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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Since childhood, Jervas Dudley has felt an inexplicable pull toward the old, sealed tomb of the Hyde family, hidden in the woods near his home. The more time he spends in its shadow, the less certain he becomes where his own identity ends – and...

A ruthless pursuit of profit. A deadly winter storm. One final choice between self-preservation and sacrifice. Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov is a prosperous merchant who measures life through possessions, influence, and financial gain. When an opportunity arises to purchase a valuable forest grove...

"The Piece of String" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant that explores human suspicion, social judgment, and the destructive power of false accusations. Set in the rural village of Goderville, France, during a bustling market day, protagonist Maître Hauchecorne, a frugal Norman peasant, notices a small piece of string on the ground and bends to pick it up, despite suffering from rheumatism. His action is observed by Maître Malandain, a man with whom he has a longstanding rivalry.

Poucos escritores moldaram tanto a imaginação moderna quanto H. G. Wells. Considerado um dos pais da ficção científica, Wells foi muito mais do que um autor de histórias fantásticas: foi um visionário que antecipou debates sobre ciência, sociedade, política e o destino da humanidade. Em "A Porta no Muro e Outros Contos", o leitor tem acesso a uma faceta menos comentada, porém igualmente poderosa, de sua obra: narrativas curtas que mergulham no psicológico, no simbólico e no existencial.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 'Brilliantly inventive and blazingly smart' Garth Greenwell 'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable' Roxane Gay In her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders...

What if the life you've been looking for was never lost — just waiting for you to be ready to find it? The Second Chance Collection brings together the complete Nathan Cole trilogy — Starting Over, Unexpected Gifts, and The Long Way Home — in one definitive volume. Thirty-six stories about the three essential forms of the second chance: the one you choose, the one that finds you, and the one you discover you've been living all along. These are not stories about dramatic reversals or lucky breaks.

Nathalie erbt überraschend ein Cottage – von einem Mann, den sie zuvor nie getroffen hat. Ihre verstorbene Tante Henrietta hingegen kannte Lewis Brownsfield sehr wohl. Und sie war bis zuletzt fest davon überzeugt, dass er ein dunkles Geheimnis hütete. Allerdings sieht sein Cottage für Nathalie und Louise denkbar harmlos aus. Doch dann finden die beiden heraus, dass der unscheinbare Mann tatsächlich etwas zu verbergen hatte – und dass noch andere diesem Rätsel auf die Spur kommen wollen, koste es, was es wolle ...

What if the wrong road was never wrong — just the long way to where you were always supposed to be? The Long Way Home is a collection of twelve powerful stories about the people who finally arrive — a teacher who spent fifteen years in the wrong career and discovered that every one of those years was building the specific intelligence that made the right career genuinely extraordinary, a man who lived in three cities before the fourth one was his, a woman who waited eleven years for the marriage that had always been the marriage.

Moving from a London theatre to a Pacific nightmare, and finally to a garden at the end of human history, these novellas explore what those famous silences contained. They do not rewrite the originals; they stand alongside them, asking: What did you see, and why could you not say it? An immersive listening experience for fans of literary fiction and psychological depth, these testimonies give a final, defiant voice to the witnesses who have been waiting over a century to be heard.

Una mujer recuerda con nostalgia su infancia en la casa de campo familiar, junto a sus hermanas y Sabina, la vieja criada, cómplice de sus juegos y aventuras.

Riley Fletcher’s morning run should have been ordinary—muscle memory, fresh air, home by breakfast. Instead, she wakes bound and bleeding in a lakeside cabin, her captor a ghost from her past: Dawson Miller, a former coworker with nothing left to lose. Escape seems simple until her injuries leave her dependent on the very man who took her. As he tends her wounds with unsettling care, Riley realizes this isn’t random violence. Dawson has a plan—one that’s been carefully constructed, methodically prepared. And somehow, she’s essential to it.

"The Necklace" is a short story about Mathilde Loisel, a middle-class woman who dreams of a luxurious life. She borrows a diamond necklace from her wealthy friend, Madame Forestier, to wear to a ball, where she feels glamorous. However, after losing the necklace, Mathilde and her husband spend ten years in poverty to repay the debt incurred to replace it.

Es muy posible que Hugo Schatzman, el vecino de la casa 8, tenga cáncer. Y todos en el condominio reaccionan unidos frente a esta noticia. Sarcástico relato de Jaime Collyer, que deja de manifiesto los vaivenes del comportamiento humano.

Dos acaudalados empresarios mineros copiapinos apuestan sus más preciados bienes en un juego de cartas que impactará a toda una ciudad. Relato inspirado en un hecho histórico ocurrido en Chile en el siglo XIX.

Due racconti, due ritratti dell'animo umano, un'unica, inconfondibile voce: quella di Fëdor Dostoevskij. In "Un piccolo eroe", lo scrittore russo esplora con sorprendente delicatezza il passaggio dall'infanzia alla maturità. Attraverso lo sguardo di un giovane protagonista, il racconto mette in scena il risveglio dei sentimenti, l'orgoglio, l'umiliazione e il primo confronto con il dolore morale.

Paul has always lived with intrusive thoughts - those fleeting, irrational urges everyone gets and everyone ignores. Everyone, that is, except Paul. Cruising the high seas, alone in the cabin bathroom miles from shore, he gives in to one reckless thought he cannot shake.

Featuring two Bram Stoker Award-winning tales, McCammon's Shoppe of Olde Curiosities is a career-spanning collection gathering nineteen short stories showcasing the author's imaginative range of frightening terror, fantastical worldbuilding, and characters confronting the unknown around them and within themselves. Pursuing a life of celebrity fame, Erik Van Helsing's desire to cash in on his famous family's name as vampire hunters unveils a legacy he cannot escape in "Blood is Thicker Than Hollywood"—a spinoff tale from the novel They Thirst.

SF is an extension of our understanding of the universe whereas Speculative • Dystopian Fiction is more to do with the here and now. The journey from the wooden characterisations of yesteryear to the here and now — a direction of travel as good as a stated objective by the High Evangelists of New Wave — was a uniquely pointless endeavour... Undercroft: The last redoubt of mankind is a massive subterranean building. Crotchety old scribe Broadsquire once again downs his quills. He's been called on to deal with the challenge of crackle-connect. Shades of Gormenghast!!

En el corazón de un imperio milenario, el destino de familias enteras se forja entre la guerra y la pasión. Imagina un vasto imperio en constante convulsión, donde el choque de culturas occidentales y orientales desata guerras y profundas transformaciones. "China. La novela" te invita a un viaje épico que comienza en 1839, con el alba de la Primera Guerra del Opio, y se extiende, sin pausas, a través de la Revolución Cultural de Mao hasta el presente.

A collection of shockingly prescient stories covering topics from aliens to AI, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning...