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In this short story by four great Victorian authors, a woman's fascination with an abandoned house reveals mystery and intrigue within. Written by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter, "A House to Let" tells the story of an elderly woman who moves to London for a change of scenery. Fascinated by signs of life emanating from a supposedly abandoned house, she entreats two rival helpers to investigate. On their...
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Brody Rollins is back in Tucker's Point, Maine, for the first time in five years, but he's not staying long. His plan is to go in, meet his new baby nephew, and get out. Then a winter storm takes a turn for the worse, and Brody can't escape…from former neighbors, old regrets or painful glimpses of his ex-fiancée.
When Delaney Westcott runs into Brody at the town's emergency shelter, she's shaken. She wants nothing to do with the man...
When Delaney Westcott runs into Brody at the town's emergency shelter, she's shaken. She wants nothing to do with the man...
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With her own inexorable but utterly unpredictable logic and her almost uncanny ability to conjure the strange states of mind and emotion that constitute our daily consciousness, Eisenberg pulls us as if by gossamer threads through her characters--a tormented woman whose face determines her destiny; a group of film actors shocked to read a book about their past; a privileged young man who unexpectedly falls into a love affair with a human rights worker...
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The singular, enchanting debut story collection from Elizabeth McCracken, now back in print as part of Ecco's "Art of the Story" series, and with a new introduction from the author
Called "astonishingly assured" by The Guardian, the nine stories that make up Elizabeth McCracken's debut story collection deal with oddball characters doing their very best to forge connections with those around them.
In "It's Bad Luck to Die" a woman marries an older...
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Upon his arrival in Japan in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn found himself enamored with the culture, people, and stories of the country, and would make Japan his home until his death in 1904. His collections of stories published during this time became the most popular of Hearn's writings, and earned him veneration worldwide as not only a great translator of Japanese mythology, but as a sensational teller of strange and wonderfully macabre tales. "Kwaidan"...
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The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery, they are exhilarated by it; they emerge from their common danger full of confidence in their own manhood and in the bond...
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"Some Possible Solutions offers an idiosyncratic series of "What ifs": What if your perfect hermaphrodite match existed on another planet? What if you could suddenly see through everybody's skin to their organs? What if you knew the exact date of your death? What if your city was filled with doppelgangers of you? Forced to navigate these bizarre scenarios, Phillips' characters search for solutions to the problem of how to survive in an irrational,...
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El presente libro busca reflejar a través de relatos de cuarentena, las vivencias, los sentimientos y las reflexiones de lo que padecemos, en particular y en sociedad, por la pandemia mundial 2020, ocasionada por el sars 2 covid-19 (más comúnmente denominado coronavirus).
Me inspiré en escribirlo con el fin de que generaciones venideras puedan tener registro de sucesos y vivencias cotidianas, por quienes hoy atravesamos estos tiempos y que seremos,...
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Ten Short Stories: Wordsworth Shorts 21 – 30 is a Wordsworth Collection of ten short stories, most of which have all previously been published as standalone Wordsworth Shorts. 21. Wedding of the Year has been published in Twee Tales Twee, Twee Tales More and Five Third Age Short Stories.22. After the Storm has been published in Twee Tales Too, Twee Tales More and Five Third Age Short Stories.23. The Battle of Killiecrankie has been published in...
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El mundo vive una pandemia, mitad de la población se refugia dentro de sus casas. Se expide el sentimiento de fraternidad y esperanza, los nuevos amigos que todavía se pueden hacer, los recuerdos y los adioses de amores pasados, el porvenir de un mundo post-apocalíptico, y el terror que pueden envolver cuatro paredes blancas. Todo esto se encuentra dentro de esta compilación de diferentes autores, que, a su modo, han descrito lo que para ellos...
14) Pesadillas
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Pesadillas es una antología de 9 cuentos de terror mexicanos. Cada historia mezcla los temores contemporáneos con figuras del folklore; ya sean fantasmas aztecas, momias de Guanajuato, el Chupacabras o incluso el Día de muertos. Los temores de la sociedad se verán encarnados en estas "Pesadillas
15) Los Bastardos
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"Ricardo Piglia señala que el cuento "reproduce la búsqueda siempre renovada de una experiencia única que nos permite ver, bajo la superficie opaca de la vida, una verdad secreta". En estos cuentos, los autores lo consiguen con cuanto dicen, pero también con lo que callan, con los sobreentendidos que aluden a una realidad mayor encerrada en sus historias y que el lector sólo puede observar una vez pasado el punto final. Justo el descubrimiento...
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Five short stories with an autumn feel. Five Short Stories for Autumn is a Wordsworth Collection of five themed short stories that have been previously published or broadcast. Full publishing history details below: THE GIRL ON THE BENCH first published in Words Worth Reading Issue 1; also published in Twee Tales More and as a Wordsworth ShortTHE MOST SCARIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR first published in Words Worth Reading Issue 1; also published in Twee...
17) Flash Fiction 3
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A collection of five very short stories, all under 1,200 words, all written by Diane Wordsworth. THE HITCH HIKER first published as a Wordsworth Flash FictionTHE CASTLE ON THE HILL first published as a Wordsworth Flash FictionDESTINATION DESIRE first published as a Wordsworth Flash FictionWHERE THERE'S SMOKE first published as a Wordsworth Flash FictionHAPPY VALENTINE first published in Flash Fiction 3
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Deborah Eisenberg is nearly unmatched in her mastery of the short-story form. Now, in her newest collection, she demonstrates once again her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled, perfectly shaped studies of human connection and disconnection. From a group of friends whose luck in acquiring a luxurious Manhattan sublet turns to disaster as their balcony becomes a front-row seat to the catastrophe of 9/11; to the Roman holiday of a schoolteacher...
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El presente libro es el producto de la convocatoria que la Universidad del Magdalena abrió a principio del año 2018 para funcionarios, docentes, contratistas, graduados y pensionados que escriben cuentos.
Los textos seleccionados son diversos en sus temas y tratamientos, un hecho que refleja la disparidad de visiones y poéticas que rige el desarrollo del género en el país y la región.
El número y la calidad de algunos de estos cuentos confirman...
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'An enchanting treasury of magical tales handed down through the ages. Infectious and soul-stirring, these are stories crying out to be shared.' - Ben Hoare, award winning wildlife journalist and nature nerd
Have you heard the tale of Black Annis, the witch-demon that lurks beneath a Leicester housing estate? Do you know the legend of the Hunting of the Great Bear, or how the crow brought daylight? Why should you be careful to never insult the moon?
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