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Tales of Love and Madness by Donald Pizzarello is a compelling collection of four short stories that dive into the complexities of the human mind and heart. Each story weaves its own narrative of psychological tension, exploring the fragile boundaries between love, obsession, sanity, and madness. The standout story features Nugent, a man whose paranoia and delusions spiral out of control as his town faces the dual threats of a deadly flood and an unseen, sinister force.

Wyn Vixen’s hopes for a quiet holiday are dashed when she’s forced to go shopping on Christmas Eve and finds herself face to face with her high school nemesis. Levi Hart would prefer that Wyn not remind him of all the things in his life that have gone wrong, like the NHL career-ending injury and the way he never got over his attraction to her. When the lights go out and they’re stuck together in a snowstorm, Wyn and Levi can either keep fighting like teenagers, or make up under the mistletoe. Tropes include: Enemies To Lovers, Only One Bed, Forced Proximity

The third time’s the charm—and the funniest yet. Back by popular demand, Funny Stories for Seniors 3 offers a fresh batch of warm, witty tales about seniors who aren’t ready to slow down. From unexpected vacation blunders to quirky family antics and classic senior moments, these new stories keep the laughs coming with heartfelt humor and unforgettable personalities.

A toy traps a father in a nightmarish time loop. Mysterious vintage televisions appear, showing their new owners exactly how—and when—they will die. The veil between pretend and reality shatters when children’s Halloween costumes become real. A group of missing children return… horrifically reassembled from each other’s parts.

Step into the shadows of the human soul with this haunting collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s most unforgettable tales of madness, obsession, and the supernatural, read in a modern, easy-to-listen-to style by Jen Ponton (30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). From the creeping guilt of The Tell-Tale Heart to the grotesque horror of Berenice, each story pulses with dread, decay, and the desperate need to be heard.

There came a soldier marching down the high road-one, two! one, two! He had his knapsack on his back and his sword at his side as he came home from the wars. On the road he met a witch, an ugly old witch, a witch whose lower lip dangled right down on her chest.

Written immediately before Ágota Kristóf's acclaimed Notebook trilogy, the works here oscillate between parables, surrealist anecdotes, and stories animated by a realism stripped to the bone. By turns harrowing and whimsical, cruel and sharply funny, Kristóf’s world shifts our gaze to a shared reality, past and present. Here exile and existential alienation are undeniable – as is the force of every sentence, making for extraordinary and essential reading.

Let yourself be carried through the quiet heart of Venice, where moonlight pools in ivy-draped canals and stone bridges lean inward like those who remember. This poetic Venice short story for adults invites you into a slow, meditative drift guided by a silent gondolier. No crowds. No dialogue. Only candlelight, water, and the soft breath of a sleeping city.

In a quiet Swiss mountain town where snow settles over rooftops and time moves like breath, a young apprentice tends the clocks of an ancient tower. This is mindful fiction crafted for listeners who cherish stillness, precision, and the rhythm of slow living books. Each morning, he climbs the stone steps to a workshop lit by oil lamps and softened by dust motes. Under the master’s quiet guidance, he learns the language of springs and silence—discovering that clockmaking is not about measuring time, but listening to it. This is atmospheric literary fiction at its gentlest.

Dive into the wondrous world of The Stranger Times with this carefully curated selection of short stories from C.K. McDonnell. Drawn from the award-winning The Stranger Times podcast, they are collected in print for the first time, along with the new novella ‘The Raven’. Experience the magical underworld of Manchester (and beyond) with stories featuring lovelorn trolls, blood-thirsty books and a constipated dog who may’ve accidentally consumed a portal to another dimension.

Step into a world where reality is fractured and nothing is as it seems. In this chilling collection of seven short stories, you’ll encounter mysterious shadows, broken relationships, and eerie forces that defy explanation. Each story explores the thin line between what’s real and what’s imagined. Brace yourself for a journey through the unexpected, where every ending leaves you questioning everything.

