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  A Study in Scarlet - Classic...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Dr. John Watson and Sherlock Holmes meet and set up their lodgings at 221B Baker St. Over the course of several weeks, the good doctor finally persuades his mysterious roommate to reveal what exactly is his occupation. It seems that Sherlock Holmes is a self-proclaimed consulting detective. And as incredible as it sounds, the facts prove it to be true. A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes story/novella. Also included is the Edgar Allan Poe story: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", generally considered the very first detective story. In this audiobook you get a firsthand glimpse into the very roots of detective fiction.

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  Keila Halts the Terran Drug...

  Martin Lundqvist

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  A shortstory about the Martian rebel Keila Eisenstein who is tasked with stopping a drug smuggling operation led by the misogynist Captain Johannes Muller. This short story takes place in the same universe as The Divine Zetan Trilogy by the same author.

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  Herman Melville - Chapter &...

  Herman Melville

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  Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life. 
   
  An author’s ideas are his building blocks, his architecture of the mind, building a structure on which all else will rest; the narrative, the characters, the words - those few words that begin the adventure. 
   
  In this series we look at some of our leading classic authors across two genres: the short story and the poem.  In this modern world there is an insatiable need to categorise and pigeon-hole everyone and everything.  But ideas, these grains and saplings of the brain, need to roam, to explore and find their perfect literary use vehicle.  Our authors are masters of many literary forms, perhaps known for one but themselves favouring another. 
   
  Story. Poems. Story.  Within these boundaries come all manner of invention and cast of characters.  And, of course, each author has their own way of revealing their own chapter and verse.    
   
  1 - Chapter & Verse - Herman Melville - An Introduction 
  2 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville 
  3 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville 
  4 - Billy in the Darbies by Herman Melville 
  5 - The Eagle of the Blue by Herman Melville 
  6 - John Marr and Other Sailors by Herman Melville 
  7 - A Dirge for McPherson by Herman Melville 
  8 - Gettysburg by Herman Melville 
  9 - The March into Virginia by Herman Melville 
  10 - The Released Rebel Prisoner by Herman Melville 
  11 - The Martyr by Herman Melville 
  12 - Monody by Herman Melville 
  13 - Immolated by Herman Melville 
  14 - The Fiddler by Herman Melville

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  The Music on the Hill; Cobweb;...

  Saki Saki

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  Saki was the pen-name of Hector Hugh Munro. One of the wittiest of all short-story writers, he was born in 1870 in Burma where his father, a Scots army officer, was stationed. He was one when the family returned to England to live in North Devon. When his mother died his father, returning to serve in India, put Hector and his brothers and sisters into the care of his own mother and two sisters. The children’s childhood with their aunts was miserable. The aunts hated each other, quarrelled fiercely, and bullied the children mentally. They saw little of other children, and Hector’s main enjoyment was drawing. After some tuition with a governess he went to school in Exmouth, and later to Bedford Grammar School. In 1886 his father retired . A kindly man, he took the children to Normandy, to Dresden, to Prague , and to Davos, where they rode, climbed and played tennis, and Hector took lessons in pastel from a painter of birds of prey. As a young man, Hector went as a Police Official to Burma, but returned after two years, made ill by the climate. Recovering, he became a political correspondent for the Morning Post, living in the Balkans, in Warsaw, in Petersburg, and in Paris. He also began publishing the entertaining short stories that made him famous. In 1908 he settled in London, writing stories, playing bridge, and enjoying theatre and ballet. When the Great War broke out he enlisted in the ranks. On 14th November 1916, crouching with others in a shallow muddy shell-crater before an attack on Beaumont Hamel, he was heard to shout ‘Put that bloody cigarette out’ A moment later he was shot through the head.This volume includes four of his best loved stories: "The Man on the Hill", "The Cobweb", "The Interlopers", and "The Hounds of Fate", read by Patrick Barlow.Patrick has appeared on stage nationwide in such productions as Loot and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and his many television appearances include The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole and Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV, but he is probably best known for creating the character of Desmond Oliver Dingle, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of The National Theatre of Brent, that amazing two-man company which has presented on stage and television such productions as Charge of The Light Brigade, Zulu, The Messiah, and The Greatest Story Ever Told.

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  Royally Ravished - Uncrowned...

  Elsie James

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  All three of the Royally Ravished short stories are in one place. Get ready for steamy, curvy girl insta love with royals! Fall in love and escape to the palace today. Book One: Uncrowned King 
  He’s the demanding heir to the throne. She’s a quiet commoner with a heart of gold. This is a curvy woman, friends to lovers, short story romance.Book Two: Untouched PrincessShe’s the spare living in a royal bubble. He’s being paid to protect her. This is a curvy woman, bodyguard, short story romance.Book Three: Unknown PrinceShe’s the palace’s hired help with big dreams. He’s a mysterious guest with an even bigger secret. This is a curvy woman, secret royal, short story romance.As always, this series is safe and comes with a guaranteed happily ever after, no cheating, no cliffhangers, and steamy sex scenes. Start reading today! 
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  Author Elsie James LLC. 2023. All right reserved.

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  Beneath the Bonfire - Stories

  Nickolas Butler

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  Young couples gather to participate in an annual "chainsaw party", cutting down trees for firewood in anticipation of the winter. A group of men spend a weekend hunting for mushrooms in the wilderness where they grew up and where some still find themselves trapped. An aging environmentalist takes out his frustration and anger on a singular, unsuspecting target. A woman helps another get revenge against a man whose crime extends far beyond him to an entire community.In these 10 stories, Nickolas Butler demonstrates his talent for portraying "a place and its people with such love that you'll find yourself falling for them, too," evoking an American landscape that will be instantly recognizable to listeners enchanted by his debut, Shotgun Lovesongs.A Macmillan Audio production.

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