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Short stories brought to you by E. Bell. Stories of revenge, cursed coins, and thieving fairies to entertian and beguile you. Enjoy the mind of a woman who enjoys writing for everyone here you'll find some fiction and even some non fiction because life can be funny and those moments should be shared.
Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov was born on 1st March 1863 in St. Petersburg into the family of a poor tailor. When his father died of tuberculosis in 1867, his illiterate mother was forced to become a servant in the home of an aristocrat, where Sologub and his younger sister grew up. Seeing how difficult his mother's life was, Sologub was determined to rescue her from it, and after graduating from the St. Petersburg Teachers' Institute in 1882 he took his mother and sister with him to his first teaching post in Kresttsy. It was here he began his literary career in 1884 with his poem ‘The Fox and the Hedgehog’ under the name Te-rnikov. It would be another decade before he could escape his various jobs to move to Moscow and begin his literary career on what would be his most famous novel, ‘The Petty Demon’. It was now suggested that he use a pseudonym and so Sologub became his new identity. In 1896 he published a book of poems, a collection of short stories, and his first novel, ‘Bad Dreams’, which is considered one of the first decadent Russian novels. In 1905 ‘The Petty Demon’, was published, initially in serial form. But life was still difficult unrewarding jobs, little time to write and a small, cramped apartment lightened only by gatherings of friends, poets and writers. By the October Revolution his work was becoming popular and with the novel of ‘The Petty Demon’, finally published as a book, he now had a growing income. His sister's tuberculosis could now be more easily treated with treatments in proper sanitoria, even as far away as Finland, but in June 1907 she passed. He returned to St. Petersburg and retired. The following year he married the translator Anastasia Chebotarevskaya who reordered his life. A big new apartment was rented, small gilt chairs were bought, and the walls of the large cold office were decorated with paintings. Sologub continued to write and publish poems, plays, and translations and in 1914 he started a magazine, Writers' Journals, but the outbreak of World War I put an end to it. The October Revolution, with publishing under Bolshevik control, ensured he now had no outlets for his writing and could only lecture. His wife’s suicide in September 1921, mainly due to deprivation and uncertainty, as they prepared for a new life abroad, grieved him for the rest of his life. In May 1927 Sologub became seriously ill, and by summer he could leave his bed only rarely. After a long struggle, Fyodor Sologub died on 5th December 1927 in Leningrad. He was 64.Zum Buch
'One cannot go about in a German pension without coming to the conclusion that life is very full of mysterious things.' First published in 1911, In a German Pension is the first collection of short stories from one of the modernist masters of the form, Katherine Mansfield. Written during Mansfield's stay in Bad Wörishofen after her unfortunate marriage and subsequent miscarriage, the stories in this emotionally acute collection offer sharp, satirical observations of German society, noting everything from proper etiquette to gender role expectations and the repression of women. Taking place within a boarding house, each story centres around a semi-autobiographical female figure. Mansfield expertly explores themes such as cultural misunderstandings and the absurdity of societal conventions, all told through what would become her trademark dry humour and nuanced critique. This audiobook edition is brilliantly brought to life by Eve Karpf. Katherine Mansfield (1888 – 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic. She was an important figurehead of the modernist movement, befriending the likes of Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence amongst others. Her works regularly explored themes such as sexuality, religion and existentialism, and have been translated into twenty-five different languages across the world.Zum Buch
'A Farewell to Arms'' is Hemingway's classic set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.It's about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ''A Farewell to Arms'' cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I."
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A collection of speculative fiction stories, concerning extraterrestrials, other worlds, and bleak futures. Contents: "Fessenden's Worlds" by E. Hamilton (Weird Tales 1937) A man creates a miniature universe. "The Hanging Stranger" by P. K. Dick (SF Adventures 1953) A man happens upon a body suspended from a lamppost. "The Glass Labyrinth" by S. A. Coblentz (WT 1943) A tale of time and dimensions. "The Transgressor" by H. Kuttner (WT 1939) A curious invention... "The Red God Laughed" by T. McClusky (WT 1939) Following the extinction of the human race... "The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells (New Review 1897) An object that serves as a window into the planet Mars. "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft (Pine Cones 1919) Strange slumbers in the Catskill Mountains. "The Fear Experiment" by I. Gordon (HorrorBabble 2018) A dark experiment in Georgia. "Old Rambling House" by F. Herbert (Galaxy SF 1958) All they wanted was a home they could call their own... "There is a Reaper ..." by C. V. De Vet (Imagination 1953) What awaits us after death? "In the World's Dusk" by Edmond Hamilton (WT 1936) The last survivor of the human race. "The Supernumerary Corpse" by C. A. Smith (WT 1932) Jasper Trilt was dead—but... "2 B R 0 2 B" by K. Vonnegut, Jr. (If 1962) Death becomes a voluntary act. "The Ultimate Experiment" by T. DeKy (Comet 1941) Robots—the children of men. "The Red One" by J. London (Cosmopolitan 1918) Worshippers of something strange in the jungle.Zum Buch
A forest of blood and corpses. The land of a cold-blooded psychopath. In Black River Forest, it’s best not to wander too far off the beaten track. There’s no telling what you might find. Mia and Oliver have long wanted to explore the forest, and one cold, rainy October day, a week before their fifth anniversary of the day they met, they finally make the trip. But they’ve heard the rumors as well. The haunting. A psychopath hidden somewhere amidst the towering trees. Too many missing. Too few answers. It’s only rumors, though. Stories. And stories can’t hurt you. Yet as Mia and Oliver venture deeper into the Black River Forest, they’ll soon discover that there’s more haunting this quiet woodland than hikers and bears. The psychopath is very real. And he’s excited to meet them. From Jaydeep Shah, author of Tribulation, the first book of the Cops Planet series, “The Haunting of Black River Forest” is a bloody, spine-chilling story best read with the lights on.Zum Buch
The expert touch of master storytelling—entirely different from anything you have ever tried! From A. J. Payler, master of modern fiction behind The Killing Song, Bank Error in Your Favor, and Terror Next Door comes Stop All Interference—seven stories of struggle against overwhelming odds and unstoppable fear, people pushed beyond betrayal and forgiveness, of the world we live in and what people will let themselves do just to survive in it. Featuring: "Sometimes, People Just Have Things They Have to Do": Everyone—everyone said that getting the Artery Boys back together was impossible… and once, high-powered music manager Alec Rodenbaugh might even have agreed. But nothing in this world is truly impossible for someone who wants it badly enough. And even if what seemed like the perfect cover might instead turn out to be the perfect crime… well, sometimes, people just have things they have to do. "Default Admin Credentials": It seemed like the perfect crime… that should have been his first warning. Nothing could go wrong, or that was how it seemed… but in the end, he couldn't honestly blame anyone but himself for not seeing it coming "The Rumble of Heat Lightning Above the Deep Midwestern Woods": A mysterious figure stalks the murky backwoods of the Midwest on an unrelenting mission for revenge, with nothing but a Bowie knife to protect him against the monsters that haunt the forest. And even if he's able to find what he needs… it's already too late. Also featuring "Sonata of Fear", "Dictated, Never Read" (as seen in Twenty-two Twenty-eight), "An Ideal for Living" and "Telemarketing in Reverse", available here and nowhere else.Zum Buch
