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These stories bring to life the secret journeys of inadequacies amidst hardships, fun moments, and events that could have been otherwise. Sometimes we are born with inadequacies, or we acquire these due to an untoward event. Most often, this is an unavoidable situation. And we live with these often throughout life.

Set against the shadow of the Black Plague, The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is a radiant tapestry of love, wit, tragedy, and the triumph of the human spirit. When Florence is ravaged by pestilence, ten young nobles—seven women and three men—flee to a countryside villa to escape the horrors of the city. Over ten days, they pass the time by telling one hundred stories: tales of romance and folly, devotion and deception, virtue and vice.

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.

Ember: The last man on Earth navigates a dangerous landscape, being hunted at every step, as he tries to find the last woman alive. Scareplane: He’s supposed to save the world, but he just woke up in another dimension. Things in the Water: A science experiment goes terribly wrong, transforming a peaceful beachfront home into the most dangerous place on Earth. As the shadows grow darker, evil lurks beneath the surface.

Dylan Sanchez used to love Christmas. But for the last three years, the holidays have been anything but festive. Like clockwork, Greg – his mother’s partner – gets intoxicated and spirals from awkward jokes to tense, needling arguments that drain the joy from the season. Every year, his mother says it’ll be different. Every year it isn’t. When Greg slips back into old habits just days before yet another Christmas, Dylan can’t take it anymore. He grabs his coat and walks out, leaving behind the wreckage of promises too thin to stand on.

Ein Fenster, ein Stollen, ein stiller Winterabend. Als draußen der Schnee fällt, entdeckt eine Frau einen vergessenen Stollen im Fenster – und mit ihm Erinnerungen an alte Zeiten, verlorene Momente und kleine Wunder.

Gharb-e Arezou is a collection of short stories that explore the journey of a young woman named Arezou—meaning "dream" in Persian—to the West ("Gharb"). The book offers a deep and nuanced narrative of Arezou’s immigrant experiences as an Iranian in U.S. academia.

In When The Clouds Darken, Jody T. Pratt masterfully curates a collection of New Black Horror and science fiction stories that will drag you down into the abyss where no one can hear you scream. This anthology is a descent into madness, where the darkness that lurks within every soul threatens to consume everything. As the clouds gather and the shadows deepen, the boundaries between reality and nightmare are shattered, plunging you into a world of unrelenting dread.

A wealthy man attempts to escape a global plague by hiding in an underground city. Jolly old Saint Nick delivers an unexpected and terrifying present. A loner endures a curse that causes his eyes to bleed. A jealous actor plans for fiery revenge on stage. A woman investigates the urban legend of the murderous “Johnny Blackjack.”

El lector tiene en sus manos una “verdadera pieza maestra del arte literario mexicano”, una “proeza de la imaginación, la inteligencia y la inventiva”, como lo llamó David Huerta. El juego del arte es uno de los libros más divertidos e inteligentes en la literatura escrita en español en las últimas décadas. Aquí un escritor que ha imaginado los monstruos más conspicuos y algunas de las situaciones más novelescas de nuestra literatura reciente desentraña los grandes misterios del arte, a medida que sostiene una conversación accesible y adictiva con el lector.

Auf dem Bahnhof Bologoje der Nikolai-Bahn springt ein sonderbarer Herr auf einen der Wagen 2. Klasse des anfahrenden Zuges. Dieser Iwan Alexejewitsch wird von dem Passagier Pjotr Petrowitsch im Raucher-Abteil freudestrahlend erkannt. Iwan Alexejewitsch gibt, immer noch verwundert über den falschen Wagen, in dem er gelandet ist, seine Geschichte zum Besten.

In The Sister of the Baroness by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of appearance, identity, self-importance, class and escape. Taken from her In a German Pension collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed English woman and after reading the story the reader realises that Mansfield may be exploring the theme of appearance. With the exception of the narrator all the visitors at the Pension are in awe of the Baroness’ sister.

Motherhood, nurture and violence – these are the themes of Elske Rahill's remarkable first collection, In White Ink . Rahill brings to life the psychological and physical reality of mothering, pregnancy and childbirth in ways that few other writers have attempted. Here is a biting realism , in the relations between men and women and in the expectations and failures of their assigned roles. Each story is illumined by moments of harsh poetry. They are carefully crafted snapshots of our condition.

Sophia is brilliant, introspective, and deeply broken. After the sudden, tragic loss of her mother and only sibling, Jake, her world fractures. Fleeing her past, she isolates herself in a distant town—but grief is not something you can outrun. As her mental health unravels, she seeks refuge in psychiatric care, where she begins to form emotional attachments to the very people meant to help her heal.

Zur Beerdigung des Kollegienassessors Kirill Iwanowitsch Wawilonow wird der junge begnadete Hochzeits-, Jubiläums- und Leichenredner Grigori Petrowitsch Sapoikin herbeigeholt. Zwar schätzt letzterer den Verstorbenen als durchtriebenen Burschen, Bestie und Gauner ein, doch er folgt dem dringlichen Ruf eines Freundes.

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...

The Baron is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: "Who is he?" I said. "And why does he sit always alone, with his back to us, too?" - "Ah!" whispered the Frau Oberregierungsrat, "he is a Baron." - She looked at me very solemnly, and yet with the slightest possible contempt - a "fancy-not-recognising-that-at-the-first-glance" expression.

Step into a world of hope, wonder, and faith with Starry Night: A Collection of Faith and Wonder, a heartfelt anthology of short stories by Canadian author J. Stopa. Rooted in the traditions and beauty of the Christmas season, this collection illuminates the meaning of Christmas through tales that inspire, uplift, and invite reflection.

As Polly wakes up from her coma, her memories come rushing back, and she decides to write one final love letter to Dylan —a kind of apology, if you will, sort of. First, she needs to break out of the facility where she’s being held. Even if the investigation into her case is closed, it doesn’t mean she’s free from trouble. Still, nothing will stop Polly from getting her way; she has a blood-soaked love letter to write, after all…

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.