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  Egyptian Cigarette An - From...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings.  
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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  Winged Death

  H.P. Lovecraft, Hazel Heald

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Story about a scientist who discovers a deadly species of fly in Africa and wishes to use it for the elimination of an adversary. He disregards the superstitions of the Africans who believe that the soul of the one killed by this "devilish fly" enters the body of the insect. 
   
  Another work almost entirely authored by Lovecraft. His creation was particularly the idea concluding the Winged Death, even though it was rejected in "Strange Stories" – supposedly, another author had come up with a similar punchline earlier. The editor-in-chief of "Weird Tales" pondered for a long time before accepting the story.

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  The Haunted Tournament - Hidden...

  Alicia Rades, Hidden Legends

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  At this magic academy, corpses roam campus and spirits haunt the halls.  
  College student Nadine is done with other students tormenting her about her powers. To show her classmates what she's capable of, Nadine teams up with her two best friends and her boyfriend, Lucas, to compete in the school's annual magical sporting event. Join the team as they fight zombies, face ghosts, and brew potions on their quest to win the spooky Haunted Tournament.  
  This short story follows characters from the Hidden Legends: College of Witchcraft series and may contain spoilers. This series is part of the Hidden Legends Universe, which features college-aged protagonists attending magical academies, dual points-of-view, disabled and diverse main characters, and steamy, empowering romances.

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  Whatever Happened to Rick Astley?

  Bryony Rheam

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  NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 BULAWAYO ARTS AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK
  'In turn these stories are funny, poignant, at times shocking, but always deeply moving.' – Ian Holding, Unfeeling
  '[a] wonderful collection of short stories' – Siphiwe Ndlovu, The Theory of Flight
  'Bryony Rheam's short stories are skilled, perfectly formed, and compelling ... a deeply satisfying collection.' – Karen Jennings, An Island
  Whatever happened to Rick Astley? She imagined that he was happily married with children. A record producer, perhaps? That was the usual way with singers, wasn't it?
  From Bryony Rheam, the award-winning author of All Come to Dust and This September Sun, comes a collection of sixteen short stories shining a spotlight on life in Zimbabwe over the last twenty years. The daily routines and the greater fate of ordinary Zimbabweans are represented with a deft, compassionate touch and flashes of humour.
  From the potholed side streets of Bulawayo to lush, blooming gardens, traversing down- at-heel bars and faded drawing rooms, the stories in Whatever Happened to Rick Astley? ring with hope and poignancy, and pay tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.

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  Best Women's Erotica of the Year...

  Rachel Kramer Bussel

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  Bussel is back with yet another volume of tempting, tantalizing tales! 
   
   
   
  Give in to temptation . . . 
   
   
   
  Want to know the key to unlocking your most forbidden desires? Just ask the curious and courageous characters of Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 9! Whether they're pursuing a fetish, showing off, or watching a sexy striptease, these leading ladies learn that sometimes simply saying yes is all they need to indulge in their wildest fantasies. 
   
   
   
  In these nineteen brand new erotic stories edited by the award-winning Rachel Kramer Bussel, women travel to all corners of the earth—and sometimes beyond—to find the pleasure they seek. Whether it be in their own home, a library, a bar, the office, kink clubs, or even outer space, they offer themselves up for seduction and indulge every wild desire. Join them as they bed men and women and discover how hot it can be to rub up against the edges of their personal boundaries. 
   
   
   
  With stories by popular authors including Ruby Barrett, Jane Boon, Nicole Falls, and Karmen Lee, plus newcomers to erotic storytelling, the tales in Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 9 are too tempting to turn away from. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Poirot Investigates

  Agatha Christie

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  “With method and logic one can accomplish anything!”―Agatha Christie, Poirot Investigates  
  An American starlet with a mysterious diamond, a suicide that may be more than it appears, an impossibly cheap flat, a locked room murder, a million–dollar robbery, an ancient pharaoh’s curse, a precious stolen jewel, a political abduction, a disappeared banker, a phone call form a dying man, and a missing will … Who could possibly solve such varied, gruesome, and dastardly crimes? None other than Agatha Christie’s beloved Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot! 
  Poirot Investigates is the very first collection of short stories featuring Poirot. These eleven stories are filled to bursting with Poirot’s trademark wit and incredible skills of deduction, and each story will leave you guessing until the very end. 
  Full Contents:1. “The Adventure of ‘The Western Star’”2. “The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor”3. “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat”4. “The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge”5. “The Million Dollar Bond Robbery”6. “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb”7. “Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan”8. “The Kidnapped Prime Minister”9. “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim”10. “The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman”11. “The Case of the Missing Will”

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