検索キーワード： 短編小説

As two police officers search for survivors in a town flooded by black rain, they discover strange creatures lurking beneath the water. FROM THE STORMS, A DAUGHTER is one of ten stories in Kristopher Triana's short story collection GROWING DARK.

Here to slake the unquenchable thirst of Dazai’s legions of loyal fans are eleven works of short fiction and vignettes, most of which have never before appeared in English. Beginning with “Memories” (which tells a tale of teenage love, based on the autobiographical events that inspired Dazai’s famed No Longer Human), and ending with “Good-Bye” (the chapters of a comic romance that the author left unfinished when he took his own life), the short works here show the range and breadth of an author best known for his meditations on squalor and despair.

Cast out by their town. Trapped by the storm. Judged by the choices they make when survival becomes impossible. Poker Flat has decided to cleanse itself of every person its respectable citizens consider undesirable. Gambler John Oakhurst, the Duchess, Mother Shipton, and the drunken Uncle Billy...

Welcome to Coffinsview, where each night a new nightmare unfolds. Cars with a taste for women and a hatred for men, love triangles that drag their victims straight into a coffin, and things far worse than darkness emerging from the shadows. An assortment of chilling short stories await—bite-sized horrors told in a gripping, "true story" style that will make you question the quiet towns around you. Consume one per night... or devour them all at once.

Short Stories for Seniors: 30 Inspiring and Interesting True Stories of Ordinary People in History Whose Inventions Made Everyday Life Better (Includes Surprising Trivia)

Shai es una falsificadora, una extranjera capaz de copiar y recrear cualquier objeto a la perfección utilizando una ingeniosa magia para reescribir su historia. Aunque está condenada a muerte por intentar robar el cetro del emperador, se le concede una oportunidad de salvarse.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Fifteen years ago, Miss Marple’s niece, Mabel Denman was accused of murdering her husband. Mabel’s marriage had been an unhappy one, as Geoffrey had been abusive and violent. Can Miss Marple clear...

Ein alternatives New York im Jahr 1920: Wohlstand und imperiale Architektur prägen das Bild, doch unter der Oberfläche lauert ein schleichendes Gift. Willkommen in der Welt von „Der Wiederhersteller von Rufen", der berühmtesten Kurzgeschichte aus Robert W. Chambers' legendärem Sammelband „Der König in Gelb". Wir folgen Hildred Castaigne, dessen Geist sich nach einem schweren Sturz und der Lektüre eines mysteriösen, verbotenen Theaterstücks verändert hat.

In this collection of fifteen curious and delightful short stories, you never know who you’re going to meet or where you’re going to end up. You can be certain, however, that you’ll always find yourself smack dab in the middle of some befuddling predicament of existence. Using humor and horror, satire and allegory, fabulism and realism, Tales From the Liminal takes you for an extraordinary ride, submerging you in spaces where anything is possible, especially transformation.

‘इश्क़ बग़ावत’ किसी भी नए-नए जवान हो रहे लड़के की यात्रा है, एक ऐसी यात्रा जो मोहब्बत और क्रांति की जुड़ती हुई हथेलियों के बीचोबीच से गुज़रती है। इस किताब की नज़्में आपको भागम-भाग भरी ज़िंदगी से खींच कर उन्हीं कालिज की पगडंडियों पर पहुँचा देती हैं जहाँ आप अपना दिल छोड़ आए थे।

En ambos relatos un médico ruso, ya anciano, recuerda los primeros años de su carrera en una región apartada y rural, cuando él era un médico inexperto, recién salido de la facultad, y tuvo que enfrentarse a sus temores. En "La garganta de acero" se enfrenta al caso de una niña que llega a su consulta ahogándose y debe realizarle una traqueotomía sin tener más que unas nociones básicas sobre lo que debe hacer. En "La erupción estrellada", el médico rememora cómo se encontró por primera vez a un paciente con sífilis, y cómo se obsesionó con esta enfermedad en su afán de erradicarla.

A crumbling English estate. A mysterious past. A woman drawn into secrets buried deep beneath the surface. Welcome to Hatchmere: a timeless English village of tangled family secrets, sweeping countryside, and quiet revelations. When Juliet Winchcombe arrives at Hatchmere Manor, she intends only a brief stay — a chance to escape the city and clear her head. But the silent house seems to breathe with stories of its own, and the land beneath it whispers of betrayal, loss, and a vanished girl named Isobel.

Son of a Covet is a story that explores the journey of a man who reaches a point in his life that causes him look inward, regarding his relationships. He reluctantly seeks advice that seeps into his spirit, causing him to examine his situation, his history, and his legacy. Son of a Covet is a short story that is added as a bonus addition to the Struck by Lightning and Other Bolts of Reality short stories collection.

Some letters are delivered. Others wait years to be found. In this complete collection of heartwarming and unforgettable stories, hidden letters, lost messages, family secrets, and unexpected discoveries bring strangers together and change lives forever. From forgotten correspondence tucked inside old books to notes that arrive decades too late, each tale reveals the extraordinary power of words to heal, reconnect, and inspire.

What is evil? Is it something supernatural that seeps into our world… or something far more human, lurking just beneath the surface? In The Evil Edition, Kevin J. Kennedy assembles a relentless collection of dark tales that blur the line between monster and man.

Two strangers. Two carefully constructed identities. One automobile waiting nearby. At twilight in a quiet New York park, a young man approaches an elegant woman sitting alone with a book. She reluctantly allows him to join her, then confesses that she belongs to the highest level of society—a...

What happens at a destination wedding is supposed to stay at the destination wedding. Molly Bennett had a plan. Get her brother married. Keep the peace between her divorced parents. Survive maid-of-honor duties without a meltdown.

As the world crumbles into chaos, one man is left behind. Haunted by the memories of his missing wife and son, he struggles to keep his sanity...

Welcome to In The Cards, a twenty-two author collection of standalone thriller and horror short stories. In this series, you'll find stories inspired by the meaning of a specific Tarot Card, thoughtfully written with that thread woven through. Whether you're a Tarot Card lover or not, you'll find thrillers and horrors that will creep under your skin and into your thoughts. *Knowledge of Tarot Cards is not necessary to listen to or enjoy these stories. *When a high-profile domestic abuse trial ends in a unanimous not guilty verdict, the courtroom empties... but the consequences do not.

This is an extreme horror short about a mother getting revenge. Some themes may be disturbing to readers so please check the trigger warnings. For mature readers over 18.