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  The Short Stories of Stephen...

  Stephen Crane

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  Stephen Crane was born 1st November, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey and was the eighth surviving child out of fourteen.  Incredibly he began writing at the age of four and was published several times by the age of sixteen.   
   
  Crane only began a full-time education when he was nine but quickly mastered the grades needed to catch up and move forward. Although educated at Lafayette and Syracuse he had little interest in completing university and was keener to move on to a career, declaring college to be ‘a waste of time’.  By twenty he was a reporter and two years later had published his debut novel ‘Maggie: A Girl of the Streets’.  In literary circles this was hailed as the first work of American literary Naturalism.  
   
  Two years later, in 1895, he was the subject of worldwide acclaim for his Civil War novel, written without the benefit of any actual war experiences, ‘The Red Badge of Courage’.  It was indeed a masterpiece and his finest hour.  A year later life began its downwards descent when he became embroiled in a scandal which was to doom his career.  In attempting to help a suspected prostitute being falsely charged by a policeman he became the target of the authorities. 
   
  Later the same year en-route to Cuba as a War Correspondent he met the hotel madam Cora Taylor in Jacksonville, Florida.  This was to become the defining relationship of his life.  Continuing his journey, somewhere between Florida and Cuba his ship sank, and he was cast adrift for several days.  Rescued, he returned to cover conflicts wherever they were situated, some as far away as Greece.  For a time he lived in England with Cora, usually beyond their means, befriending fellow writers such as H G Wells and Joseph Conrad.    
   
  In declining health and beset by money problems, Stephen Crane died of tuberculosis, aged a mere 28 on 5th June 1900, at Badenweiler, Germany. He is buried in New Jersey. 
  01 - Stephen Crane - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  02 - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane 
  03 - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane 
  04 - The Veteran by Stephen Crane 
  05 - A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane

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  Candescent Blooms

  Andrew Hook

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  Candescent Blooms is a collection of twelve short stories which form fictionalised biographies of mostly Golden Era Hollywood actors who suffered untimely deaths. From Olive Thomas in 1920 through to Grace Kelly in 1982, these pieces utilise facts, fiction, gossip, movies and unreliable memories to examine the life of each individual character set against a Hollywood background of hope and corruption, opportunity and reality.

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  Outcasts - An Anthology

  Members Of The Ohio Writers...

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  Award Winner at the 2023 Hear Now Palooza, sponsored by National Audio Theater Festivals. Wizards. Prisoners. Preachers. And robots! They stick out. They change the conversation. They challenge the traditional narrative. They are Outcasts—isolated, different, misunderstood. Being normal is nice. But being outcast is a real part of the human experience. Have you ever had the feeling of being alone in some way, of being on the outside looking in? If so, then the characters in these 18 short stories will move you--sometimes by their depravity, sometimes by their sorrow...and sometimes by their joy. Written by members of The Ohio Writers' Association, with audio book production by members of the Ohio Audiobook Narrators The Bear by Devon Ortega, narrated by Gretchen LaBuhn Tough Luck by Emily E. Jones, narrated by Angus Freathy Little Jimmy by Carnegie Euclid, narrated by Gretchen LaBuhn Man in the Box by Diane Callahan, narrated by Doug McDonald Treetown by David M. Simon, narrated by GaryLeo Smith The Suitor by Stella Ling, narrated by Beth Kesler The New Chastisement by Brian Luke, narrated by Gary Leo Smith Those Who Slip Through by Curtis A. Deeter, narrated by Gary LeoSmith Sensible Attire by D. Wayne Moore, narrated by Beth Kesler Good Friday by Krista Hilton, narrated by Angus Freathy The Fog of Fate by Brian R. Johnson & Elora Lyons, narrated by Angus Freathy Best If Used By by Mary McFarland, narrated by Becky White Wake Up, O Sleeper by Brad Pauquette, narrated by Gary Leo Smith Number 385712 by George Pallas, narrated by Doug McDonald Axman by Steven Kenneth Smith, narrated by Gary Leo Smith Parquet to the Past by Mike Sieminski, narrated by Angus Freathy A Tummy Rub for Gaffney by Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek, narrated by Doug McDonald

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  The Dead

  James Joyce

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  In James Joyce's poignant story, the narrative unfolds against a New Year's Eve gathering in Dublin, painting a vivid and enchanting scene that ultimately leads the protagonist's wife to disclose a startling revelation to her husband. This culminates in an emotionally charged epiphany that is widely regarded as one of the most powerful in modern literature.

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  Caterpillars - From their pens...

  E F Benson

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  Edward Frederic Benson was born in Berkshire, England on 24th July 1867. 
  Educated at Marlborough and Kings College Cambridge he began his career as a writer at an early age and was published whilst still studying. 
  Benson was also a gifted athlete and represented his country at figure skating. 
  His career was prodigious and widely acknowledged.  Perhaps he is best known for his collection of novels about ‘Mapp & Lucia’ which have proved very popular throughout the decades.   
  Benson was also well regarded as a writer of ghost stories—‘spook stories’ in the then vernacular—as well as biographies.  His ghost and supernatural fiction covered a range of subjects but all were exceptionally well-written, drenched in atmosphere, riven with chills and have stood the test of popularity over the decades as testament to his literary talents.  
  Benson was never married and practised his homosexuality discreetly. 
  E F Benson died on 29th February 1940 at University College Hospital, London of throat cancer.  He was 72.

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  The Wild Birds - Six Stories of...

  Wendell Berry

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  "Berry is a superb writer. His sense of what makes characters tick is extraordinary . . . Short stories don't get any better than these." —People 
   
   
   
  As part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic, The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership. Those stories include "Thicker Than Liquor," "Where Did They Go?," "It Wasn't Me," "The Boundary," "That Distant Land," and the titular "The Wild Birds." 
   
   
   
  Spanning more than three decades, from 1930 to 1967, these wonderful stories follow Wheeler Catlett, and reintroduce listeners to the beloved people who live in Berry's fictional town of Port William, Kentucky.

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