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The four tales gathered here reveal Oscar Wilde’s gift for blending wit, irony, and moral reflection within the form of the short story.

In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past drawing her towards the truth… A nineteenth...

It’s Samhain. The veils thin and the spirits walk. Kyleigh Matthews hopes to get a glimpse of her wife who recently passed away. She despairs when the portal starts to close, but who should appear but the Morrigan accompanied by none other than Blair, her beloved--with a message for the whole town.

Rockstar meets... Librarian? Amelia's quiet life in Cherry Grove, Ohio, is upended when Topper, a charming Rockstar on a break from his band, moves into her rental. Their worlds collide as they clash over everything from music to living arrangements, but soon sparks fly. When Topper’s heart is pulled between his rockstar past and the peaceful life he finds with Amelia, they both must navigate what it means to love and be loved. With a bit of humor, a lot of music, and some unexpected twists, The Sparrow is a sweet, heartwarming romance about finding love where you least expect it.

Spine Chillers Volumes 11–15 brings another wave of terrifying short stories, each one designed to leave you breathless with dread. In this book, shadows stir in forgotten rooms. Whispers echo from the walls. Doors open on their own, revealing places that should never exist. Ghosts, curses, and things older than time reach out with cold hands, eager to claim the living.

Sob o pôr do sol inicia com um conto cujo título é justamente " Sob o Pôr do Sol ". Trata-se de um conto-moldura, que cria uma espécie de quadro geral que estabelece as bases para a leitura dos contos subsequentes. Por meio dessa técnica, Stoker estabelece o fio condutor que alinha todas as narrativas do livro, definindo o espaço e o tempo dos contos. Tanto os contos de Sob o pôr do sol quanto o romance Drácula se estruturam sobre as oposições "bem e mal", "claro e escuro", "verdade e mentira", "loucura e sanidade".

Manche Begegnungen sind mehr als zufällige Ereignisse. Einige verändern uns für immer. Andere ziehen uns hinab in die tiefsten Abgründe und verursachen pure Angst, Panik und Entsetzen. Sie bringen unser Verständnis der Realität ins Wanken. Eine junge Frau hat unbewusst eine dunkle Präsenz in ihr Leben gelassen. Das Weltbild eines Physikers wird durch unfassbare Erlebnisse erschüttert und auf den Kopf gestellt. Nicht nur die Passagiere eines Fluges werden mit Dingen konfrontiert, die der Verstand kaum begreifen kann.

In Rapid Pursuit, acclaimed author Joslyn Chase delivers a riveting collection of fourteen tales that dive straight into high-stakes intrigue and unexpected twists. From hurricane-threatened beachfronts to blizzard-blasted back alleys, Chase’s signature blend of tension and thrilling suspense captures listeners at every turn. Whether evading the law in the dead of night, tracking down an elusive killer, or navigating treacherous alliances, these stories walk the line between good and evil like a tightrope artist on a dare.

Set in the fictional town of Winesburg, Sherwood Anderson's quietly powerful masterpiece explores the hidden lives of ordinary people – most notably George Willard, a young reporter – as they struggle with loneliness, repression, and the haunting distance between inner truth and outward appearance. Beneath the town's veneer of small-town simplicity lies a world full of private anguish, failed connections and emotional isolation.

Step into the twisted geometry of nightmare in H. P. Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House. When Walter Gilman, a student at Miskatonic University, rents a room in Arkham’s infamous Witch House, he believes its strange angles hide cosmic secrets. Gilman is drawn into a nightmare of black magic, forbidden mathematics, and sacrificial horror.

In eight unflinching and stunningly crafted stories, Kanza Javed unspools the lives of characters desperately trying to forge a path for themselves on the margins of society.

Larvas es un salto hacia lo insólito donde todo parece ser lo que no es: animales de compañía se convierten en testigos y en verdugos, voces de aparecidos lo inundan todo, larvas surgen de lo más íntimo de nuestro cuerpo. Las historias de Tamara Silva Bernaschina son una deriva al territorio de lo inusual, porque quizá es ahí precisamente donde nuestra realidad tiene su explicación y sus últimas consecuencias.

Eros is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses: of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some stories span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate.

Shelli has been planning her wedding to Aiden in her scrapbook since she was old enough to wield a glue stick. And now that day has finally arrived. Sure, it's over the top, but what else would you expect from the firstborn daughter of hockey royalty?

Kai and Rory met a few months ago when Kai made a food delivery to Rory’s band. They’ve been together ever since, and neither of them has looked back and craved the single life. Now with the holidays fast approaching, both of them worry about giving the perfect gift to each other.

My conversations with a cactus, a good old fashioned American West tale told through a first-person POV. It deals with the grim subjects of death, pain, and betrayal with a generous amount of humor.

The Books of the Fallen series is just the beginning of a greater story. Join Z.K. Stone as he explores the events that lead to the end of the world. Lucifer has entered the garden of Eden to seek revenge on the Sacred Trinity for casting him out of Heaven. Here he learns of the new abilities, as well as his limitations, in this new world.

Dieses Buch bietet eine sorgfältig zusammengestellte Sammlung fesselnder Kurzgeschichten, die Sie in faszinierende Szenarien entführen und tiefe Emotionen wecken. Lebendige Beschreibungen lassen Sie beeindruckende Klänge hören, atemberaubende Landschaften sehen und in ferne Welten eintauchen – alles bequem von zu Hause aus. Perfekt, um den Geist zu stimulieren, das Gedächtnis wachzuhalten und der Fantasie freien Lauf zu lassen.

From the pen of Derringer Award winning author James Blakey comes three fantastical tales. THE CAT WHO LOVED DAVID DUCHOVNY Madame Marie Curie, a Blue Point Siamese, spends her days binge-watching episodes of The X-Files. When Marie's owner Jim invites Debbie—the new girl from work—over for dinner, Marie resigns herself to a night of sulking while watching the couple with disdain. But Debbie has set her sights on something more than a free meal, and it will take all of Marie's feline cunning to stop her.

In a charming Brazilian town where the bakeshop rivalry is as thick as a layer of buttercream, Angela, a dedicated yet financially floundering baker with a penchant for plants, stumbles upon a mysterious, vine-entangled seed at an old antique shop. Meanwhile, Juliana, Angela's arch-nemesis and the suave proprietor of the flashy new bakery in town, is about as subtle as a bull in a China shop in her quest to snatch Angela’s customers and her limelight.