmässopapperna i handen och försöker förstå vad friheten egentligen betyder. På ett impulsbeslut hon knappt kan förklara för sig...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. ¿Cuál era el secreto del hijo del latin lover? Scarlet Smith había ocultado a Roman O'Hagan la existencia de su hijo, pero ahora él quería saber cómo era posible que una mujer con la que jamás se había acostado afirmara que tenía un...

Grief is an unrelenting monster. Jack and his wife Edna believe they have it all. That is until the big snow of 1947 arrives. It brings with it horror and despair. This is a splatterpunk horror dripping in grief and gore.

Сборник зарисовок о российской жизни в эпоху, когда страна менялась вместе со своими гражданами. Здесь есть всё — от солдатских будней до драк на вещевых рынках и офисных интриг. Герой проходит через криминальные схемы, знакомится с ворами и оперативниками, сидит в тюрьме и размышляет о природе прозы.

When Daniel Morrison's girlfriend disappears during a weekend getaway, he fears he's lost her. Three days later, she comes back. She has the same name. The same memories. The same life. But Daniel knows she isn't his girlfriend. As everyone around him insists she is, Daniel is forced to confront a possibility he can't escape: either something is terribly wrong with the world around him, or something is terribly wrong with him.

What secrets lie hidden on the Red Planet? In Message from Mars, Clifford D. Simak delivers a gripping tale of mystery and discovery. When Earth receives a cryptic signal from Mars, a team of scientists embarks on a daring mission to uncover its source. As they traverse the barren Martian...

For twenty-three years, Yusuf Hasan drove strangers through the city and listened as they revealed the truths they could not tell anyone else. Then the cab was gone, the journeys stopped, and Yusuf discovered that listening had been the easy part. In The Fare, Yusuf presented his final day behind the wheel as a graceful decision to leave at the right time. But there was something he did not tell his listeners. He had been diagnosed with an irregular heart rhythm.

Ruby's Bone Meal is award winning. But what makes it quite so special? Pick up the book to find out!

In the 1950s, a young small-town projectionist mixes it up with a violent gang. When Mr. Bear is not alerting us to the dangers of forest fires, he lives a life of debauchery and murder. A brother and sister travel to Oklahoma to recover the dead body of their uncle. A lonely man engages in dubious acts while pining for his rubber duckie. In this collection of nineteen unforgettable crime tales, Joe R. Lansdale brings his legendary mojo and gritty, dark humor to harrowing heists, revenge, homicide, and mayhem. No matter how they begin, things are bound to get ugly—and fast.

A spellbinding collection of ten short stories, each with strikingly different tones and characters. Journey Through Thorns begins with "The Author," in which a protective father catches a man following his teenage daughter. But when he confronts him he realizes there is much more to the man than could be imagined. Also among these tales is "Toby," a young boy who through a horrendous childhood has gained the ability to psychically control others, exacting his own brutal take on revenge.