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Cecilie har nogle nytårsforsætter: lavere forbrug, genbrugstøj, vegetarisk kost og frem for alt mere ærlighed og autenticitet. Hun skal mødes med veninderne, og en af dem, Laura, venter sit første barn. Alt er godt, men så opdager Cecilie en ubehagelig hemmelighed om Lauras kæreste. Hvad...

When a mysterious packet of seeds arrives at their struggling Wisconsin farm, Ruth and Daniel believe it might be the answer to their prayers. The crops grow fast, too fast. The stalks rise impossibly high, the husks pulse as if alive, and at night the whispers begin. Daniel sees salvation. Ruth feels only dread. Soon, the corn is not just growing, it is watching. As eyes open across the fields and voices seep into their home, Ruth realises the truth. This harvest does not belong to them.

What would you do for a unique and exotic photography exhibit? Ryan Jordan ventures into the heart of Borneo, seeking the fabled skulls of the indigenous tribes for such a subject. With camera in hand, he works his way upriver by longboat to an isolated longhouse deep in the jungle where the old traditional ways are still practiced. His guide assures him that this would suit his needs. But local custom threatens to keep him from his goal. This short story follows Ryan as he pursues his quest, tempting the unknown.

An expedition traveled to the edge of the universe. The researchers expected a void… what they found was beyond comprehension. My father finally took me to the harvest bonfire. Then the flames started speaking… The world-controlling AI has gone silent. The only code that can fix it is buried in a basement, inside a machine we swore never to activate again. Hostile legions have us surrounded, and death is certain. Our only hope for salvation lies with the monsters. We created them. We ruled them as gods. We never expected them to find something new to worship.

Jack is about to realise that you can after all mix business and pleasure!... When paranormal investigator Jack Atkinson meets new client Aaron Riley, he doesn't expect the attraction he feels for the man. Neither does he expect the haunting Aaron describes and which Jack is determined to solve. After their first meeting, the two men begin a passionate affair, which Jack is keen to continue. However, Aaron's attentions are focused on the need to rid himself of his ghosts and soon Jack discovers family secrets can run deeper than even he imagined.

“A haunting variety of tales that make for one stellar read!”—Tasha Reynolds, The Sinister Scoop Welcome to the body farm. Charlotte O’Farrell invites you to explore the grounds where nightmares are cultivated and terror is harvested in abundance. A mysterious radio broadcast announces people who deserve to die… and they do. On Christmas Eve, a journalist investigates mysterious hoof-like footprints. The residents of a high-rise apartment building are trapped by rapidly growing carnivorous plants.

Bob Sausage is without moral or virtue. His actions irredeemable. The stories contained within are brutally violent, and very, very, silly.

I am not where you think I am. Behind a gray house, beneath bare rosebushes and beside a fence gone soft with age, Lily Rose watches over a small colony of feral cats. She knows them all. Alley, her untouchable mother, too clever for every trap and too wild to trust a human hand. Tom, the old gray tom who learned long ago that being caught can sometimes save a life. And Grace and Ellie, the two women who arrive every morning with coffee, a record book, an old towel, and the stubborn belief that every cat is worth counting. Then Alley has five kittens. Snip. Button. Noodle. Soldier. Stripe.

Delicato, malinconico, profondo, amaro, Nuvole Nuove è il racconto di un incontro incompiuto spezzato da un eccesso d'amore. Cecilia è cieca sin dalla nascita, non conosce né il colore del cielo né i tratti del suo volto, percepisce e disegna il mondo attraverso l'olfatto e il tatto, assapora l'esistenza tramite le percezioni simultanee e le sinestesie che caratterizzano ogni giorno la sua quotidianità. Ovattata dall'amore familiare diventa una donna forte e un'eccellente scultrice, capace di sentire e creare la realtà col tocco delle sue mani.

Un racconto tra presente e passato, una storia d'amicizia, d'amore, di violenza. Diverse ma complici, Serena e Elvira crescono insieme negli anni del liceo condividendo il banco, i sogni, la spensieratezza. Elvira è la classica figlia di papà, studiosa al punto giusto e ribelle quando serve, Serena è una ragazza come tante, curiosa, determinata, ottimista.

