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  A Touch of Realism

  Saki Saki

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  Lady Blonze is hosting a Christmas party and wants to try a new idea to make it original. Her guest Blanche Boveal suggests a game where each guest has to act as a specific character consistently throughout the visit. At the end, everyone tries to guess each other's characters, and the best actor wins a prize. 
  The story satirizes the upper-class society's attempts to create novel entertainment and their obliviousness to the potential consequences of their games. Saki's signature wit and dark humor are evident in the absurd situations the characters find themselves in while trying to act out their roles.

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  The Christening

  D H Lawrence

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  'The Christening' was written by D H Lawrence in 1911. Lawrence is at his best in this story, taken from the scenes of his childhood and based on characters he knew intimately. The theme of the unmarried mother, and the frictions the situation caused in the family and in the local community were further explored in his play ‘The Daughter-in-Law’. In this story, the emphasis moves around each member of the family and the visiting clergyman as the tensions in family life are released.

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  A Deadly Affair - Unexpected...

  Agatha Christie

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  “[We] can’t get enough of Christie’s plush and murderous thrills.” —Entertainment Weekly 
  From the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing. 
  Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love—crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries. 
  In “The Face of Helen,” a night at the Royal Opera could reach a fatal crescendo for a woman caught in a dicey love triangle; “Finessing the King” delivers a curious ad in the personals that could mask sinister intentions; who’s in danger of getting stung in “Wasps’ Nest” depends on rounding up suspects and solving a murder—before it even happens. These are just a few of the tales in this collection featuring essential reading that Christie fans old and new will simply love to death.

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  Clouds of Witness - The Lord...

  Dorothy L. Sayers

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  Clouds of Witness: A Murder Mystery Novel by Dorothy L. SayersDelve into the captivating world of Lord Peter Wimsey with Clouds of Witness, the second installment in Dorothy L. Sayers' iconic mystery series. This timeless classic offers a gripping tale of murder, family secrets, and aristocratic intrigue.When the Duke of Denver, Lord Peter's own brother, is accused of murder, the stakes couldn't be higher. Armed with his razor-sharp intellect and unyielding determination, Lord Peter uncovers a web of secrets, lies, and political entanglements. As the truth unfolds, readers are treated to Sayers' signature blend of wit, suspense, and literary charm.Perfect for fans of classic detective fiction, Clouds of Witness showcases Dorothy L. Sayers' masterful storytelling and the enduring appeal of her brilliant and charismatic sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey.

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  Eyes for the Blind - From their...

  Frederick Cowles

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  Frederick Ignatius Cowles was born in 1900 in Cambridge, England. 
  This unfamiliar name is one of the gems of English supernatural fiction as well as several other works of travelogues, history, folklore, and children's books.  
  When his supernatural short stories, and some are very short indeed, were first published they were compared to the works of M R James and EF Benson, yet unlike those two authors he fell, unfairly, into obscurity. 
  In all he wrote perhaps 60 short stories with weird and supernatural themes. 
  Frederick Cowles died in 1948 although some accounts offer that it was 1949.

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  Weird Wilderness Stories

  A. Merritt, Algernon Blackwood,...

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  A collection of strange stories that take place in the oft weird and wonderful great outdoors. 
  Contents: 
  "The Pool of the Stone God" by A. Merritt 
  An encounter with a strange statue. 
  "The Wood of the Dead" by Algernon Blackwood 
  An encounter with a ghost, whose appearance is an omen of death. 
  "Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp" by Algernon Blackwood 
  Men on a moose hunting trip find a dead man washed ashore. 
  "Genius Loci" by Clark Ashton Smith 
  A painter’s strange account of a meadow. 
  "Uneasy Lie the Drowned" by Donald Wandrei 
  A troubling lake crossing. 
  "The Moon-Bog" by H. P. Lovecraft 
  A man acquires a family estate with unfortunate results. 
  "The Tree on the Hill" by H. P. Lovecraft 
  A tree with strange properties. 
  "The Hunt" by Jennifer Gill 
  A young lady’s first hunt of the season. 
  "The Death of Halpin Frayser" by Ambrose Bierce 
  A man apparently dies at the hands of his deceased mother. 
  "Chickamauga" by Ambrose Bierce 
  A child strays into the forest...

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