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Ein Junggeselle hat seinen Alltag so organisiert, dass dieser aus den immer gleichen Handlungen zu immer den gleichen Zeiten routiniert und problemlos bewältigt wird. Bei einem seiner seltenen Konzertbesuche erregt die Mutter einer etwa gleichaltrigen Frau sein Interesse und er spricht diese (die Mutter) an: Die beiden treffen sich nun öfters und verstehen sich so gut, dass er glaubt seine Seelenverwandte getroffen zu haben. Dennoch verlässt er sie.

Eigentlich ist die betagte Lady Sally ein ausgemachter Weihnachtsmuffel. Doch als sie eine Einladung von ihrem Ziehsohn Robert und dessen Freundin Vanessa zum Fest der Liebe erhält, nimmt sie diese kurzerhand an und macht sich auf den Weg zum Seaside Hotel. Für Sally beginnt eine Reise voller Erinnerungen in die Vergangenheit, in der die Uhren anders ticken. Hier ist sie wieder jung und bis über beide Ohren in den attraktiven Eventmanager Alan verliebt, der für ihre Familie den traditionellen Weihnachtsball ausrichten soll.

Step into the bustling streets of Victorian London with Sketches by Boz: The Complete Collection, which includes Volume 1, 2, and 3 of Sketches by Boz, where Charles Dickens brings the city’s diverse characters, neighborhoods, and daily life to vivid, unforgettable life. From the grimy alleys to the grandest ballrooms, this collection of sketches captures the essence of the people and places Dickens encountered, offering a sharp yet affectionate portrait of a society in flux.

Beloved naturalist and author Gerald Durrell introduces an eccentric cast of characters in this entertaining collection of stories, first published in 1991. Which of these stories is true and which is semi-true I have, of course, not the slightest intention of telling you, but I hope this will...

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 century parson’s daughter is caught up in the excitement and romance of a smuggling intrigue… A young boy from a deprived background finds his own haven in the wastelands of the inner city…

Charles Dickens: The Short Stories Collection contains all of Charles Dickens' major published works of short fiction - written between 1836 and 1841. Narrated by award-winning readers David Timson, Nicholas Boulton, and Matt Addis, these stories take us from the hilarious to the heartbreaking, and give a deeper insight into Dickens' life and London in the mid-1800s.

The Complete Katherine Mansfield Collection contains the five volumes of short stories written by Mansfield between 1911 and 1924 which established her as one of the best short story writers of her generation, as-well as the only novel she ever penned: The Aloe. Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a New Zealand-born English writer, famous for her expertly observed short stories. She had a great influence on the development of the short story as a form of literature.

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.

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.

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.

La Partie de billard : À travers l'image d'un maréchal jouant au billard, Daudet dénonce l'immobilisme et l'égoïsme de Bazaine, responsable de la défaite française à Metz. La scène privée devient symbole de la faillite militaire et politique. L'Enfant espion : Inspiré d'un fait divers, le récit montre comment des civils, sous prétexte d'aller chercher de la nourriture, franchissent les lignes françaises et renseignent involontairement l'ennemi prussien. La naïveté et la bonne foi côtoient la trahison involontaire.

Alphonse ALLAIS (1854–1905) débute comme chroniqueur au cabaret Le Chat Noir avant de devenir un prolifique conteur, publiant plus de 1 600 récits dans la presse. Son écriture, influencée par l’oralité du cabaret, se distingue par l’humour, l’absurde et la fantaisie. Il excelle dans la forme brève, transformant les détails du quotidien en situations absurdes et décalées. Allais invente aussi des « idées farfelues » (poissons voyageurs, aquariums pour poissons timides, monochromes humoristiques), qui annoncent l’esprit de l’art moderne et du surréalisme.

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.