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A full-frontal confrontation of the ways we perform desire and shame—from the downright bizarre to the frighteningly relatable—by the award-winning author of A Sharp Endless Need “Funny and bleak like a queer George Saunders, these stories weird up daily life . . . I love this book...

From the award-winning author of the national bestseller Idaho comes a “stunning collection” (Harper’s Bazaar) of stories that explore how unexpected intuitions forever alter the lives of ordinary people. “These are marvelous and unsettling stories.”—Kelly Link, author of The Book of...

Before he was feared, he was forgotten. Maestro Arthur Bell was the greatest operatic voice of his generation—applauded by thousands, beloved by none. On the night the werewolves came, his theatre burned, his audience scattered, and Arthur fled into the sewers beneath a dying city with nothing but his voice and a ruined coat. He did not expect to survive. He did not expect the rats to follow him. The Opera Beneath the Streets is a gothic horror tale in three parts: the fall of a man, the rise of a legend, and the coronation of a king who wears no crown.

Zwischen 2002 und 2021 sind Erzählungen und ein literarischer Essay entstanden, die hier in gesprochener Form vorliegen. Ein Teil der Texte ist zwischen 2006 und 2021 in Literaturzeitschriften und Anthologien erschienen, anderes wird erstmals in dieser Form hörbar. Die Sammlung versteht sich als gesprochenes Album: einzelne Stücke, verbunden durch Stimme, Zeit und Wiederaufnahme.

"Hotel Evidence" is a brilliant new collection of short stories from the award-winning master of the form, Helen Simpson. With her signature wit, sharp observation, and profound empathy, Simpson explores the quiet complexities, sudden fractures, and unexpected truths embedded in everyday life and human relationships. Moving from the comical to the poignant, these finely crafted narratives offer a powerful, kaleidoscopic look at modern existence, shifting identities, and the invisible ties that bind us together.

From childhood dangers to a chance encounter with one of the most notorious serial killers in history, and finally to a violent confrontation with an internet stranger, Marcus survived by listening to the voice that whispered danger when everything looked safe.

Once a middleweight contender, Tony “The Bull” DeMarco gets a last-minute shot at a world title at Madison Square Garden. He goes the distance. He hears the final bell. Then he collapses before the decision is read. Told through multiple perspectives, After the Bell is a raw, unflinching literary short about the cost of fighting — inside the ring, and long after it ends. For listeners drawn to the emotional weight of Million Dollar Baby and the intimate, multi-voiced storytelling of As I Lay Dying.

Boaz is fated to live, love, marry, age, and mourn. And then do it again and again, throughout time, until the Mashiach (Messiah) is born from his lineage. But this last love...

Anna Whitmore has built her career on trust, composure, and sound judgment. As CEO of a growing credit union, she is used to navigating difficult decisions with confidence and professionalism. But when a series of unsettling events begins to threaten her credibility, Anna must lead through uncertainty while quietly questioning who, or what, she can trust. Her Breaking Point is a psychological thriller about perception, pressure, and the quiet risks of leadership when the truth is not as clear as It seems.

Halt the Carriage is a book of compelling stories ranging across a broad literary spectrum, with themes touching on friendship, sacrifice, childbirth, betrayal, and death set on seven different stages, spanning from the year 1900 to the mid-1980s. Sharing common themes of compassion and fortitude under fire, set in bygone days when empathy was real, and when an act of courage wasn’t something that one boasted about, but rather, it was simply what one did with quiet dignity because it was the right thing to do.

In this chilling reimagining of Hitchcock’s classic, a group of friends set out on a cross-country trip, only to unknowingly trigger a relentless avian nightmare. Raquel, Robert, Karen, and David are thrown into chaos as the skies turn deadly, forcing them to confront a terrifying truth: not everything is what it seems, and their actions carry consequences far worse than they imagined. As the body count rises, one long-dismissed conspiracy theory proves horrifyingly real in this suspenseful, blood-soaked tale of reckoning.

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.

عندما يظن الصغير أنه يقتني حيوانًا أليفًا لتمضية الوقت، يُفاجأ بأن هذا الكائن يمتلك ذاكرة تمتد لقرون غابرة، وعقلًا يزن الأمور بميزان الفلاسفة لا بميزان الغريزة...

Esta coletânea de contos de Dalton Trevisan, organizada por Caetano Galindo e Felipe Hirsch com contribuições do próprio autor, oferece um passeio pela obra do vampiro de Curitiba. Encontramos, aqui, os personagens recorrentes de uma cidade cujo imaginário Trevisan ajudou a construir.

The Elusive Bullet by John Rhode is a finely crafted Golden Age detective story that showcases the author's hallmark precision, ingenuity, and methodical approach to crime-solving. Featuring the meticulous Dr. Lancelot Priestley, one of classic detective fiction's great analytical minds, the story presents a baffling case in which science and logic are the keys to the truth. When a seemingly straightforward shooting results in a death under circumstances that defy explanation, the physical evidence tells an impossible story: the bullet that should solve the crime appears to have vanished.

Mit "Die drei Tode" schuf Leo Tolstoi eine tiefgründige Erzählung über Vergänglichkeit und die menschliche Haltung zum Sterben. In knapper, eindrucksvoller Form schildert Tolstoi drei verschiedene Todesfälle: den einer adligen Frau, eines einfachen Kutschers und eines Baumes. Dabei entsteht ein stiller, philosophischer Vergleich zwischen menschlicher Angst, gesellschaftlichen Rollen und der natürlichen Ordnung des Lebens.

Kelsier, condenado a morir excavando los Pozos de Hathsin después de intentar robar en el palacio del Lord Legislador, se alzó como un poderoso Nacido de la Bruma e inspiró la revolución que sacudiría los cimientos del Imperio Final. Su nombre y sus actos pasaron a la leyenda. Pero ¿de veras fue ese el final de su historia? Unas insinuaciones susurradas a aquellos a quienes llamaba amigos sugerían que había mucho más sucediendo entre bambalinas.

Be prepared to immerse yourself into eleven stories of youth, travel and trouble from Karl G. Trautman in The Appocalypse and Other Stories. The author of Deacon Blues writes of compelling tales of pain, hope, regret, love and wanderlust. There are also stories of technology gone crazy, as inanimate objects come alive and plan necessary acts of nefariousness. "Crying in the Basement" is the story of an emotional wound passed down from father to son in Depression-era St. Louis.

Whimsical and zany but edged with darkness, evocatively lyrical with goosebump-eliciting endings, Gretchen Astro Turner's 13 short stories in But I Digretch are for the romantic in all of us-but also the cynic. This fiction collection is for the surrealist and the dreamer.

On Christmas Eve, a reformed criminal is pulled into one last job by his cousin, and finds that his past will always haunt him. GIVING FROM THE BOTTOM is one of ten stories in Kristopher Triana's short story collection GROWING DARK.