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Hierdie splinternuwe versameling van Nataniël bevat 31 stories—5 in Engels, 26 in Afrikaans. Verskeie van die stukke is uit Nataniël-produksies oor ’n periode van twee jaar: Ring Van Vuur, Nineveh Song, Cake Topper en Duif.

When teenager Hayden Smith moves from the bustling streets of the States to a quaint English town, he feels like a fish out of water in a world that seems both foreign and intimidating. With tousled brown hair and a penchant for art, Hayden is introspective and creative, searching for a place where he truly belongs. Just as he begins to settle into his new life, he meets Peter—a charismatic local with bright blue eyes and an infectious smile. Adventurous and outgoing, Peter embodies the spirit of the countryside, drawing Hayden in with his warmth and spontaneity.

The Brothers Three: Fables & Fairy Tales is not a typical fable collection. It is a rare blend of storytelling, philosophy, and moral teaching woven across three distinct yet harmonized narrative voices. What emerges is a book that feels playful and whimsical on the surface, yet thoughtful, intentional, and layered underneath. It is equally accessible to children and meaningful to adults—a difficult balance that this collection achieves with surprising grace.

Carried by a wind that never hurries and never rests, the passage begins above quiet farmland, where fields drift slowly beneath the morning sky and hedgerows trace the memory of hands long gone. What follows is not a journey in the usual sense, but a gentle movement across landscapes that reveal themselves without urgency, each one giving way to the next with a calm inevitability.

It is 1883, an ageing seanchaí (storyteller) traveling the byways of Ireland rests and regales some locals with the tale of a forgotten Iron age hero. The mighty Celtic warrior, Taran, charged with the protection of Queen Una of Inis. Taran receives a new commission, a desperate plea by Una to protect her child at all costs when she learns that her husband, King Eogan, has instructed his troops to take the child, afflicted from birth with a spine deformity, into the lair of wolves and leave him for dead.

Darin steht zu Beginn der harmlose Italienurlaub einer kleinen Familie (Ehepaar + 2 Kinder), welcher sich aufgrund der Hochsaison für die Ferienreisenden als eine Aneinanderreihung von Ärgernissen, Peinlichkeiten und skurrilen Erfahrungen entpuppt. Um sich etwas zu entspannen, besucht die Familie eine lokale Veranstaltung in Form einer angekündigten Zaubershow.

Not all nightmares come from sleep. Some come from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeneva Rose. Three horror stories. A dinner party. A quiet house. A roadside stop. You’ll recognize the setup. You won’t recognize what comes next. Never Kill the Medium A thirtieth birthday dinner turns...

Moore has done it again in this compelling third volume, Thirteen Miles North of Nelson, where both the simplicity and complexity of life in the far reaches of Michigan's Upper Peninsula push the listener beyond the rugged geography where extremes are more than metaphorical. In these eleven short stories, the listener is often brought to tears of triumph and waves of hilarious laughter as his characters plunge through the wilderness of emotions rarely exposed in conventional literature.

Whispers Before Dreams brings together 5 bedtime stories for adults, created for quiet evenings, restful listening and the gentle transition towards sleep. Each story offers a different peaceful journey, with immersive settings and enough narrative to occupy the mind without demanding that it stay awake. In The Inn at the Edge of the Dunes, a weary traveller discovers a secluded inn beside the sea, where welcoming rooms, windswept dunes and the memories of earlier guests offer a refuge from the outside world.

You Die Alone If You're Lucky brings together four nightmare-packed volumes of Elford Alley's horror—Ash and Bone, Find Us, The Last Night in the Damned House, and We Will Find a Place for You—in one massive collection of 53 tales. Haunted houses. Restless dead. Monsters in the woods. Old rituals. Twisted faith. Curses and local legends. Impossible places. Cosmic dread. Strange rules. And people who realize—usually too late—that something is very wrong.

En distintos lugares del mundo y en diferentes momentos de la historia, las protagonistas de estos relatos breves y no tan breves enfrentan miedos, violencias, mandatos y decisiones que les cambian la vida. Pero, también, descubren la fuerza de la amistad entre mujeres, la complejidad de ser mujer en este tiempo, la alegría de los pequeños gestos, la importancia de luchar por los derechos y el coraje de empezar de nuevo.

A weekend retreat with girlfriends, a midnight drive through the desert and a strange radio signal spell disaster for a young woman. When Shelly Wagoner is asked by her boss to stop by a remote radio station and interview a potential radio personality, she’s no idea the trouble she’s about to face or the alien forces at play that will forever change her life.

Nel cuore gelido di una San Pietroburgo burocratica e spietata vive Akakij Akakievič, un umile impiegato ministeriale il cui unico scopo nella vita è copiare documenti. Schernito dai colleghi e invisibile al mondo, la sua grigia esistenza viene improvvisamente scossa da un dramma imminente: il suo vecchio cappotto è ridotto a uno straccio e l'inverno russo non perdona.

Nel cuore di San Pietroburgo, lungo la celebre Prospettiva Nevskij, si incrociano destini, illusioni e apparenze che ingannano. Tra caffè affollati, strade eleganti e inquietanti contrasti sociali, la città diventa il palcoscenico di una realtà mutevole, dove ciò che appare raramente coincide con ciò che è. Con "La prospettiva Nevskij", Nikolaj Gogol' offre un ritratto brillante e tagliente della vita urbana russa: una narrazione sospesa tra ironia e disincanto, in cui la città stessa sembra trasformarsi in un organismo vivo, capace di sedurre e ingannare chi la attraversa.

A chance discovery on a South Carolina island sets in motion one of the most famous treasure hunts in American literature. When William Legrand becomes obsessed with a curious golden scarab, his friend is drawn into a night expedition, a coded cipher, and the search for Captain Kidd's buried...

A collection of short stories based on love (includes a short story on Maestro Ilayaraja) உணர்ச்சிகரமான காதல் கதைகளை எழுதுவதில் தனக்கென்று தனி இடத்தை...

Ein junger Mann mietet sich in einem Privathaus einer fremden, ungenannten Stadt ein. In seinem Zimmer steht ein alter Kleiderschrank, der bald eine eigentümliche Bedeutung für ihn gewinnt. Nacht für Nacht scheint sich mit ihm eine verborgene Welt zu öffnen: Eine geheimnisvolle junge Frau...

The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick’s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre. This stunning new edition of Philip K. Dick’s work includes the influential "Minority Report" and "Sales Pitch," as well as a litany of mind-expanding other...

A new collection of short stories and novellas from Bram Stoker Award finalist Philip Fracassi, featuring an introduction by NYT bestselling author Matt Dinniman. "Traps and Specters is an impressively literate and wildly imaginative collection featuring a truly remarkable range of work...

In this “beautifully composed” (Joyce Carol Oates) short story collection—the title piece successfully made into an HBO film—the complex relationships between lovers, spouses, neighbors, and friends are artfully explored. When the austere and moving title story of this collection...