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  Fair Tales of Fowl

  H. G. Wells, Arthur Morrison,...

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  Ten classic short stories from the quills of great bird-loving authors. 1. A Deal in Ostriches by H. G. Wells2. Dobbs’ Parrot by Arthur Morrison3. The Hen by Saki4. The Egg by Sherwood Anderson5. The Triumphs if a Taxidermist by H. G. Wells6. The Grey Parrot by W. W. Jacobs7. Pigeons from Hell by Robert E. Howard8. Aepyornis Island H. G. Wells9. The Parrot by Guy de Maupassant10. The Seventh Pullet by Saki

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  Evil Flowers

  Gunnhild Øyehaug

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  From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Present Tense Machine and Knots, a collection of playfully surreal stories about love, death, and metamorphosis. 
   
  In Evil Flowers, a precise but madcap collection of short stories, Gunnhild Øyehaug extracts the bizarre from the mundane and reveals the strange, startling brilliance of everyday life. 
   
  Across twenty-five stories, Øyehaug renovates the form again and again, confirming Lydia Davis’s observation that her every story is “a formal surprise, smart and droll.” The stories converse with, contradict, and expand on one another; birds, hagfish, and wild beasts reappear, gnawing at the fringes. A section of a woman’s brain slips into the toilet bowl, removing her ability to remember or recognize types of birds (particularly problematic because she is an ornithologist). Medicinal leeches ingest information from fiberoptic cables, and a new museum sinks into the ground. 
   
  Inspired by Charles Baudelaire, a dreamer and romantic in the era of realism, Øyehaug revolts against the ordinary, reaching instead for the wonder to be found in fantasy and absurdity. Brimming with wit, ingenuity, and irrepressible joy, these stories mark another triumph from a dazzling international writer.

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  Requiem for Poseidon

  S. C. Mitchell

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  The seas quake as gods clash. 
  Poseidon, once mighty, falls prey to the onslaught of warring gods. Now, as the battle rages in the celestial realm, the tides of war surge beneath the waves. Can even the deep sea provide sanctuary when the malevolent Kraken is unleashed? 
  The goddess Sedna, barely surviving the initial strike against the Inuit pantheon, seeks solace within the ocean's depths with her trusted ally, Jormungandr—the misunderstood Norse World Serpent. Isolated in his watery abode, Jormungandr has eluded the chaos of war until now, offering refuge to Sedna. But their sanctuary faces imminent peril as the evil alliance releases the ferocious Kraken. 
  Embark on an enthralling journey that intertwines mythology, action, and suspense. Join the ranks of devoted readers and unlock the secrets of a war that will reshape the destiny of our world.

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  Puck of Pook's Hill

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Puck of Pook's Hill' is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy – since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements, and as contemporary fantasy – since it depicts a magical being active and practising his magic in the England of the early 1900s when the book was written. The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's, by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck, or told by Puck himself.

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  The Silence

  John Galsworthy

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  John Galsworthy was born in Kingston Upon Thames in Surrey, on August 14th 1867.  The family was wealthy and well established.  John was schooled at Harrow and New College, Oxford before training as a barrister. But law was not for him. 
  Galsworthy first published in 1897 with a collection of short stories entitled “The Four Winds”.  Initially he published as 'John Sinjohn' but after the death of his father in 1904 he published as John Galsworthy. 
  Much of his early work was as Plays for which he dealt with social issues and the class system. From there it was but a short step to the works for which he won the Nobel Prize and for which he is so well remembered; The Forsythe Sage trilogy. 
  Although sympathetic to his characters, he reveals their insular, snobbish, and somewhat greedy attitudes and suffocating moral codes. In his writings he campaigns for prison reform, women's rights, animal welfare, and the opposition of censorship as well as a recurring theme of an unhappy marriage from the women’s side. 
  John Galsworthy died from a brain tumour at his London home, Grove Lodge, Hampstead on January 31st 1933. In accordance with his will he was cremated at Woking with his ashes then being scattered over the South Downs from an aeroplane.

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  Conan the Barbarian: The collection

  Robert E. Howard

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  This Audiobook contains- Gods of the North- Shadows in the Moonlight- Queen of the Black Coast- The Devil in Iron- The People of the Black Circle- A Witch Shall Be Born- Jewels of Gwahlur- Beyond the Black River- Shadows in Zamboula - Red Nails- The Hour of the Dragon

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