Apaga el agotamiento mental y alcanza un descanso profundo con relatos de relajación que invitan a un sueño reparador. Cuando el estrés del día te persigue hasta la cama y la ansiedad nocturna te impide desconectar, esta experiencia de audio te ofrece un refugio sereno. Deja atrás las...

"Die lustigsten Kurzgeschichten, die du jemals gehört hast" – das ultimative 2-in-1-Hörbuchbundle von Satiriker Tim Reinhold. Dieses Hörbuch vereint Tims beliebte Bücher "Wenn das Leben liefert" und "Recht haben ist auch keine Lösung" in einer Sammlung voller schräger Situationen, skurriler Begegnungen und Geschichten. Freue dich also auf Alltagssatire in Bestform: bissig, ehrlich, treffsicher.

Im Moloch Paris treiben sich die seltsamsten Gestalten herum. Der prosaische Großmeister Victor Hugo nutzt diese Weltbühne, um Charaktere unterschiedlichster Couleur aufeinanderprallen zu lassen und entfesselt ein spektakuläres Realitätsbild der wahnwitzigen Gesellschaft. Sorgenlose und mutige Glücksjäger, ausgestoßene Einzelgänger, vom Teufel besessene Priester, die leidenschaftlich morden und in alchemistischer Besessenheit nach Goldformeln suchen, wunderschöne Frauen, Studenten u. a.

A journey to a fair becomes a lifetime of exile. When a fellow merchant is found murdered, Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov is arrested with a bloodstained knife in his luggage. Innocent but unable to prove it, he is torn from his family and condemned to hard labor in Siberia. Over twenty-six years, the...

ベストセラー『さよなら、田中さん』の著者が瑞々しい文体で描き切る涙と笑いの家族小説 嘘も、後悔も、失望も、孤独さえも、持ち帰れる場所はきっとある――。 両親を亡くして一人で生きてきた紅美（27）。

For the irreverent among us in need of a laugh, Random Synapses offers an eclectic round-up of funny short stories and relatable reflections about life’s milestones and quirks. Is beer effective for pest control? What if condoms set the mood with their own soundtrack? Are washable crayons tantamount to child abuse? What’s the secret to that speed-walking hip sway? And what’s that furry green thing growing at the back of the fridge?? If you’ve ever appreciated an essay by Dave Barry, you’ll be delighted by Bob Schellenberg’s careening thoughts on the seemingly mundane and everyday.

Ken Winkler's debut collection of stories and poems is an ice cream truck ride through Hell, with Heaven on the horizon. The stops along the way leave us stranded in a netherworld of longing and despair, hope and disappointment. A place where goddesses reign supreme, blood spills like syrup, and unnatural phenomena remind us to slow down and look, no matter the cost to our sanity. And as we pass through its darkest avenues, we just might find ourselves laughing, if not crying for the absurdity of it all.

Bakom kassan på NK Woman får Viktoria syn på henne direkt. Den okända kvinnan är så slående vacker att hela varuhuset tycks hålla andan. När hon ber om hjälp att hitta rätt plagg dras Viktoria allt djupare in i en laddad stämning där varje blick vibrerar av åtrå och en outtalad...

Some doors should never be opened. A mysterious box that leads to the realm of the dead. A photograph that traps souls forever. A haunted manor where whispers echo through empty halls. A ghost that refuses to leave the eighth floor. In this chilling collection, Professor Shadow presents ten terrifying ghost stories where the line between the living and the dead begins to disappear. Each tale explores a different doorway into the supernatural—cursed objects, restless spirits, haunted places, and the terrifying consequences of disturbing what lies beyond the veil.

Trina had spent the last three years in a perfect relationship with Brandon. Now after planning the perfect wedding with the man of her dreams, everything she had hoped for their lives together was on the brink of coming true. That is, until the day of the wedding when a very important guest didn’t arrive... the groom himself, Brandon. Now Trina is left to pick up the pieces of her life and figure out what went wrong. Why did Brandon leave her at the altar after everything they had been through? Trina wants answers and she won’t rest until she finds them. Her heart won’t let her.