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From the depths of grief and the thirst for revenge to the terror of supernatural forces and the fight for survival, these stories and others delve into the darkest corners of our world where the lines between reality and nightmare blur, and the only certainty is that nothing is quite as it seems.

Klassischer Humor, mit einem Augenzwinkern dargereicht in Form von Kurzgeschichte, Novelle oder Komödie! 10 Meisterwerke der Literatur! Mit dabei: Der gestohlene Kaktus (K. Capek), Die 1 Million Dollar Pfundnote, Adams Tagebuch (M. Twain), Die Nase (N. Gogol), Frauen sind eitel. Männer? Nie! (K.

»You Will Be the Death of Me« Ivy, Mateo und Cal waren einmal befreundet, jetzt haben sie nichts mehr miteinander zu tun. Aber als Cal zu spät zur Schule kommt und dort auf Ivy und Mateo trifft, ist das die Gelegenheit, eine alte Tradition wiederaufleben zu lassen: einen Tag blau machen. Bei ihrem spontanen Ausflug in die Stadt sichten sie zufällig einen vierten Schüler auf Abwegen und folgen ihm – mitten hinein in einen Tatort. Ivy, Cal und Mateo kennen den Toten, der vor ihnen liegt – und eigentlich sollten sie jetzt die Polizei rufen. Doch sie alle haben eine Verbindung zum Opfer.

Motive. Means. Opportunity. Without proof of all three, the guilty can walk free. But even with an alibi, the innocent can still be condemned. For six award-winning, bestselling authors of psychological suspense, truth and lies weave together in a tangle of conflicting loyalties, hidden crimes, and dark secrets. Pull one thread, and there’s no telling what will unravel.

Welcome to The Brass Teapot and Other Stories - the best of Season 1 of the Fiction on the Web audiobook series. There are so many people out there making beautiful literary art, so many niches snugly filled, so many jokers and prophets and lovers and fighters, so many wonderful stories finding an audience. Literary magazines are packed full of love, craft, art for art's sake, art for life's sake. In a world full of divisions, where we're bombarded by shallow media and tyrannised by selfish politics, literary magazines are antidote, antithesis, haven.

Get ready for a wild ride through dark streets, where monsters roam, magic crackles, and heroes fight shadows at every turn. From wizards to vampires, gods to shapeshifters, these stories will drag you into a world where the impossible is just another day.

Uncomfortably Dark presents DARK DISASTERSIn this third installment of the Dark Dozen series, stories collide with the real-life horror of Mother Nature in all her glory. See what happens when twelve spectacular authors rise to the challenge to combine the worst natural disasters imaginable with something evil and nightmarish hidden at its core. Curated and edited by Candace Nola, with a foreword by Patrick R.

Pubblicato nel 1940, quando la parola "coraggio" era riservata per lo più agli uomini, questo libro fu per Anna Banti il «primo gesto di libertà»: cinque racconti, cinque storie di donne in bilico tra paura e ribellione. C'è Amina che avanza nel buio con un gruppo di donne spaventate. Il passo è incerto, la paura è un'abitudine. Ma all'improvviso la sua fragilità si spezza. Con un gesto di sfida, affronta il marito padrone che la umilia ogni sera e, sollevando un bicchiere di vino, gli dice in faccia: «Ecco la paura che mi fai: ci bevo sopra».

Hell’s apex predator is known by many names. Among them, Wolven, The Lineage, and Werewolf. But in ages past, they were known as Daemonium Lupum. Welcome to our second collection based on Brian P. Easton’s Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter series, an anthology featuring Legends of the Werewolf Hunter.

Heimat, was bedeutet das für Sie? Haben Sie schon einmal darüber nachgedacht? In diesem Buch finden Sie 21 verschiedene Geschichten und Gedichte über Heimat. Die Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerinnen denken ganz unterschiedlich darüber: Heimat kann ein Land sein. Heimat kann ein Mensch sein. Oder Heimat kann ein Gefühl sein. Das Buch ist aus einem Literatur-Wettbewerb für Einfache Sprache entstanden: Die Kunst der Einfachheit 2023 .

