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  Twilight Stories

  Catharine Shaw

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  Step into the gentle world of Twilight Stories, a heartwarming collection of short tales by Catharine Shaw that brings together timeless lessons of faith, family, and spiritual growth. Guided by the wise and kind Aunt Ruth, four curious children embark on a reflective journey into the promises of God—described as comforting "tickets" for the soul. Through tender storytelling and rich moral insight, Shaw weaves together simple yet profound moments that illuminate Christian virtues such as kindness, trust, patience, and love. 
  Perfect for listeners of all ages, Twilight Stories offers a peaceful retreat into the values of yesteryear—where each story glows with the warmth of twilight and the enduring light of faith.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Alexander Puskin, Nikolái Gógol,...

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  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 the vast Empire of the Russians literature was a way to exchange ideas, values and cultures.  Yet each author, each story, each character is an individual example of a journey that, story by story, has transformed the glimmering arc of its literature.   
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The 19th Century - The Russians - An Introduction 
  2 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy 
  3 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat' 
  4 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoevsky 
  5 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoevsky 
  6 - Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky 
  7 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov 
  8 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 
  9 - The Shot by Alexander Pushkin 
  10 - Hide And Seek or Pliatki by Fyodor Sologub 
  11 - Taman by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov 
  12 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin

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  The Age of Doubt

  Kyongni Pak

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  The Age of Doubt collects some of Pak Kyongni's most famous works, including her 1955 debut and other stories featuring characters that would appear in her 21-volume epic, Toji. Many of Pak's stories reflect her own turbulent experiences during the period following the Korean war and the various South Korean dictatorships throughout the twentieth century.

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  Poodle Stew - Puddles & Death

  Sean Andrews

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  In Poodle Stew, eccentric private eye Hunter B. Phillips will take any job to keep the lights on. Except - Divorce snooping.  
  When a suburban oddball hires him for a bizarre errand, Hunter’s path crosses that of his old partner, homicide detective Lattish. 
  A young woman is found murdered in a blind alley, her body mutilated with no clear motive. As Lattish searches for answers, Hunter stumbles onto the scene and finds more than a crime — he finds the ghosts of his own past. 
  This darkly humorous, hard-boiled tale follows two weary men trying to make sense of death, friendship, and the city that never stops grinding them down. 
  Approx. 4,300 words – Unabridged

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  Kholstomer

  Leo Tolstoy

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  "Kholstomer" is a work by Leo Tolstoy that has been referred to as "one of the most striking stories in Russian literature". It was started in 1863 and left unfinished until 1886, when it was reworked and published as "Kholstomer: The Story of a Horse". This story prominently features the technique of defamiliarization by adopting the perspective of a horse to expose some of the irrationalities of human conventions.
  Kholstomer's altruistic life is recounted parallel to that of his selfish and useless owner. At the end of the story horse dies but his corpse gives birth to a new life - that of wolf cubs.

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  You Touched Me

  D H Lawrence

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  'You Touched Me' is  a comic/tragic story of a forced marriage brought about by an accidental touch in the night but the depth of the writing leaves the reader unsure if the couple are marrying for money or to release the passions realised by the touch.

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