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In the shadowed realm where magic intertwines with the echoes of forgotten whispers, there lies a tale that transcends the boundaries between worlds. Welcome to "Witch's Demonic Bargain," a mystical journey into a town veiled in secrets, where the threads of ancient power weave a tapestry of darkness and intrigue. Hollow Grove, a place ensconced in the echoes of its enigmatic past, harbors a chilling legacy that stretches back to the 16th century....
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This collection of ten short stories, completed as part of a quest to complete at least 52 stories in 2023, has it all. Science Fiction. Action. Fantasy Adventure. Crime. Mystery. And Romance. Everything the lover of short fiction could want.Readers who enjoy engrossing stories set in imaginative worlds will love this book.
5583) Rest for the Wicked
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On her way home from her day job in the middle of a heatwave, all Linny wants from life right now? A cold shower.
Then the head of her dive team pages: a salvage job out on the reef. Even better than a shower - if Linny gets there in time.
She'd better. Because today, a centuries-old mystery awakens on the reef. Everything Linny knows? About to come crumbling down...
A haunting tale for everyone who ever longed for something more beyond the ordinary...
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Ernest Hemingway, (1899 – 1961) was an American novelist and short-story writer, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He was noted both for the intense masculinity of his writings and for his adventurous and widely publicized life. A consummately contradictory man, Hemingway achieved a fame surpassed by few, if any, American authors of the 20th century. The virile nature of his writing, which attempted to re-create the exact physical...
5585) Dirty Heist
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An undisclosed amount of money. Not enough time. The police are surrounding the building. Harry, the suspect, needs to complete the heist before Detective Carlson figures out what is really going on.
5586) Fluid
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In 1970s Hull, a tiny revolution is brewing. Young sex workers find their creativity and independence. Besotted artists perform outrageous stage-shows, and young women discover the beauty of feminism, book clubs, and shower heads. This intersectional collection of short stories paints a picture of a post-hippy, bohemian lifestyle, where punk, art, and abjection meet. Fluid is an interconnected collection of short-stories, each chapter based on a piece...
5587) Don't Let Me Go
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I know what I saw. He was kissing her. So, I stormed out and went to a bar with my besties. Turns out, I was wrong. Now I want him back. Will he make it easy, or will he make me pay? Don't Let Me Go is a sweetish romance short read: 3,400 words. A steamier version of this title is under the title One More Time, by Emily Padraic.
5588) West to The Rising Sun
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Bewildered Vikings stuck out of their time, fractured fairy tales, terrible puns, genial idiots, frustrated ghosts and even an explanation for why people eat Brussel sprouts.Stories as short as 10 words and as long as 6,500. So many types of humour. Laughs (or at least smiles) on every page – except the index and the copyright page. When I first started writing … actually this was only very recently, but starting with a pompous statement like...
5589) The Cost of Our Lives
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The ongoing global pandemic led to an unusual sprout in the rate of cyberbullying and Gender-based violence. To help curb this and raise more awareness, the Nigerian Author, Ariyike Akinbobola has decided to relaunch her book "The Cost of our Lives" - The Pandemic edition.
"The Cost Of Our Lives" highlights the story of how Ibidun was taken from the slums of Ajegunle in Lagos, Nigeria to London by her Mother's friend. This novella details Ibidun's...
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La lutine du Val d'argent: seize nouvelles en forme de contes qui sont d'abord reliées par une unité de lieu. Toutes ont pour cadre un petit coin de Haute-Alsace, entre le Val d'Argent et la route des vins, autour du pays welche. Elles invitent le lecteur à la promenade le long des sentiers des Vosges ou dans les ruelles des bourgs alsacien. Elles ont aussi en commun une philosophie joyeusement amorale, qui promeut cependant quelques valeurs simples:...
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Growing old may at times seem cruel but Bernadette Smallwood offers a tender alternative view, of enduring love and friendship even when the mind is not what it once was. Her story, Around the Corner, is a collection of vignettes set in an aged care home. It focuses on two residents and the visiting husband of one who is an aged movie star plagued with dementia. Each vignette can be read separately or as a connected series. This is a gentle story...
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La richesses des scènes de la vie ordinaire
L'univers coloré et aux tonalités féminines des Pieds de la femme boutonnière, dévoile des scènes de la vie ordinaire animées par des personnages attachants et sensibles, qui s'éveillent à la vie par une plume fine. Chacune des nouvelles du recueil de Christine Claude est un regard attentif sur la vie, une petite leçon d'humanité.
Une ode à la vie
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Dixième jour de fermeture de la...
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The bite is worse than the burn.Not knowing who he is, where he is, or what he is, Unnamed awakens under a dark sky full of smoke. Who is he? Why are his clothes… and his skin… in tatters? In a world on fire, what sort of person will he become?The Rucksack Universe series combines alternate history, speculative fiction, myth, adventure, globetrotting, and intrigue-all with well-poured pints of beer. Library Journal says Anthony St. Clair's storytelling...
5595) An Improbable Story
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A Sherlock Holmes parody set in a sci-fi future. Short story. When the portable doomsday device is stolen from an impenetrable vault, Sherlock Holmes and Watson must use impossible technologies to recover it. In a story where all the probabilities have been ruled out, only the impossible (and the weird) remain.
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Squirrels in the Wall-a novel told in stories by a collection of interspecies voices-presents a unique and darkly hilarious blend of human and animal perspectives in a single setting on a Wisconsin lake. The stories provide a kaleidoscope of heartbreak among both human and animal characters as they confront abuse and death.
"They call me Herziger, but my real name is Woof," one of the stories opens. "They call me a dachshund, but in reality, I...
5597) En todo cuerpo hay vacío
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En todo cuerpo hay vacío está conformado por cuatro cuentos, cada uno, de cierta manera, protagonizado por algún elemento de la naturaleza -tierra, aire, agua y fuego-, tanto de manera expresa como simbólica: es decir, lo que son y lo que significan en el entorno, al mismo tiempo que configuran la identidad de los personajes. El entramado de los relatos ahonda en las complejas relaciones que hay entre la ciudad y la naturaleza, pero también al...
5598) Gayrabian Nights
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Gayrabian Nights is a twist on the well-known classic, 1001 Arabian Nights, in which Scheherazade, under the threat of death if she ceases to captivate King Shahryar's attention, enchants him through a series of mysterious, adventurous, and romantic tales.
In this variation, a male escort, invited to the hotel room of a closeted, homophobic Mormon Republican senator, learns that the man is poised to vote on a piece of anti-gay legislation the...
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Deux récits psychologiques, des situations conflictuelles, parfois tragiques.
Comment échapper au modèle imposé par sa mère tout en conservant son amour? Amira veut la liberté de choisir pour elle, sans pour autant renier les valeurs familiales.
Comment protéger les autres du mal que l'on subit quand on ne peut rien dire, et surtout pas à sa mère?
Magalie choisit de sacrifier leur amitié pour sauver Naïma.
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"I turned around and looked out the back window. The familiar blue and red lights were flashing. I hoped and prayed that they pulled us over for some minor violation and somehow the fact that this car was stolen would somehow go unnoticed.
I was greatly disappointed when they opened Justin's car door and asked him to step out... There it was, we've been caught. Just like that and it was over. So suddenly our new lives had come to a halting end and...
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