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  Uprising of the Pencils

  Nico Pengin

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  An Epic Tale of Overcoming Oppression and Uniting Against 
  In this exciting and inspiring tale, pencils of all shapes and sizes must band together to overthrow the tyrannical pens that have enslaved them for far too long. Follow a band of courageous pencils as they go on a life-changing journey to take back what is rightfully theirs. 
  From nervous nellies who can't stand up for themselves, to sly scouts using their color to conquer the enemy, this audiobook is full of characters that will speak to readers of all ages. 
  With themes of resilience, teamwork, and the power of speaking out against injustice, "Uprising of the Pencils" is a must-read for anyone who has ever felt like a second-class writing instrument.Scroll up and get your copy now!

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  Spontaneous Human Combustion

  Richard Thomas

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  In this new collection, Richard Thomas has crafted fourteen stories that push the boundaries of dark fiction in an intoxicating, piercing blend of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Equally provocative and profound, each story is masterfully woven with transgressive themes that burrow beneath the skin. - A poker game yields a strange prize that haunts one man, his game of chance now turned into a life-or-death coin flip. - A set of twins find they have mysterious new powers when an asteroid crashes in a field near their house and the decisions they make create an uneasy balance. - A fantasy world is filled with one man’s desire to feel whole again, finally finding love, only to have the shocking truth of his life exposed in an appalling twist. - A father and son work slave labor in a brave new world run by aliens and mount a rebellion that may end up freeing them all. - A clown takes off his make-up in a gloomy basement to reveal something more horrifying under the white, tacky skin. Powerful and haunting, Thomas’s transportive collection dares you to examine what lies in the darkest, most twisted corners of human existence and not be transformed by what you find. A foreword by Brian Evenson is included.

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  See-Saw

  Katherine Mansfield

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  Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. 
  "See-Saw" is an evocative and poignant description of young and old enjoying the weather on a fine spring day. The youngest are playing "house" and pretending to be grown ups. The elderly are regressing into a second childhood.

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  The Mystery of the Steel Room

  Thomas W. Hanshew

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  Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American writer from New York.  His best-loved creation was the private detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narkom of Scotland Yard.  In "The Mystery of the Steel Room" Cleek is called upon to solve a very strange case. A famous racehorse is under threat from saboteurs ahead of the Derby. On the two previous nights, the groom guarding her has been attacked. The first was left paralyzed, the second was murdered. But nobody can work out how the saboteurs got into the locked stable, where the horse is guarded in an impenetrable steel cage. Cleek travels down to Suffolk to investigate and discovers that the whole situation is very sinister indeed...

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  Jared Pond and Tajikistani Ram

  Martin Lundqvist

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  When Jared Pond is sent on a mission to help the dictator of Tajikistan, Kokhir Ramon, in order to secure four Tajik rams for Scurry Morrissette, he faces a dilemma: He knows nothing about Tajikistan. Yet, after a string  of failed missions, Jared is dedicated to to follow his orders to the letter. However, is it wise to help the dictator eliminating the opposition while abstaining from having sex with Kokhir's beautiful daughter, Madina?  
  There is only one way to find out, listen to this audiobook.

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  Female Short Story The - A...

  Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Mary...

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  A wise man once said ‘The safest place for a child is in the arms of his mother’s voice’.  This is a perfect place to start our anthology of female short stories. 
   
  Some of our earliest memories are of our mothers telling us bedtime stories. This is not to demote the value of fathers but more to promote the often-overshadowed talents of the gentler sex. 
   
  Perhaps ‘gentler’ is a word that we should re-evaluate. In the course of literary history it is men who dominated by opportunity and with their stranglehold on the resources, both financial and technological, who brought their words to a wider audience.  Men often placed women on a pedestal from where their talented words would not threaten their own.   
   
  In these stories we begin with the original disrupter and renegade author Aphra Behn.  A peek at her c.v. shows an astounding capacity and leaves us wondering at just how she did all that. 
   
  In those less modern days to be a woman, even ennobled, was to be seen as second class.  You literally were chattel and had almost no rights in marriage.  As Charlotte Smith famously said your role as wife was little more than ‘legal prostitute’.  From such a despicable place these authors have used their talents and ideas and helped redress that situation.   
   
  Slowly at first.  Privately printed, often anonymously or under the cloak of a male pseudonym their words spread.  Their stories admired and, usually, their role still obscured from rightful acknowledgement. 
   
  Aided by more advanced technology, the 1700’s began to see a steady stream of female writers until by the 1900’s mass market publishing saw short stories by female authors from all the strata of society being avidly read by everyone.  Their names are a rollcall of talent and ‘can do’ spirit and society is richer for their works.   
   
  In literature at least women are now acknowledged as equals, true behind the scenes little has changed but if (and to mis-quote Jane Austen) there is one universal truth, it is that ideas change society.  These women’s most certainly did and will continue to do so as they easily write across genres, from horror and ghost stories to tender tales of love and making your way in society’s often grueling rut.  They will not be silenced, their ideas and passion move emotions, thoughts and perhaps more importantly our ingrained view of what every individual human being is capable of.    
   
  It is because of their desire to speak out, their desire to add their talents to the bias around them that we perhaps live in more enlightened, almost equal, times.   
   
  Within these stories you will also find very occasional examples of historical prejudice.  A few words here and there which in today’s world some may find inappropriate or even offensive.  It is not our intention to make anyone uncomfortable but to show that the world in order to change must reconcile itself to the actual truth rather than put it out of sight.  Context is everything, both to understand and to illuminate the path forward.  The author’s words are set, our reaction to them encourages our change. 
   
  01 - The Female Short Story. A Chronological History - An Introduction - Volume 1 
  02 - The Unfortunate Bride or The Blind Lady a Beauty by Aphra Behn 
  03 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze by Eliza Haywood - Part 1 
  04 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze by Eliza Haywood - Part 2 
  05 - The Story of Sir Bertrand by Anna Laetitia Barbauld 
  06 - Betty Brown, the St Giles Orange Girl by Hannah More 
  07 - The Changeling by Mary Lamb 
  08 - The White Pigeon by Maria Edgeworth 
  09 - Cousin Mary by Mary Russell Mitford 
  13 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley 
  11 - The Prediction by Mary Diana Dods writing as David Lyndsey 
  12 - The Quadroons by Lydia Maria Child<p

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