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  The Country of the Blind - And...

  H. G. Wells

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  Thirty-three science fiction and fantasy stories from the celebrated author of such classics as The War of the Worlds, The Times Machine, and The Invisible Man. Venture to strange worlds from the imagination of H. G. Wells with this collection of tales of science fiction and fantasy. Witness the darker side of humanity in “The Jilting of Jane” and “The Cone.” Learn what a man does when he faces fear itself in a haunted house in “The Red Room.” Travel to an Ecuadorian mountain community deprived of sight in “The Country of the Blind.” Find a curio inside an antique shop in London’s West End that allows you to see Mars in “The Crystal Egg.” Float down the Amazon on a Brazilian gunboat as a captain and his crew fight to save a village from terrifyingly evolved ants. These are just a few of the unusual journeys awaiting readers inside this compilation from one of the greatest science fiction writers in history.

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  The Little Theatre on the Seafront

  Katie Ginger

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  The Dreaming

  Andre Bagoo

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  These stories have the virtue of taking the everyday lives of gay Trinidadian men utterly for granted in their searches for adventure, pleasure, self-realisation, loving contact and sex. Written with a sharpness of perception and in a variety of engaging personal voices, these narratives find room for humour, tragic haircuts, and a connection between tattoos and terrible poetry. But they also acknowledge very real fears in a society where there is still prejudice, discrimination and homophobic violence. The narrator of several of these pieces is a writer who wants to focus on the pleasures and inner dramas of these lives as the truth about gay experience. But there are also the stories of brutal murders reported with coy innuendo in the press. If he is tempted to see his lovers as characters in a witty fiction of manners, is this the novel that can be written in Trinidad? And since this is Trinidad, could the conflicted, self-hating Dorian really be a serial killer? But then when one of Bagoo's writer narrators unwittingly alarms his writing buddies by the freedom of his gothic imagination, who knows what might be true. Not for nothing does the author include the singer Kate Bush with her Wuthering Heights in his acknowledgements. Bagoo's stories offer a witty and incisive portrait of contemporary Trinidad in all its intersections of race, class and gender politics. Not least, they have a strong sense of place – Bagoo's gay Woodbrook offers a fine sequel to V.S. Naipaul's Woodbrook in his classic Miguel Street.

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  3 Christmas Stories - Sad...

  Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  Scandalize Me

  Caitlin Crews

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  I’m not going to stop. I’m going to drown in you, and then I’m going to do it again.  And again.  Until I’ve had my fill.Zoe Brook has been sent to clean up a bad boy’s reputation. And that’s just fine—she knows all about hiding the sins of the past. But Hunter Grant, sports hero and renowned womaniser is so much…more than she ever expected.Money, passion and power come as naturally to this man as the women who flock to his bed. But Zoe’s determined not to be another notch on his bedpost. So when Hunter turns his considerable focus and energy to seducing her, she draws on every sharp put-down in her arsenal. But with no sassy comebacks left, the final words on Zoe’s lips are…Yes. Oh, yes.Collect all three novels in the Fifth Avenue Trilogy:AVENGE ME by USA TODAY bestselling author Maisey YatesSCANDALIZE ME by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin CrewsEXPOSE ME by USA TODAY bestselling author Kate Hewitt

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  Harvest - The Rhys Davies Short...

  Elaine Canning

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  'Atmospheric, suspenseful and full of symbolism, it's encouraging to see the wealth of Wales-based talent showcased in the short story form; Harvest offers excitement at what the future holds.' – Rhianon Holley, Buzz Magazine
  Inquisitive children and solitary beings; conflicted couples and a sprinkling of spirits and monsters: these are just some of the characters which inhabit the twelve stories in this collection of new contemporary fiction by the winners of the 2023 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition.
  A young girl discovers a body in the woods near her home; a man lords over his cockle-beds; and a holidaying couple set off on a nocturnal mission. A group of children enlist the help of a witch to assist a dying relative, while a local talent show casts a spotlight on hopes and dreams.
  From an All-American Diner deep in the Rhondda to rural Welsh landscapes, working-class communities and cultural and linguisitic journeys beyond Wales, these stories combine traditional storytelling, realism and magical realism as protagonists face their demons head on. They are stories about longing and belonging, departure and desire, sparking with originality.
  A collection of new contemporary short stories by Welsh writers, representing the winners of the 2023 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition.
  The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales. Originally established in 1991, Parthian is delighted to publish the 2023 winning stories on behalf of the Rhys Davies Trust and in association with Swansea University's Cultural Institute.
  Previous winners of the prize have included Leonora Brito, Lewis Davies, Tristan Hughes,  Naomi Paulus, Laura Morris and Kate Hamer.
  Authors in this anthology: Ruairi Bolton, Ruby Burgin, Bethan L. Charles, JL George, Joshua Jones, Emma Moyle, Rachel Powell, Matthew G. Rees, Silvia Rose, Satterday Shaw, Emily Vanderploeg and Dan Williams.

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