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  The Cask of Amontillado - From...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Poe was born in Boston Massachusetts on 19th January 1809. His father abandoned his family the following year and within a year his mother had died leaving him an orphan.   
  He was taken in by the Allan family but never formally adopted although he now referred to himself as Edgar Allan Poe.  His father alternatively spoiled or chastised him and tension was frequent over gambling debts and monies for his education.  His university years to study ancient and modern languages was cut short by lack of money and he enlisted as a private in the army claiming he was 22, it is more probable he was 18. After 2 years he obtained a discharge in order to take up an appointment at the military academy, West Point, where he failed to become an officer. 
  Poe had released his 1st poetry volume in 1827 and after his 3rd turned to prose and placing short stories in several magazines and journals.  At age 26 he obtained a licence to marry his cousin.  She was a mere 13 but they stayed together until her death from tuberculosis 11 years after. 
  In January 1845 ‘The Raven’ was published and became an instant classic.  Thereafter followed the prose works for which he is now so rightly famed as a master of the mysterious and the macabre. 
  Edgar Allan Poe died at the tragically early age of 40 on 7th October 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland. Newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as ‘congestion of the brain’ or ‘cerebral inflammation’, common euphemisms for death from disreputable causes such as alcoholism but the actual cause of death remains a mystery. 
  Poe is also one of a number of authors credited with inventing the detective genre with his Parisian sleuth C. Auguste Dupin.  He featured in three stories including the legendary ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’ and by sheer deduction, logic and a touch of Gallic arrogance revealed what was hidden to the rest of us.

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  So Late in the Day - Stories of...

  Claire Keegan

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  From Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author of "pitch perfect" (Boston Globe) Small Things Like These, comes a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men. 
  Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, considered "among the form's most masterful practitioners" (New York Times), Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories, newly revised and expanded, together forming a brilliant examination of gender dynamics and an arc from Keegan's earliest to her most recent work. 
  In So Late in the Day, Cathal faces a long weekend as his mind agitates over a woman with whom he could have spent his life, had he behaved differently; in The Long and Painful Death, a writer's arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Böll for a residency is disrupted by an academic who imposes his presence and opinions; and in Antarctica, a married woman travels out of town to see what it's like to sleep with another man and ends up in the grip of a possessive stranger. 
  Each story probes the dynamics that corrupt what could be between women and men: a lack of generosity, the weight of expectation, the looming threat of violence. Potent, charged, and breathtakingly insightful, these three essential tales will linger with listeners long after the book's conclusion.

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  The Snow Bridge and Other Stories

  Philip Chatting

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  The settings of the stories in The Snow Bridge and Other Stories are drawn from a life spent in many countries. Several focus intently on a particular relationship: that between a husband and wife, mother and daughter, brothers, friends, partners, climbing-buddies, employer and employee; the relationship with an inner self; putative relationships that never quite begin, and relationships with a location, or the inhabitants of a small town. Other stories explore the long-term expatriate’s dilemma of engaging with a place not his or her own at the price of diminishing intimacy with the country of his or her birth. Described in Philip Chatting’s, ‘Author’s Introduction’, as, “entertainment”, the impact of the collection may prompt readers to reflect on the nature of their own relationships and the place we each occupy in our own worlds.“Philip Chatting is a master stylist…. He invests himself in the traumatic conflict, character identification, and ethical complication that sit at the heart of the heart of necessary and affecting social fiction.”--Jason S Polley (from his 'Advance Response' to 'The Snow Bridge and Other Stories')“The range of locations and…variety of characters…rarely come together in a single volume…. A unique collection reflecting the author’s varied history and his interests in the countries and cultures of the people among whom he has lived and travelled. It will appeal to those who share or would like to share similar experiences, as well as those who are curious to know about them.”--Mike Rowse (from his 'Preface' to 'The Snow Bridge and Other Stories')

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  Sea Fangs

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Bob Sherman signs on the crew of the yacht Bonito with hopes of revenge. And he'll need every ounce of his strength to overcome the forces arrayed against him now — hurricanes, corruption, pirates... and the man who stole everything he valued in life. But as he's about to discover, there's one force more powerful and dangerous than the sea itself... the force of a beautiful woman's love. The winds howl, the gunfire cracks, and the intrigue stirs as the audio version of Sea Fangs puts you in the eye of the storm.

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  Minnie and Earl - The Complete...

  Adam-Troy Castro

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  Who are Minnie and Earl?
  In the earliest days of constructing the first permanent colony on the moon, they are the single secret shared by the everyone working on the project: two friendly old people, who somehow beat the astronauts to the lunar surface and are perfectly happy with hosting the kids to nightly dinners, but remain close-mouthed about who they are and how they got there.
  But they are not the strangest thing to be found on the moon.
  Four entries from Adam-Troy Castro's Nebula-nominated series feature some of the adventures stemming from this extremely weird period in the history of lunar colonization. Get ready to find out about the explanation that doesn't matter. About the first gunfight in the history of lunar colonization. About the strangely familiar couple doing pratfalls out in the lunar wastes, where only one deeply confused team engineer can see them. And about just what Wyatt Earp has to do with all this.
  Don't be afraid. You can always drop on and Minnie and Earl for advice.
  This collection includes:
  "Sunday Night Yams At Minnie and Earl's," a 2002 Analytical Laboratory Winner for Best Novella and 2003 Nebula Nominee for Novella
  "Gunfight on Farside," 3rd Place for 2010 Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella
  "The Gorilla In A Tutu Principle or, Pecan Pie at Minnie and Earl's," a 2020 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award Winner for Best Novella
  "Minnie and Ear Have a Kitten," 2nd place for 2024 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella

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  Time suspended in Nice

  Guillaume ROBIN

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  Summary: 
  “Some encounters can change a life.” Under the sun of Place Massena, two souls meet and talk. Between anecdotes about the city and shared moments, Davie and Léa explore the alleyways, iconic squares, and hidden gems of Nice together. A tender and lively interactive stroll, where every corner of Nice becomes a witness to the first steps of a budding friendship. 
  A Next-Generation Audio experience ! With an English audio tour, discover Nice for the first time in real time on a one-hour walking tour of five iconic locations, accessible at your own pace: starting at the Fontaine du Soleil in Place Masséna, then strolling through Old Nice, visiting Place Garibaldi, descending to Port Lympia, and returning along the Promenade des Anglais to your starting point. 
  It's an immersive experience where you don't just listen to a story, you live it. 
  When you purchase this experience, you follow the adventures of David and Léa, two strangers who meet in Nice and discover the city together. You hear the dialogue as if you were there. Each chapter is designed to be interactive : you can pause at any time and progress at your own pace, as if you were following the story while walking through the city. You discover the city, its alleyways, squares, and secrets as the story unfolds, all while remaining in control of your journey. The sounds you hear are the real noises of the city (fountains, footsteps, trams, crowds, etc.). You experience the moment alongside the characters in the story. 
  It's a romantic and sensory adventure, where you discover both the history and the secrets of the city through their eyes. In short, it's not just a book or a podcast: it's a new kind of walk, fully immersive and interactive. You are at the heart of the story, not just a spectator.

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