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First published in 2014, this tenth-anniversary edition of the award-winning collection includes three new stories.A young mother intrudes in the life of an older woman, thinking she knows what's best. An academic becomes convinced that he is haunted by his double. Two children spy on their supposedly criminal neighbours. A man enables his cousin's predatory impulses out of loyalty, and a circus performer dreams of a perfect wedding. These characters...
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A collection of short stories plus one not so short. Featuring Thai characters and/or Thai settings. A young girl wants revenge for her father's death. He was a drummer but not respected by other musicians. She steals the show with her drumsticks. She does more with blades on the Phuket's beach. A package is delivered, and an ear falls out. Then there is a tap at the door. Thailand's version of a vampire was locked in an underground room. The new...
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For many years, author Robert Olen Butler has collected picture postcards from the early twentieth century-not so much for the pictures on the fronts but for the messages written on the backs, little bits of the captured souls of people long since passed away. Using these brief messages of real people from another age, Butler here creates fully imagined stories that speak to the universal human condition.
In "Up by Heart," a Tennessee miner is called...
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En esta segunda parte de Los cuatro mundos, el protagonista junto al Rymperión deberán frenar la llegada del Hombre Prisma, un ser que representa la oscuridad que todos los seres llevan dentro.
Sin embargo, no será tarea fácil, pues su influencia no ataca a nivel físico, sino de un modo mucho más atroz y despiadado. La Kingdom of Darkness es su dimensión, donde si te atrapase sufrirías la tortura eterna de un mundo de desilusión.
¿Podrán...
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In the appropriately titled The Corridors of Longing, a wide variety of otherwise ordinary people anxiously face crucial choices. Personal trauma, anger, frustration, sexual desire, cultural shifts, work, and an assortment of other common issues are deepened and made singular, even in these very short stories, by the sharp focus of close observation.In settings and situations that range from mid-20th century to the present, fathers and sons, mothers...
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We all sometimes miss the stories of our fathers or grandfathers, told on cold nights by the fire in the fireplace.
Unfortunately, people socialize less and less, so stories like this slowly fall into oblivion.
I desire to save from the oblivion at least the little bit of soul that remained in the stories I heard.
This story is a fond memory of one such night.
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This is a collection of stories, anecdotes, and reminiscences written, collected, and compiled over a long professional life.
They amuse or provoke serious thought, aiming to make the reader laugh for a few moments and think for much longer.
Most are in short essay form, some with a discursive introductory beginning leading to a serious or amusing ending, the real thrust of the story.
Most are based on personal experience. The stories about bees...
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Big brother said that when I was born in the shadow, I was born to deal with the dead. I was born with Yin and Yang eyes, and I have learned a few mystical skills, and I can handle ordinary children. But one day, I met a thing that I don't know whether it is a person or a ghost, this thing is handsome and extraordinary, but it insisted on pegging me to marry him
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The stories of Vladimir Torchilin, representing the irrationality and phantasmagorical nature of everyday life both in Russia and in America, reveal the difficult world of the people of our time. The writer's gaze sharply notices the details – sometimes funny, sometimes tragic. Written in a lively, fascinating, and often ironic way, these stories are easy to read and at the same time make you think.
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In the title story of this collection, Alysson was raised to believe in a sisterhood of women. She is plunged into a world where the 'sisters' are twisted. Women set her up at work by a malicious prank. A manager tries to molest her. These events occur in the stories set in a fictitious agency where she is a badly treated casual. In 'Bad Neighbours', Trudy, Alysson, the owner of the property, and most of the street, are victimised, any hour of the...
11) About Face
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About Face is an illustrated children's book about a dream in which ears, eyes, nose and mouth become detached from the narrator's face, taking on lives of their own.
The facial characters, free from all restrictions, delve into mischief including party music, trying to bake a pie without burning down the kitchen, eating and even dancing!
About Face is a hilarious children's story illustrated with remarkable 3D effects and fantasic visual innovation...
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The book is a large collection of must-read, out-of-the-ordinary stories. They are unlike anything you have ever read before. Some of them will challenge your cultural view of the world. This large collection of literary works encompasses the following genres: suspense, horror, action, science fiction, literary fiction, historical fiction, erotic, and off-the-beat.
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Ghosts
A series of mild-mannered, malcontent, miscreants telling stories of mischief, malevolence, and murder.
"I think that there are ghosts.
I haven't seen or heard
anything. I've definitely felt
something, but it's not scary."
Robbie Williams
"I don't believe in ghosts."
Ryan Gosling
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"Stories about real life told in an assured voice." - William Wall author of No Paradiso "Stories of raw truth ranging from buoyant comedy to harrowing loss written with consummate skill." - Eoin Lynam, editor of Shorter Stories "A blast of cold air blasting through a warm room. These stories will hit you hard and stay with you long after you've finished reading them." - Paradoxical Magazine "An eclectic collection which showcases McDermott's subtle...
15) Miedos
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¿Aún crees en monstruos bajo la cama? ¿Te aterroriza la oscuridad? ¿Hasta dónde estarías dispuesto a llegar para no caer en el olvido? ¿Qué harías si te hubiese tocado crecer en la Ruanda de 1994? ¿Y si la desidia se hubiese apoderado de tu vida? ¿Tienes miedo a estar solo? ¿O a sentirte solo?
Miedos no es un libro de terror. Estos veintisiete relatos no pretenden que nos escondamos asustados bajo la almohada, sino más bien que nos enfrentemos...
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Having very little memory very few memories of my childhood in Iran… and less and less as time goes by… I chose to pay tribute to the Iranians… my own way… at last I have a bridge back to Iran again…Iran is often confused with a country with ill-famed people… little do people know how wrong they can be in assuming so… and those (usually self-proclaimed) specialist of Iran and Iranian life and culture are not specialist at all…Iran...
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Five Ordinary Men is a collection of five stories, each focusing on a different man, though the reader may think the book title is a misnomer and question whether some or all of the men are 'ordinary' at all. One man inexplicably commits a terrible crime, and relates aspects of his life trying to explain his actions both to himself and others. Another's memories of his close friend are reawakened when shown six varied photographs of their shared lives....
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This collection of short stories and vignettes is at once sad, humorous, and inspiring, set against the backdrop of the Diaspora. Woven from the recollections and experiences of childhood in a society divided by religion, expectations, despair, and hope, it tells the tales of those who crossed the Lagan in search of a better life. This canvas captures the fleeting nature of the Church's influence and control, and the contempt for its hypocrisy.
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Tales of R.L. Culkin Vol. 1 is a group of short stories from the mind of R.L. Culkin that take the fantasies of space, death, love, fear, and the unknown and showcase them in fast-paced stories that keep you engaged and interested. Tales of R.L. Culkin. Vol. 1 is also a quick read for most and a joy not to be put down until ended. With original characters and stories please enjoy tales of R.L. Culkin Vol. 1 and read something new.
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Time to Choose is a collection of short stories of mystery and the supernatural. Tragedy, murder, betrayal, and revenge all haunt the pages within; a witch who uses her powers to rid herself of nuisance neighbours, a demon who terrorises a town in a race against time, a deathbed visit from the Devil himself, vengeful ghosts seeking payback from beyond the grave and the tragic ghost of an unloved, unwanted child seeking a playmate for eternity.
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