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21) Moon Orchard
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A mother's own childhood experiences of bigotry are triggered when her son is picked on for the colour of his skin. Another mother pre-judges a parent at the school drop-off on the basis of her appearance. A disparate group of travellers on the trans-Siberian railway in the 1930s share memories of Chinese culture, history and politics. And an Australian-Chinese visitor finds herself both fascinated and estranged riding a subway in modern-day China.
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The Irrelevance of Space, The Katowice Eviction, Remembrance, Fal-e-Hafez, Guantanamo, and The Cyberdeath Files - stories of surprises, memories, and loss that range in settings from Scandinavia to Canada, Eastern Europe, Iran, Cuba and the USA. A thread of coincidences runs through the stories, some true, other fanciful.
23) 2 Tales to Tell
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From a unique and path-breaking online Fiction contest comes this very exciting and wonderful anthology of Short Stories - 2 tales to tell.
The Notion Press Social Short Story Contest 2014 brought together authors and readers in a wonderful amalgam of Creativity and appreciation, of talent and technology. 500 plus Authors had more than four lakh readers rate their stories on
Social media. Offering a new twist to the ever-evolving tale of the printed...
24) Fortune$
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What would you do with sudden riches? Explore the wealth of possibilities in this priceless collection of short stories featuring the talents of Steve Bradshaw, John Burgette, Karen Busler, Beth Krewson Carter, Judy Creekmore, Frank DiBianca, Kay DiBianca, Gary Fearon, Larry Fitzgerald, Wallace M. Graham, Ronald Lloyd, Annette Cole Mastron, Nick Nixon, Doyne Phillips, Barbara Ragsdale, Nancy Roe, and Jan Wertz.
For this audiobook, most of the authors...
25) Spoken
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Spoken, Quillkeeprs Press' inaugural installment of spoken word poetry audiobook is curated with spoken word pieces by five poets who excel at the orated word. Each track is enhanced with background music that compliments their poetry. Some poets provided their own tracks, like that of Lee Frank. The music for Azianami's pieces "Dark in the Light" and "Butterflies in the Skies" was produced by music by Zander X.
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They wrote against all odds. Some wrote defiantly; some wrote desperately. Some wrote while trapped within the confines of status and wealth. Some wrote hand-to-mouth in abject poverty. Some wrote trapped in a room of their father's house, and some went in search of a room of their own. They had lovers and families. They were sometimes lonely. Many wrote anonymously or under a pseudonym for a world not yet ready for their genius and talent.
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27) A House to Let
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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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Millennial #snowflakes clash with #baby-boomers: Nineteen tales of human connection and disconnection that collide and subvert the half-crazed romantic contemporary, the not so distant rosy past, our dodgy looking promised cyberpunk utopia and our post-apocalyptic dystopian future. Provocative, wistful, melancholic, nightmarish and darkly funny satire, these episodes…must surely play out logically. Or not.
How far will these characters go for love,...
29) Orphans of Bliss
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"Triumphant!"-THE LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review
"Visceral, cutting" -BOOKLIST, Starred Review
**"Powerhouse anthology" -Publishers Weekly
-Includes the Bram Stoker Award Nominated story:
Through the Looking Glass and Straight Into Hell,by Christa Carmen
Addiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, that...
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Black Mare Books presents twelve twisted tales from Artemis Greenleaf, Holly Dey, and A.B. Richards.
In this Santa's sack of Christmas yarns, you'll find an array of monsters of all stripes. You may want to keep a lookout for a possibly rabid coyote when you stop to play with a dolly. Perhaps enjoy a little shopping before you head into the woods to fell a Christmas tree? Or maybe you've wanted to go on a holiday cruise? And whatever you do, don't...
31) Halloween Bites
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Black Mare Books serves up some fun-sized treats from Artemis Greenleaf, Holly Dey, A.B. Richards, and Claire A. Murray.
In this grab-bag of Halloween shorts, you'll find an assortment of killers and creeps. You may want to log off your Zoom meeting to play with the nice birdies. Perhaps kick back with a premium pizza before you go for a long walk in the dark woods? Or maybe you've wanted to run away to join the circus? Sounds like more fun than...
32) The deadly hours
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"Charming... Four interconnected visits to a world of danger, wit, beauty and genuine romance. Treat yourself!"—ANNE PERRY, internationally bestselling author
A stellar line-up of historical mystery novelists weaves the tale of a priceless and cursed gold watch as it passes through time wreaking havoc from one owner to another. As the hours and years pass, the characters are irrevocably linked by fate, each playing
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This early work by H. P. Lovecraft was originally published in 1935. Born in 1890 in Rhode Island, USA, Lovecraft began writing at a very young age, quickly developing a deep and abiding interest in science. In 1913, Lovecraft joined the UAPA (United Amateur Press Association) but it was four years later, in 1917, that he began to focus on fiction, producing such well-known early stories as 'Dagon' and 'A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson'. However,...
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Taking us from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, from Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, these riveting stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves.
In T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central," an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic...
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Taking us from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, from Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, these riveting stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves.
In T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central," an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic...
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There have been many translators of Chinese literature and poetry over time, but Arthur Waley stands out as one of the best known and most loved. This is perhaps because he had an attribute that most others lacked, which is his poetic abilities. Waley was as much a poet himself as a translator, and while his scholarly erudition was matched by a few others at his time, none ever managed to bring out the true character of Chinese poetry quite so well.
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Experience a heart-pumping and thrilling tale of suspense! Originally published in THRILLER (2006), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson.
In this tense Thriller Short, #1 New York Times bestselling writer Brad Thor sends his hero Scot Harvath to Greece on the trail of the terror group known as 17 November. A US ambassador to Greece, Michael Avery finds himself at the mercy of 17 November, who are forcing him to pay a huge...
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A god overlooks the world he created with restless dissatisfaction, and contemplates ending his misery.
A young painter sees a dazzling woman from across the coffee shop and quickly falls in love, but her past brings him unspeakable shame.
A gambling addict hides his debts to save his marriage, until a shady executive demands her money back or she'll squeal.
Computer Love is a collection of stories about people who have experienced a profound sense...
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Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No faces-no eyes. Not if you want to survive. But, Riley wants to look.
Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions...
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From Publishers Weekly's starred review: "Set in and around colleges and universities, the 17 new stories and one reprint in this top-notch anthology explore the forbidding side of academia. As Block (the Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries) notes in his droll introduction, each of the varied, well-told tales is "as individual as fingerprints." Among the standouts are David Morrell's devious "Requiem for a Homecoming," in which two alumni cast suspicion on...
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