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  The Bookworm

  Lavanya R.N.

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  "Sesha is a silent boy who reads all the time... and he has a little brown book that no one
  has ever seen the inside of. One day, Sesha speaks, and no one understands why he
  speaks differently. But when they see his brown book and the magic he can create,
  Sesha becomes a whole new person!"

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  Mississippi Noir

  Ace Atkins, Jimmy Cajoleas,...

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  This anthology of Mississippi crime fiction “has produced a unique, delicious flavor of noir” with stories by Ace Atkins, Megan Abott and more (New York Daily News).   From poverty to state corruption, Mississippi has a well-deserved reputation for trouble. Could there be a connection between its many misfortunes and its rich literary legacy? Mississippians from Tennessee Williams and Eudora Welty to Richard Ford and John Grisham certainly know how to tell a good story. Now Mississippi Noir offers “a devilishly wrought introduction” to a new generation of “writers with a feel for Mississippi who are pursuing lonely, haunting paths of the imagination” (Associated Press).   Mississippi Noir includes brand-new stories by Ace Atkins, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Michael Farris Smith, Andrew Paul, Lee Durkee, Robert Busby, John M. Floyd, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, and Mary Miller.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - 1910s...

  James Joyce, M R James, Bram...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  Here, in this decade, the World War engulfs nations and cultures searching for a moral compass but finds more and others to exploit, Communist revolution brings great swathes of people to a new and illusory future.  Writers sometimes chart these happenings or instead bring narratives and characters on other issues to the fore or some merely escape its traumas with escapist fare.>  
  1 - The Top 10 - The 1910's - An Introduction 
  2 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson 
  3 - August Heat by W F Harvey 
  4 - Casting the Runes by M R James 
  5 - The Dead by James Joyce 
  6 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  7 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence 
  8 - A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield 
  9 - The Interlopers by Saki 
  10 - Draculas Guest by Bram Stoker 
  11 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf

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  The Madman

  Khalil Gibran

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  Kahlil Gibran (author of The Prophet) was a Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist, mystical poet and artist. During the last 20 years of his life, he lived in the United States, where his works gained recognition and influence within the American popular culture. 
  This abridged audio of The Madman communicates in stories and metaphors Gibran's belief that if a sensible way of living and thinking could be found, people would have mastery over their lives.

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  Ella D'Arcy - A Short Story...

  Ella D'Arcy

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  Ella D'Arcy was born on 23rd August 1857 in London, one of nine children.  
   
  Her education spanned London, Germany, France and the Channel Islands. A student of fine art, her poor eyesight meant a switch to literature was needed and with this she had hopes to be an author. 
   
  She worked as a contributor and unofficial editor, alongside Henry Harland, to The Yellow Book, Aubrey Beardsley’s sensational quarterly magazine that combined art, stories, poetry, essays and much else besides.  D'Arcy wrote several stories for the magazine and her stories have an undeniable psychological and realist style through her engagement with various themes from marriage, the family, imitation through to deception.  
   
  Recognition of her talents grew after the publication of ‘Irremediable’, in the Yellow Book, where it received much praise from critics.   
   
  She also wrote and published in the Argosy, Blackwood's Magazine, and Temple Bar.  
   
  However, D’Arcy’s canon was small and, apart from her magazine stories, her book publishing was limited to ‘Monochromes’ (1895), ‘Modern Instances’ and ‘The Bishop’s Dilemma’ (1898). She also translated André Maurois's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley entitled ‘Ariel’ (1924). 
   
  Her diligence with work aside she was notorious for her inability to maintain relationships with friends.  When she did appear to them it was often unannounced.  This earned her the sobriquet 'Goblin Ella.' 
   
  D'Arcy spent much of her life living alone, though she had a constant urge to travel, but usually she resided on the edge of poverty. Her writing was often motivated by this need. 
   
  Much of her later life was spent in Paris before returning to London in 1937, where she died, in hospital, on 5th September 1937. 
   
  01 - Ella D'Arcy - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  02 - At Twickenham by Ella D'Arcy 
  03 - White Magic by Ella D'Arcy 
  04 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy 
  05 - The Death Mask by Ella D'Arcy 
  06 - Sir Julian Garve by Ella D'Arcy

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  Twisted Reunion - 28 Terrifying...

  Mark Tullius

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  Plunge deep into disturbing darkness with 28 terrifying tales. Explore heartache, fleeting happiness, and horror in this fascinating collection. 
  Experience chills as you read these creepy stories and more:  
  A pornographer's horrific early morning ritual  
  A beautiful baby boy who knows what he wants  
  An engineer sees life on the other side of the tracks  
  A drug run goes awry  
  A family's unique Christmas tradition  
  An artist whose paintings become reality  
  A man who longs to rid himself of an annoying companion  
  A child terrified by things that slither and ooze in the night  
  Come join a soldier on the run in the jungle  
  An old man's quest for the perfect photo  
  A woman who sniffs out killers  
  A life coach whose own brand of “therapy” goes way beyond cruel and unusual  
  A young man who can't let go of the past 
  Twisted Reunion is loved by editorial reviewers: 
  "Time-honored frights with innovation infused throughout." - Kirkus Reviews  
  "Disturbing and weird; unflinchingly grim at every turn, TWISTED REUNION shocks and even charms." - IndieReader 
  Even though this was way out of my normal reading genre I loved it! This is a fantastic and thought provoking collection of short stories that surprised me at every turn. Mostly dark horror stories, but all of the stories are a vehicle for Mark Tullius to showcase his skill at writing and bringing his imagination to life. - Thomas Anderson, The Hungry Monster Book Review

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