Bailes e divertimentos suburbanos, O nosso esporte e De Cascadura ao Garnier reúnem três crônicas marcantes de Lima Barreto. Em Bailes e divertimentos suburbanos, o autor traça um paralelo entre as festas da burguesia carioca e os animados bailes dos subúrbios, destacando as diferenças sociais e culturais. Já em O nosso esporte, Lima Barreto critica a crescente popularidade do futebol, que começava a dominar os jornais, em detrimento de outros assuntos mais relevantes.

The Seed of McCoy written by Jack London: The Pyrenees, her iron sides pressed low in the water by her cargo of wheat, rolled sluggishly, and made it easy for the man who was climbing aboard from out a tiny outrigger canoe. As his eyes came level with the rail, so that he could see inboard, it seemed to him that he saw a dim, almost indiscernible haze. It was more like an illusion, like a blurring film that had spread abruptly over his eyes.

The popular THINLY VEILED collection from the Castle of Horror continues with this anthology of horror stories in the world of 80s pop culture-- from movies like ROBOCOP and THE KEEP to shows like THE FACTS OF LIFE and MORK AND MINDY-- but every one of these brands is "thinly veiled." See if you can recognize them all!

El segundo libro de cuentos de Alvaro Vanegas recurre a temas tan fundamentales en el género del terror como los zombies y los asesinos en serie para criticar aspectos de la sociedad en que vivimos como el machismo, el respeto por el otro y la religión...

The nine narrative episodes of Volume Four of the Emmy® Award-winning Netflix Original series Love, Death + Robots. Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher, and Supervising Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Introduction by John Scalzi, with stories by John Scalzi, Stant Litore, Siobhan Carroll, Bruce Sterling, John McNichol, Dave Hutchinson, Marc Laidlaw, and Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon.

Edited by the award-winning author, Niamh McAnally, Stories of Place will take you on a whirlwind journey across the globe courtesy of nine international writers whose tales span the genres of thriller, adventure, mystery, coming-of-age, LGBTQ+, young adult, and literary fiction, as well as the vast spectrum of the human experience. Each story is titled using the innovative geocode system What3Words, which uses three words to identify a precise location on Earth.

Delve into the darkness and discover the world of your nightmares. Eighteen terrifying tales of what lurks behind the veil. A make-belief monster becomes all too real, a mother's hate doesn't stop at death, a late-night work call becomes a fight between life and death, a urban legend becomes all too real. Filled with supernatural and paranormal thrills and chills. These are not your mother's bedtime stories. You have been warned.

Liebe Hörerinnen und Hörer, mit "... das war eine furchtbar traurige Geschichte, Herr May..." endete in der Wirtschaft von Frau Krummbiegel in Falkenau unsere erste Karl May Hörspielerzählung "WEIHNACHT". "SATAN & ISCHARIOT" setzt die Rahmenhandlung in der Gaststätte zu Falkenau fort und lässt Karl May von seinen ruhmreichen Abenteuern im Wilden Westen als OLD SHATTERHAND erneut in die Vergangenheit blicken. "Die Felsenburg liegt hoch in den Bergen der Sonora und birgt ein grausames Geheimnis, das einem deutschen Auswandererzug zum Verhängnis werden soll.

Hailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. This powerful anthology marks the journal’s 15th anniversary, showcasing 15 unforgettable stories curated by founder Laura Pegram. With a foreword from award-winning author Edwidge Danticat, the narratives included in this vivid anthology explore the devastation of leaving home and the struggle to adapt to reimagined lives, lost loves, distant families, and buried pasts.

UNCOVER WHAT IS BELOW. What is beneath our feet? Below our skin? What lurks in the darkness in the basement, or deep inside the earth? How far down can you read before you go insane? Step down into the chilling stories in Below. We woefully present you with tales of the twisted and terrifying. Listen to maddening transmissions, step into a basement of secrets, encounter a mother whose hate transcends death, a late-night work call becomes a fight of survival, demons lurk, and spirits seek their final revenge. These are not your Mother's bedtime stories…