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  DOCAMERON THE - Twisted Tales...

  Barry Kelly

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  Quantum physics, prime numbers, Irish mythology, medical ethics, robotics and the rise of AI, geopolitics and alternative history: these are among the subjects that provide the basis for stories in this collection – stories distinguished by a lightness of touch and stylistic confidence. They vary in tone from the quirky, whimsical and surreal to the profound and insightful; and, what's more, together they display the good doctor's command of the exacting short story form.
  As The Docameron's tales twist and turn, engage and enlighten, they also entertain and – above all – reward repeated reading.

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  Untethered

  Philippa Holloway

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  Dead birds fall from the sky, an octopus lies stranded on a beach, and a lost shoe becomes a public shrine ... Untethered, Philippa Holloway's first collection of short stories, provides an unflinching glimpse of daily life interrupted by unexpected events. Small intrusions into familiar spaces reveal nothing is as it seems. Sometimes it demands a change of viewpoint, sometimes a cutting loose to find freedom.
  
  From conflicted parental expectations to unwanted visitors, from discovering tiny human teeth in the garden to a brief encounter with a murderer over the kitchen table, these precise, realist tales scrutinise families and lovers, colleagues and strangers with a keen emotional depth and sharp observation. Each one is a vivid snapshot exposing the fragile ties that hold people together.
  
  Here we see how pigeons become terrible portents, dining tables become autopsy benches and confessionals, and a family is forced out of their home with just minutes to pack.

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  Cowboy Up

  Kameron Claire

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  He’s a retired rodeo star hiding as a bouncer. She’s an ex-barrel racer who sells mechanical bulls. Missed opportunities and what-ifs abound when they meet two years after their last date that left both of them wanting more. Will he convince her to give him another chance? 
  Troy: I did a damn good job of falling into obscurity two years ago, so I can’t believe, of all the women to walk into the Last Stand Saloon, that it’s her. I don’t believe in coincidences, but I do believe in fate. And what could be more fated than the woman of my dreams walking into the one place outside of the rodeo circuit that has ever felt like home to me? 
  AnnaRose: He disappeared two years ago—not just from my life, but from everything and everyone. So when I showed up at a client’s location, I had no idea he’d be here—and my professional bull rider wants to pick up where we left off, starting with a date. He already broke my heart once. Can I trust him not to do it again? 
  Each book in the series is a complete, standalone story. This is a steamy short story romance, complete with instalove and a guaranteed happily ever-after. If you're looking for a great lunchtime read, or something to spark sexy dreams before bed, you’ll want to pick this one up. 
  Last Stand Saloon Series: Round Up, Making Up, Cowboy Up, and Giddy Up

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  Golden Age Science Fiction Short...

  Philip K. Dick, H. G. Wells,...

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  Step into the bold, idea-driven era that defined modern science fiction with Golden Age Science Fiction Short Stories, a carefully curated collection of some of the genre’s most influential and imaginative tales. This volume brings together sharp social satire, chilling future warfare, cosmic reflection, and visionary speculation—hallmarks of science fiction’s Golden Age. From the darkly comic population crisis of The Marching Morons to the haunting survivalism of A Pail of Air, these stories explore humanity pushed to its limits. Readers will encounter ruthless artificial intelligence in Second Variety, autonomous war machines in The Defenders, and evolutionary destiny in The Last Evolution. Cosmic awe and philosophical depth emerge in The Star, while futuristic prophecy and planetary adventure unfold in In the Year 2889 and A Martian Odyssey. Ideal for fans of classic speculative fiction, this collection showcases the timeless ideas, moral questions, and imaginative power that continue to shape science fiction today.

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  Bliss Montage - Stories

  Ling Ma

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  "Narrator Katharine Chin nails the dark humor and flat tone of this bizarre and fascinating short story collection."- AudioFile A new creation by the author of Severance, Bliss Montage crashes through our carefully built mirages.What happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end?In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma brings us eight wildly different tales of people making their way through the madness and reality of our collective delusions: love and loneliness, connection and possession, friendship, motherhood, the idea of home. A woman lives in a house with all her ex-boyfriends. A toxic friendship grows up around a drug that makes you invisible. An ancient ritual might heal you of anything—if you bury yourself alive. These and other scenarios investigate the ways that the outlandish and the ordinary are shockingly, deceptively, heartbreakingly alike.A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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  The Kindly One and Other...

  Danielle Ackley-McPhail

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  Guilt, the venom running through humanity’s veins, 
  The cancer eating mankind’s soul. 
  Death, both courted and earned, well-fed upon denial. 
  Balanced on the delicate edge between madness and damnation, clarity comes to us all. 
  There is one thing more terrifying than the darkness at the edge of your vision staring back. 
  The seed of that darkness peering from within your heart. 
  What is real? What is imagined? 
  Right, or wrong, the price of your answer is your soul. 
  This audiobook contains the following tales: “The Kindly One,” “Ruby Read,” “The Carrier,” “The Forest of a Thousand Lost Souls,” “Uncast Shadows,” “In the Dying Light,” “Burning Conviction,” and “Purgatory.”

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