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  Ruddhashyash 17 : MyStoryGenie...

  Harinarayan Chattopadhyay, Bani...

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  This is the second gift set among a bouquet of AudioBox Set publications on "Thriller, Horror & Dark Psychology" from the “My StoryGenie” Bengali audiobook series. 
  Featuring an exclusively copyrighted and curated collection of Bengali audio stories (only from My StoryGenie) from a wide spectrum of Bengal authors – ranging from some literary giants, and celebrated luminaries to some promising upcoming pens of the present era, this treatise will present you with a “themed audio-stories bundle” covering the pathological instinct of dark psychology that is evocative of fear, horror & irrational vulnerability. 
  This resonating train of 17 audio dramas, back to back, takes you on an unforgettable audio journey of more than 11 hours of thrill and chill. 
  This treatise includes adaptations from selected short stories of Harinarayan Chattopadhyay, Bani Basu, Suchitra Bhattacharya, Debarati Mukhopadhyay, Tilottama Majumdar, Debjyoti Bhattacharya, Debatosh Das, Abhijnan Roychowdhury, Sayantani Putatunda, Pallabi Sengupta & O Henry. 
  Tune in to this editor's collection and set out on a roller coaster ride that oscillates between supernatural horror and chilling plots of raw passion set on the fallibilities of human emotions. 
  Discover more such Bengali audio stories by typing mystorygenie in the search bar without leaving space between the different English alphabets.

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  All Soul's Eve - From their pens...

  Dora Sigerson Shorter

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Dora Sigerson Shorter.

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  A Chameleon - From their pens to...

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860 in Taganrog, on the south coast of Russia.  
  His family life was difficult; his father was strict and over-bearing but his mother was a passionate story-teller, a subject Chekhov warmed to. As he later said; ‘our talents we got from our father, but our soul from our mother’.  
  At school Chekhov was distinctly average. At 16 his father mis-managed his finances and was declared bankrupt. His family fled to Moscow. Chekhov remained and eked out a living by various means, including writing and selling short sketches to newspapers, to finish his schooling. That completed and with a scholarship to Moscow University obtained he rejoined his family. 
  He was able to help support them by selling satirical sketches and vignettes of Russian lifestyles and gradually obtained further commissions. In 1884, he qualified as a physician and, although it earned him little, he often treated the poor for free, he was fond of saying ‘Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress.’ 
  His own health was now an issue as he began to cough up blood, a symptom of tuberculosis.  Despite this his writing success enabled him to move the family into more comfortable accommodation.  
  Chekhov wrote over 500 short stories which included many, many classics including ‘The Kiss’ and ‘The Lady with a Dog’.  His collection ‘At Dusk’ won him the coveted Pushkin Prize when was only 26.  
  He was also a major playwright beginning with the huge success of ‘Ivanov’ in 1887.   
  In 1892 Chekhov bought a country estate north of Moscow. Here his medical skills and money helped the peasants tackle outbreaks of cholera and bouts of famine. He also built three schools, a fire station and a clinic.  It left him with less time for writing but the interactions with real people gained him detailed knowledge about the peasantry and their living conditions for his stories.  
  His most famous work, ‘The Seagull’ was received disastrously at its premiere in St Petersburg. It was later restaged in Moscow to highlight its psychological aspects and was a huge success. It led to ‘Uncle Vanya’, ‘The Three Sisters’ and ‘The Cherry Orchard’.  
  Chekhov suffered a major lung hemorrhage in 1897 while visiting Moscow. A formal diagnosis confirmed tuberculosis and the doctors ordered changes to his lifestyle.  
  Despite a dread of weddings the elusive literary bachelor quietly married the actress Olga Knipper, whom he had met at rehearsals for ‘The Seagull’, on 25th May 1901. 
  By May 1904 with his tuberculosis worsening and death imminent he set off for the German town of Badenweiler writing cheerful, witty letters to his family and assuring them his health was improving.  
  On 15th July 1904 Anton Chekhov died at Badenweiler.  He was 44.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Charles Dickens

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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. 
   
  Many say one language dominates literature, and from there one Country – England.  The sceptered isle does indeed have more than its fair share of literary behemoths.  And this is only the men. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The English - The Men - An Introduction 
  2 - The Baron of Grogzwig by Charles Dickens 
  3 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence 
  4 - The Magic Shop by H G Wells 
  5 - Father Giles of Ballymoy by Anthony Trollope 
  6 - The Salvation of a Forsythe - Part 1 by John Galsworthy 
  7 - The Salvation of a Forsythe - Part 2 by John Galsworthy 
  8 - The Interlopers by Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro 
  9 - The Matador of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett 
  10 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  11 - A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins 
  12 - The House of Cobwebs by George Gissing

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  The Black Cat

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  A man, initially kind and gentle, descends into madness and violence fueled by alcoholism. His descent is mirrored in his treatment of his beloved black cat, Pluto. Driven by a growing cruelty, the man commits a horrific act against the animal and suffers terrible consequences.

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  For Now: One Hundred 100-Word...

  John Sheirer

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  John Sheirer’s Stumbling Through Adulthood: Linked Stories showed his immense skill for traditional-length short stories. For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories shows equal facility with the microfiction form. These stories range from gentle humor so light it might float off the page in a soft breeze to dense, powerful tales that threaten to sink through the book’s cover and bore directly into the earth’s molten core. “Here, in these finely wrought tales, is a universal current of humanity that connects us all.” – Robert Scotellaro, author of Ways to Read the World. “Unsettling in their precise focus, Sheirer’s brief and crystalline works sharpen the reader’s awareness of the irrevocable. – Gina Barreca, author of They Used to Call Me Snow White, but I Drifted. “With so many big stories in such compact spaces, John Sheirer will titillate and delight you.” – Joshua Michael Stewart, author of Love Something and Break Every String. Sheirer (pronounced Shy-er) narrates his own stories for this audiobook. BONUS MATERIAL: Voice artist Amanda Elgie reads Sheirer's story "Mass" from his award-winning book of longer stories, Stumbling Through Adulthood.

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