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When nine-year-old Oli’s brother Brooks takes his own life, she assumes she’ll never see him again. She assumes she’ll now be forced to rely on photographs and memories and little more. But then, deep in the woods on Halloween night, Brooks returns for one day. For twenty-four hours. For one thousand four hundred forty minutes. Against all odds, Oli is being given the gift of more time, and over the next fleeting hours, she must decide whether to create new memories, revel in cherished moments, or face a painful past and the fear of a future without Brooks.

Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig's story.

Diese Kurzgeschichte ist aus meinem realen Leben. Wenn du eine Freundin hast, die Prostituierte ist, erfährst du schon sehr viel was Freier mögen. Wenn dein Freund auch noch Autohändler ist, bist du bereit für ein Buch. Wenn du dann noch selbst ein Chaot bist, wird das Buch auch noch lustig. Viele, die dieses Buch lesen, werden Situationen im Leben besser verstehen. Es hat nämlich eine sehr starke psychologische Komponente. Geht der Partner oder Partnerin fremd, könntest du eine Antwort finden warum.

Ich bin ein Serienkiller. Das hier ist meine Geschichte. Ich erzähle dir von meinen Taten, von meinen Ideen, davon, was mich zu dem gemacht hat. Ich möchte, dass du an meiner Seite bist, während ich mein nächstes Opfer finde. Und ich will, dass du dabei mitwirkst. Sieh nicht nur zu.

In this first mini-collection, I explore three facets of revenge in three separate stories: a gory thriller, a fantastic tale and a psychological thriller. Three hard-hitting, uncompromising stories already published in my collection Quatre Saisons de nouvelles Tome 1.

Sunny Zielinski is a beautiful and talented young woman with a promising future. A recent college graduate, Sunny has landed her dream job as a book editor and is soon to be married. Her close-knit family is her strength, particularly her fiercely loving grandparents—Holocaust survivors who helped to raise her. Following two major losses, Sunny finds herself becoming unhinged. When she experiences her first psychotic break, she is plunged into a place of profound fear and confusion. As her delusions and hallucinations take over, Sunny traverses a journey into the depths of madness.

Писательница из Беларуси живет в Нью-Йорке и продает самые дорогие в мире свечи в люкс-бутике. Текст — о том, как она не может никому помочь и никто никому не может помочь.

Страна охвачена новомодным увлечением. Люди отправляют друг другу по почте легкоузнаваемые бархатные мешочки с камушками, а к ним прилагают письмо, содержащее две просьбы: простить того, кто тебя обидел, а затем самому попросить извинения. Популярная телеведущая Ханна Фарр не попадается на эту удочку. Ханна вынуждена отправиться в путешествие по местам, где прошли её детство и юность.

Told through the eyes of Booba (Grandma), this story follows the life of a young female dancer in 1930s-40s Eastern Europe. It explores themes of relationships, bravery, and unity in the face of hatred, both in the past and today, toward others simply because of their religion, race, colour, sexuality, or gender. Booba has spent years researching the Holocaust, reading personal accounts, and listening to survivors' stories. This book does not include names of people or places because she wants you to imagine it is your city, town, or village.

Prague, early 1900s. Master clockmaker Tomas Hruby builds the impossible: a machine that turns the key of time backward. A spilled glass unpours. A fracture seals. A breath of grief rewinds. But every miracle exacts a hidden toll—each reversal erases a memory. With Lida, the bright young apprentice who believes repair is its own kind of mercy, Tomas pushes the mechanism further as the city begins to learn the backward grammar of grace. What starts as small rescues becomes a reckoning: how much can be undone before a life forgets itself?

Behind the veil of ordinary lives, Ctrl+Alt=Desire: Where the Mind Finds Its Escape delves into the vibrant, secret worlds of women seeking profound fulfillment. Through intensely vivid internal experiences—often exploring sensual and forbidden connections—each woman confronts the gap between her mundane reality and her deepest yearnings. This is a psychologically driven journey into passion, escape, and the ultimate surrender to one's authentic self. With a unique structure where every woman is the main character, the book is designed to be a deeply emotional and immersive experience.

Jack Brogan earned his nickname 'Blood' on the icy shores of the Falkland Islands, a name forged in a conflict he'd rather forget. Now, in the quiet cathedral city of Norwich, 1987, he's just a Detective Constable hoping for a peaceful life. But peace is a luxury a serial killer won't allow. A shadow is stalking the streets, leaving a trail of bodies and a chilling calling card: a perfectly sharpened piece of flint. Each victim is a mystery. Each shard of stone, a silent accusation.

In the gritty underbelly of Milan, a successful car salesman's life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a mysterious homeless musician beneath the Corvetto overpass. Drawn to the stranger's haunting melodies, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind the musician's fall from grace. As their worlds collide, both men must confront the dreams they've abandoned and the choices that have led them to this moment. Through richly layered prose, Buzzi explores the delicate balance between artistic passion and practical survival.

Sole ha ventiquattro anni, il cuore rotto, gli occhi del colore dell'oceano e la perenne sensazione di vivere in tempesta. Forse è per questo che sua madre le ha dato quel nome: per ricordarle che si può splendere anche sotto la pioggia battente. Ma di sua madre, Sole ha ormai soltanto una grossa nostalgia, mentre il padre si è chiuso in un silenzio ostinato perché in fondo ognuno vive il dolore a modo suo. Stefano è di Palermo e ha una situazione famigliare disastrosa alle spalle.

In a dorm room at her safety school, surrounded by corn-fed boys and contemptuous girls, Alice is losing her mind. Her first semester is spent clinging to middling grades between drunken hookups and roommate fights. The next brings sleepless nights, extreme weight loss, and effortless, compulsive energy, paused only by an unexpected summoning from the RA for evaluation.

“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie Smith One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century...

Emma Bovary is not content to be the mere dutiful wife of a French country doctor. She yearns for excitement and a sense of romance that pulls at her so strongly she is powerless to resist, even though pursuing her dreams will exact a terrible price. Learn why Gustave Flaubert's compelling heroine has enchanted and puzzled readers for centuries.

Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something has happened there...the population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. And into this disaster zone comes a young man - a poet, a lover, and an adventurer - known only as the Kid.

Augie is a poor but exuberant boy growing up in Chicago during the Depression. While his friends all settle into chosen professions, Augie demands a special destiny. He tests out a wild succession of occupations, proudly rejecting each as too limiting - until he tangles with the glamorous perfectionist Thea.

Margot and Myron Spielman move to a new town, looking for an escape from the long shadow of their past. But soon after they buy Rawlingswood, a foreclosed mansion rumored to be haunted, they realize they’re in for more of the same…or worse. After a renovation fraught with injuries and setbacks, the Spielmans move in to the century-old house, and their problems quickly escalate. The home’s beautiful facade begins to crumble around them when their teenage son uncovers disturbing details of Rawlingswood’s history - a history of murder, betrayal, and financial ruin.