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There is a sequestered glen off the east coast of the Hudson, New York state, which has long continued under the sway of some witching power; the neighbourhood abounds with tales, haunted spots and twilight superstitions. But as hapless schoolmaster Ichabod Crane will discover, the wildest of...

A collection of BBC radio readings from the great American writer John Updike Golf Dreams: As a golfer for almost forty years, John Updike has written frequently about the game. This gathering of his pieces covers everything from the peculiar charms of bad golf and the satisfactions of an...

„Der Christ des Ozeans" berichtet von einem hölzernen Kruzifix inklusive Jesusportrait, das an die Küste eines französischen Dorfes angeschwemmt wird – sendet Gott ein aktuelles Zeichen? Die Kirche weiß Rat und nutzt die Gunst der Stunde, um ein kostspieliges, nagelneues, mit Diamanten verziertes Kreuzsymbol auf dem Rücken der Bevölkerung zu finanzieren. In „Ein Traum" beschreibt der Ich-Erzähler ein groteskes Szenario, dessen Deutung am Ende einem vertrauten Zuhörer überlassen wird.

Hyper advanced, sarcastic aliens have invaded Earth … a funny, super smart work of science fiction from a thrilling new voice - Andy Weir meets qntm From the beloved creator of the wildly popular Sam O’Nella Academy YouTube channel, Still Lost: Tales from the Year 2080 offers an irreverent...

A brilliant new short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Madeline Miller—her first new work of fiction since the publication of Circe—that vibrantly reimagines the powerful and forgotten myth of Mestra. A cursed father, a gifted daughter Mestra, daughter of the King of...

An all-new edition of 11 unmissable short stories from the Number One internationall bestselling author of Me Before you and The Last Letter From Your Lover. In Paris for One, Nell is deserted by her boyfriend minutes before setting off on what was supposed to be a fantastic romantic weekend...

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.

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...

From the author of the horror sensation We Used to Live Here and The Caretaker comes a bingeable and perfectly unsettling audio collection of three brand new short stories, taking listeners all the way from a nightmareish flight through unfriendly skies to a submarine in the darkest depths of...

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...

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 works...

愛を失くした女子たちの、性と生についての痛切な短編集。 苦しくも美しい、哀と狂気を召し上がれ。 水のように無味無臭で摑めない男との日々「水みたいな人」、 明けない夜、名前も知らない恋人との関係に耽る「ジンジャーエールに似ている」、 私の体に飽きてきた彼氏に感じる切なさ「ぬるいラムネ」、

A lyrical and visceral short story collection, The Body of the Thing unpicks the hierarchies that thrum under our relationships, from first loves and lusts to motherhood and miscarriages, from sexual awakenings to final confrontations with death. Traversing bougie neighborhoods in Manhattan...

In her debut magical-realism collection The Patron Saint of White Menageries, Pushcart-nominated author Lauren T. Davila cracks Los Angeles open to reveal a kaleidoscope of unlikely heroines, talents, and dreams. In a sticky diner, a waitress fits wisps of cloud into coffee mugs, trying to solve...

A stunning collection of short stories, newly reissued, from a Booker-shortlisted and internationally best-selling author. Longing, familiarity, and hope suffuse these stories as they mine the charged territory of relationships—subtly weaving in conflicts between generations and cultures...

From a ferocious new talent, a story collection excavating the desire, humor, and horror in the everyday lives of Black women and girls—for readers of Deesha Philyaw and Kelly Link. Set in the American South, Lydia Mathis’s debut collection has a voice that vibrates on the page and her...

Twelve compressed masterworks from this great American writer of catastrophe fiction, in which lives are upended as much by broken hearts as by collapsing dams, hideously mismanaged wars, gargantuan wildfires, and apocalyptic storms “Jim Shepard is a fantastic writer—compassionate, funny...

I don't break rules. I write them. Until Serena Beck walks into my office. She's supposed to be a favor. She's my business partner's niece. She's off-limits in every possible way. Untouchable. There's only one problem—every time she looks at me, I imagine things I have no business wanting.

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.