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The Haunter of the Dark is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5-9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales. It was the last-written of the author's known works, and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The epigraph to the story is the second stanza of Lovecraft's 1917 poem Nemesis.

The gold drew them into the wilderness, only to test them with the most trying and thrilling experiences of their lives. It held them in the boom town of Dawson with a fever that would not break as long as nuggets, flakes, and dust could still be dredged from the muddy creeks, as long as there was even a chance at getting rich off the yellow metal as it spilled to the scales for services rendered, or found its way secreted into one’s pockets for the same.

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The year is 1985, and there's a storm brewing. It's the kind that forces even the derelicts to retreat to their gutters. Each room is its own unique story; each chapter, a room. Check in at Owl Eyes and stay a spell, won't you? There's always room for the dead.

June Tremblay is struggling to find herself as a painter when she accepts a summer job as assistant to renowned artist Hiram Lammergeier on his private island off the Maine coast. The reclusive legend has one peculiar rule: under no circumstances is June to create any art of her own. Caught between her need to paint and her desire for Lammergeier, June rebels, and her transgression sets off a chain of retaliation that will shape the rest of her life.

El destino del imperio incaico sobre un tablero de ajedrez. ¿Podrá Atahualpa ver el siguiente movimiento de los españoles o sucumbirá por su inocencia? Una de las tradiciones más entrañables de Palma.

Эрик-Эмманюэль Шмитт — мировая знаменитость, это едва ли не самый читаемый и играемый на сцене французский автор. Впервые на русском языке новый роман автора Женщина в зеркале. В удивительном сюжете сплетаются три истории из трех различных эпох. Брюгге XVII века. Вена начала ХХ века. Лос-Анджелес, наши дни. Анна, Ханна, Энни — все три потрясающе красивы, и у каждой особое призвание, которое еще предстоит осознать. Призвание, которое может стоить жизни.

I’ve often wondered at the meaning lurking behind the reported final words—moose, Indian—of Henry David Thoreau. For some reason, I’ve always imagined a somewhat dark, untold tale at their root. MOOSE. INDIAN. is just such a reimagining of Thoreau’s first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls the uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.

Josie and her ma were desperate to save their farm. George wanted their farm and Josie wanted to know why. Something wasn’t right. Praying for the Lord to guide and protect her, she impulsively buys a newspaper, secretly responding to an ad for a mail-order bride. While feeling at peace about her decision, George becomes forceful about their marriage. When disaster leaves them destitute, they escape from George, fleeing to Wyoming, where Josie’s future husband, Micah, awaits.

"The Silicon Joust: Knights of the Data Table" is a whimsical parody of the classic King Arthur and the Knights tale. Instead of King Arthur and the Knights, we have the valiant AIs assuming the role of knights. This silly medieval romance unfolds with AI characters as the main protagonists. Since the story is so short, this is all you are going to find here.

This series is a collection of mainly novellas and a select few shorts, written by a hand-picked mix of Chinese and other international writers; it artistically reincarnates the 60-year-old gruesome battle of Japan’s invasion of Communist Party-led China, dissecting this culturally important event from all levels and angles.

Así empieza a hablar Osama, el hombre recién llegado a Beirut que a lo largo de estas páginas nos desvelará los secretos de su estrafalaria familia y muy en especial del abuelo, un hombre que había dedicado su vida al ilustre oficio de contar historias en bares y mercados. Nadie como él sabía hablar de héroes y villanos, de princesas y esclavas, de tesoros ocultos en ciudades encantadas; nadie sabía mezclar tan sabiamente los hilos de la realidad y la leyenda; nadie, en fin, mejor que él para hacer de la vida un cuento mágico.

Svegliata di soprassalto da frastuoni di metallo, rombi di vampa, urla di ribelli. Bombardata dalle palandre del Re Sole. Conquistata dagli austriaci, con le teste rasate e le uniformi impeccabili. Terra di nobili e mercanti, di idealisti e faccendieri, di patrioti ed espatriati. Genova. Porta del Mediterraneo. È lei la città che presta le sue strade, le sue piazze, i suoi quartieri a questi nove racconti in cui le vicende della grande Storia – remota e recente, eroica e vergognosa – irrompono nella vita dei singoli e la stravolgono.

"Unspoken Bonds: A Tale of Compassion in Early 1900s New York City" is a captivating short novel that transports readers to the vibrant yet unforgiving streets of a city defined by stark contrasts. The story revolves around two individuals from vastly different backgrounds who form a deep and unspoken bond.

A headstrong, fast-driving young woman gets pulled into a dangerous bootlegging scheme in this thrilling novella set in glamorous and gritty Prohibition-era New York City, written in an exciting collaboration between bestselling and critically acclaimed authors Fiona Davis and Greg Wands. New...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING PAUL MESCAL AND JOSH O’CONNOR Winner of the Story Prize Spotlight Award Shortlisted for the 2025 Mark Twain Award Longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction & the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction An ALA Notable Book One of...

A respectable young widow and mother of two children, the Marquise of O— finds herself inexplicably pregnant after being rescued by a Russian officer from the attentions of his soldiers during the storming of her town’s citadel. Convinced of her own innocence and wishing to vindicate her own...

The first three books in Peter Rimmer's epic Brigandshaw Chronicles, the massive series that will have you gripped for months! In 1887, British ships continue to arrive at the bustling, growing port of Cape Town in South Africa. On board, one of them is a young man, Sebastian Brigandshaw, exiled from England by his abusive father.

The Lonely Spirit is a short story collection sprawled across the Old West. As the only half-Comanche US marshal, L.S. Quinn straddles two worlds, searching for peace in both. Quinn is one of the best marshals, well-respected for finding criminals and bringing them to justice. His adventures pit him against criminals like Florence Finnegan, the famous brothel owner and gunslinger, and Jack Mattherson, whose attack on US Senator William Quincy brings out Quinn’s desire for revenge.

Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from...