Publisher: Sandy Shores Publishing
This Halloween Scott Temptleton's wife, Vanessa, takes them back to their college days and the wild adventures they used to have. Well, that she used to have. He always sat on the sidelines until she was finished, and he was called in for cleanup duty. However, this time, it's with one of his friends, and once again, Scott becomes a cuckold on Halloween.
Francis Marion Crawford, an only child, was born on 2nd August 1854 at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. He was a nephew to Julia Ward Howe, the American poet and writer of ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’. Crawford was educated at St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire and then on to Cambridge University, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Rome. In 1879 he went to India, to study Sanskrit and then to edit The Indian Herald. In 1881 he returned to America to continue his Sanskrit studies at Harvard University. His family became increasingly concerned about his employment prospects. After an attempt at a singing career as a baritone was ruled out, he was encouraged to write. In December 1882 his first novel, ‘Mr Isaacs’, was published and was an immediate hit as was his second novel ‘Dr Claudius’ in 1883. In October 1884 he married Elizabeth Berdan and encouraged by his excellent start to a literary career they returned to Sant Agnello, Italy to make a permanent home, buying the Villa Renzi that then became Villa Crawford. In the late 1890s, Crawford began work on his historical works which would later include ‘Corleone’, in 1897, the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature. Crawford is also exceedingly popular and anthologized as a short story writer of bizarre and creepy tales. Francis Marion Crawford died at Sorrento on Good Friday 1909 at Villa Crawford of a heart attack. 01 - F Marion Crawford - An Introduction 02 - The Dead Smile by F Marion Crawford 03 - The Screaming Skull by F Marion Crawford 04 - Man Overboard by F Marion Crawford 05 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford 06 - The Upper Berth by F Marion CrawfordShow book
Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and ‘reasoned’ away to an extent, in past years it’s what usually kept you alive. In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face. In the words of our authors including William Hope Hodgson, Richard Connell, Jack London, Honore de Balzac and a wealth of others, they vividly demonstrate how or whether the participants survive … or fail. 01 - Short Stories About Survival - An Introduction 02 - The White Silence by Jack London 03 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 04 - The Interlopers by Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro 05 - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte 06 - Taman by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov 07 - The Great Slave by Zane Grey 08 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson 09 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell 10 - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane 11 - To Build a Fire by Jack London 12 - The Snowstorm - Part 1 by Leo Tolstoy 13 - The Snowstorm - Part 2 by Leo TolstoyShow book
Experience the chilling and macabre tales of Bram Stoker, a master of horror fiction, renowned for his iconic novel Dracula. Delve into a collection of spine-tingling stories, curated by Stoker's widow. Unveiling myths, legends, and unimaginable malevolence, this compilation showcases the breadth and depth of Stoker's unparalleled prowess in the realm of horror writing.Show book
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume we explore and enjoy the stories of authors who attended one of the great seats of learning. Amongst their storied number are M R James, Hugh Walpole, William Makepeace Thackeray and a host of others. 01 - The Top 10 - Cambridge - An Introduction 02 - A Little Dinner At Timmin's by William Makepeace Thackeray 03 - Caterpillars by E F Benson 04 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy 05 - The Ash Tree by M R James.wav 05 - Major Wilbraham by Hugh Walpole 07 - Far Above Rubies by Netta Syrett 08 - The Closed Window by A C Benson 09 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain 10 - The 9.30 Up-Train by Sabine Baring-Gould 11 - The Screaming Skull by F Marion CrawfordShow book
A collection of six stories—including the acclaimed “The Outstation”—by the renowned twentieth-century author of the classic Of Human Bondage. Set in the Federated Malay States during the 1920s, these stories portray the lives of the English living abroad and the clashes that occur with the native Malaysians—and among themselves. In “Before the Party,” a widow who lies about the cause of her husband’s death in Borneo is confronted by her family and blithely reveals the truth of his untimely death. “P. & O.” follows a woman sailing home to England to seek a divorce; struggling with fears of aging and loneliness, she finds a way to be at peace with herself after a fellow passenger succumbs to a mysterious illness. Though in Borneo for decades, a British Resident Officer holds tightly to English customs and traditions, but his snobbery and classism come under attack when he is saddled with a boorish new assistant in “The Outstation.” In “The Force of Circumstance,” the new marriage of a British official and his wife reaches a breaking point when she learns of his not-so-secret past in Sembulu. “The Yellow Streak” follows two British men who are swept away by a tidal bore on a river in Borneo; though they both survive, one is nearly driven to madness by his suspicions that his companion knows he left him to drown. “The Letter” opens in Singapore with a British woman accused of murder in an act of self-defense; when evidence comes to light that proves she is lying, her lawyer and her husband must face their convictions—and the woman they thought they knew . . .Show book
American master Erskine Caldwell’s powerful classic stories of anger, humor, insight, and hope for the South Author of some of the most widely banned fiction of the twentieth century, Erskine Caldwell had a talent for striking a nerve. In this collection of nearly one hundred stories, the full depth and scope of his talent is on display, including his trademark biting satire as well as his skill at rendering deeply moving portraits of his native South. In a career that spanned over six decades, Caldwell produced stories that serve to document a changing society, from the dehumanizing trials of the Great Depression through the transformative battle to desegregate the South. Taken together, his short fiction reveals a voice that remains essential for readers hoping to understand the American experience. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library.Show book