Love and longing. Freedom and loss. Faith and its absence. Heartbreak and sacrifice. Death and creation. In this collection of 100 short stories and poems, each exactly 100 words, every word matters. From shapeshifting foes and celestial musings to spilled funnel cake and pub-bound dreams, these moments capture the torn seams of being human. Some are surreal, some tender, some joyful, others brutal, nonsensical, or cosmic. A patchwork of genres, voices, and emotions, this book hopes to prove that brevity can be just as powerful as the longest tale.

Fannie Flagg once said that what the world needs now is a good laugh. And that is what she gives us in these thirty warmhearted, often hilarious, always surprising stories about Americans finding clever ways of dealing with the curveballs life throws at us. We meet Velma from Kansas, a loving great-grandmother who struggles to bridge the generational divide with her great-grandchild in California. Why, for instance, does her great-grandchild sign letters to Velma with “(they/them)”?

Ron Currie’s gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it? Effortlessly combining outlandish humor with big questions about mortality, ethics, and human weakness, Ron Currie, Jr., holds a funhouse mirror to our present-day world.

FBI agent Doug Valdez and his wife, Jill, can't have children of their own, but they quickly discover that sometimes family is what you make it and their hearts and home have no limits.

Issız bir tepenin yamacında tek başına duran çam ağacının gövdesine dolanan yılan mı daha gerçek, yoksa yazarın düşleri mi? Sait Faik’in son dönem öykü kitabı Alemdağ’da Var Bir Yılan, görünürde basit—ama altı çalkantılı—insan hikâyelerini, uykuyla uyanıklık arasındaki ince çizgide dolaştırır. Burada balıkçıların, kahve müdavimlerinin, sokak kedilerinin yanı sıra, rüyalarını anlatıp kaybolan çocuklar, kendini bir ağacın yerine koyan anlatıcılar, yılanla göz göze gelen gezginler vardır.

Sokak lambalarının sönük ışığında, kahveci çırağının camı silerken yaptığı hareket kadar sıradan; ama bir o kadar da derin öykülerle dolu bir kitap elinizde: Mahalle Kahvesi. Sait Faik, bu kitabında büyük hikâyelerin peşine düşmez. Onun dünyası, köşe başındaki manavda bekleyen yaşlı adamın gözlerinde, denize bakarken sigarasını söndüren bir gencin iç geçirişinde saklıdır. Bir fincan kahveyle başlayan cümleler, bizi insanın en sade, en kırılgan hâline götürür.

İstanbul’un unutulmuş kuytularında yankılanan martı çığlıkları ve rıhtımda ağır ağır sürüklenen dalgalar…

Sarnıç, Sait Faik’in ilk öykü kitabı olmasına karşın, yazarın benzersiz anlatı evrenine açılan bir baş kapı niteliğinde. Ada balıkçılarından meyhanedeki kırgın kalplere, yoksul hamalların ter kokusundan Boğaz’ın serin esintisine uzanan bu öyküler, gündelik seslerin içinden bir şiir devşirir.

Memduh Şevket Esendal, incecik bir hikâyede koca bir insanlık hâlini yakalıyor. Otlakçı, adını bilmediğimiz ama pek çoğumuzun hemen tanıyacağı bir karakterin peşine düşüyor: cebi sık sık delik, gönlü her daim “başkasının bıyık altı pamuğunda” gezinen sigara avcısı… Kahvehanelerde, tren kompartımanlarında, rıhtımın serin gecelerinde türlü bahanelerle bitmek bilmez bir tüttürme kampanyası yürütüyor; üstelik kendince makul gerekçeler bulmayı da ihmal etmiyor.

Sonbaharın yaralı göğünde dönen son kuş sürüsü, bir anda gözden kaybolur—geriye yalnızca kanat seslerinin yankısı kalır. Sait Faik’in olgunluk dönemi eseri Son Kuşlar, tam da bu yankının peşine düşer: İstanbul’un kırık kaldırım taşlarından Prens Adaları’nın ıssız iskelelerine uzanan, bitip tükenmeyen bir ayrılık şarkısıdır. Meyhane masalarında sessizce tükenen dostluklar, gölgelerle konuşan balıkçılar, rüyasında vapur düdüğü duyan yalnız çocuklar…