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  The Descent

  Mai Redding

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  On a late-night flight from New York to Seattle, Jonathan experiences an unsettling series of 
  events as turbulence escalates, throwing the plane into chaos. Amidst growing panic, he spots a 
  mysterious, ragged figure on board, and the descent takes a chilling turn. As the plane levels 
  out, Jonathan uncovers a horrifying truth about himself. 
  Mai Redding, both author and narrator of this chilling tale, weaves a haunting story. With a sharp 
  eye for gothic suspense and psychological horror, she brings stories to life, immersing readers 
  in a world where eerie tales make your spine tingle and the fight for survival is relentless.

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  A Selection of Short Stories...

  James Carrac

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  It is a bright sunny morning, and a giant of a man is walking through bracken fern. Suddenly, he hears a voice from a tiny fairy down below: he's accidentally stood on her wing. What happens next is part of a collection of short stories with unresolved endings.  These stories are based on fiction, although they could happen. With a little bit of imagination anything is possible! Inspiration for these stories comes from thoughts and dreams and from his TAFE teacher Graham who encouraged him to write these stories.

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  50 Great Russian Short Stories -...

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy,...

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  The collection includes the best works of famous Russian writers:
  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
  THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN
  THE BEGGAR BOY AT CHRIST'S CHRISTMAS TREE
   
  Leo Tolstoy
  THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH
  A LETTER TO A HINDU
  A CONFESSION
  GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
  A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY
   
  Anton Chekhov
  THE LADY WITH THE DOG
  A SLANDER
  THE HORSE-STEALERS
  THE PETCHENYEG
  A DEAD BODY
  A HAPPY ENDING
  THE LOOKING-GLASS
  OLD AGE
  DARKNESS
  THE BEGGAR
  IN TROUBLE
  FROST
  MINDS IN FERMENT
  GONE ASTRAY
  AN AVENGER
  THE JEUNE PREMIER
  A DEFENCELESS CREATURE
  AN ENIGMATIC NATURE
  A HAPPY MAN
  A TROUBLESOME VISITOR
  AN ACTOR'S END
  A STORY WITHOUT A TITLE
  VANKA
   
  Ivan Turgenev
  FIRST LOVE
  THE DISTRICT DOCTOR
  MUMU
   
  Nikolay Gogol
  THE MANTLE
  MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN
  THE NOSE
  A MAY NIGHT
  THE CLOAK
  THE VIY
  CHRISTMAS EVE
  THE VIY
   
  Alexsandr Pushkin
  THE QUEEN OF SPADES
   
  Maxim Gorky
  ONE AUTUMN NIGHT
  HER LOVER
   
  Leonid Andreyev
  LAZARUS
  THE LITTLE ANGEL
   
  Aleksandr Kuprin
  THE OUTRAGE
   
  Mikhail Bulgakov
  THE EMBROIDERED TOWEL
   
  Ivan Bunin
  THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO
   
  Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
  HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS

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  Departure - From their pens to...

  Sherwood Anderson

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  Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio. 
  When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.   
  Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years. 
  He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the US-Spanish War of 1898.  He then entered Wittenberg Academy in Springfield, Ohio to complete his education before moving back to Chicago to take up a writing job. 
  In 1904 he married Cornelia Lane, her family had resources and Anderson was keen, with this family backing, to run a business. 
  The early years of their marriage produced 3 children but a nervous breakdown in 1907 and another in 1912, despite his success as a business entrepreneur, resulted in him abandoning his family and deciding that a literary career would be best for him.   
  A move back to Chicago resulted in a job in advertising, a divorce from Cornelia and marriage to Tennessee Mitchell.  
  That same year his first book ‘Windy McPherson’s Son’ was released and in 1919, his most famous book, ‘Winesburg, Ohio’, a collection of short stories about life in an Ohio town was released. 
  Anderson continued to write short stories, novels and non-fiction but his only true bestseller came with ‘Dark Laughter’.  His influence on writers that followed, from Faulkner to Hemingway, was immense. He also married a further two times.   
  Sherwood Anderson died in in Colón, Panama, on the 8th March, 1941. He was 64. An autopsy revealed that a swallowed toothpick had resulted in peritonitis. 
  His headstone epitaph reads ‘Life, Not Death is the Great Adventure.’

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  Many Kingdoms

  Elizabeth Garver Jordan

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  Stories about the kingdoms people build for themselves: an office, a marriage, a convent, a newspaper. Jordan reported the Lizzie Borden trial as a young newspaperwoman, edited Harper's Bazar for years, and as a reader at Harper & Brothers accepted a manuscript by an unknown named Sinclair Lewis. Her working women were drawn from the ones she employed and was.

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  The Dead Man of Varley Grange -...

  Elizabeth Anna Hart

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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 Elizabeth Anna Hart.

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