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  The Park of Kings - From their...

  Alexandr Kuprín

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  Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870. 
  At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years. 
  Despite his duties he was a now a keen writer and published his first short story at this time. His military duties also garnered him experiences for his breakthrough work ‘The Duel’.  Leaving the military he left for Kiev to work for local newspapers.  He continued to publish both stories and novels and by 1901 he was in St Petersburg becoming part of a group that included Chekhov, Ivan Bunin, Maxim Gorky and Leonid Andreyev.  
  In the years that followed further controversial works and acclaim followed.  His comments on the regime meant he was also put under secret police surveillance.   
  As World War I erupted, Kuprin opened a military hospital but was then given command of an infantry company in Finland. He was soon discharged on grounds of ill health.  
  The October Revolution saw him praise Lenin, but he warned that the Bolsheviks threatened Russian culture and might cause further widespread suffering to the peasants.  As Civil War raged he took his family to Helsinki and then on to Paris. 
  Exile saw his talents decline further and his succumbing to alcoholism. He became lonely and withdrawn. The family's poverty increased his malaise.   
  In May 1937, the Kuprin’s returned to Moscow.  He now saw his work published but wrote almost nothing new.  In 1938 his health rapidly deteriorated.  Already suffering from a kidney problems and sclerosis, he had now developed cancer of the oesophagus.  
  Alexander Kuprin died on 25th August 1938.

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  The Derelict

  William Hope Hodgson

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  🎬 Experience the atmospheric visual edition of this tale by searching "Jonathan Dunne Horror" on YouTube. 
  Title: The Derelict 
  Series Name: Timeless Terrors 
  Series Entry: 206 
  Author: William Hope Hodgson 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1912 
  First Published In: The Harmsworth Red Magazine 
  Description 
  First published in 1912, The Derelict by William Hope Hodgson is a masterpiece of nautical weird fiction. 
  The story follows a crew who boards an abandoned, storm-damaged ship adrift in the ocean, only to find it covered in a strange, pulsating fungus. 
  As the terrifying truth unravels, they realize the ship itself has been transformed into a living, predatory entity. 
  Hodgson masterfully builds a slow-burning sense of isolation and cosmic dread, relying on atmosphere and eerie tension rather than cheap shocks. 
  A landmark entry in the Timeless Terrors series, it captures the raw psychological fear of the deep sea's hidden anomalies. 
  Narrated by horror author Jonathan Dunne. 
  🎬 Experience the atmospheric visual edition of this tale by searching "Jonathan Dunne Horror" on YouTube.

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  The Baroness of Cabo Verde -...

  Affonso Botelho

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  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Affonso Botelho.

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  Extinction Capital of the World...

  Mariah Rigg

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  WINNER OF THE 2026 ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE 
  WINNNER OF THE 2026 BETTY BERZON EMERGING WRITER AWARD 
  GOLD WINNER OF THE 2026 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS - FICTION 
  Named a Best Book of 2025 by: Esquire * Electric Literature * Debutiful 
  A Recommended Read from: Vulture * Oprah Daily * Our Culture * LitHub * Debutiful * LGBTQ Reads * Alta Journal * Autostraddle * BookRiot 
  Magnetic, haunting, and tender, Extinction Capital of the World is a stunning portrait of Hawai’i—and a powerful meditation on family, queer love, and community amid imperialism and environmental collapse. 
  In ten vibrant, affecting stories, Mariah Rigg immerses readers in contemporary Hawai’i. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, these stories of love, longing, and grief are fierce dispatches from a state haunted by the specter of colonization, a precious biome under constant threat. 
  An older man grapples with the American-weapons research conducted on a neighboring island that reverberates through his entire life. A pregnant woman seeks belonging while poaching flowers in the rainforest with her partner’s mother. Two teenage girls find love during a summer spent on Midway Atoll. A young woman returns home to O’ahu following a breakup and reconnects with her estranged father and the island itself. 
  Linked by both place and character, Rigg’s stories illuminate the exotification and commodification of Hawai’i in the American mythos. Extinction Capital of the World is an environmental love letter to the Hawaiian Islands and an indelible portrayal of the people who inhabit them—marking the arrival of an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.

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  The Hunger

  A.D. Starrling

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  Discover the origin of the love story behind Empire.  
  1695. Spanish Netherlands.  
  The war between King Louis XIV and the League of Augsberg reaches a pivotal moment at the Siege of Namur.  
  When the besieged French army starts to mount an increasingly fierce resistance, Bastian immortal Conrad Greene and his company of elite intelligence operatives are sent to Liège to track down the traitor supplying the enemy with stocks of a new, powerful gunpowder.  
  Frustrated at every turn, an unexpected visit from Conrad’s superior results in a surprising addition to his team. Can the captain resist his all-consuming attraction for immortal Laura Hartwell long enough to solve the mystery of the gunpowder plot?  
  The Hunger is a short story set in the riveting world of A.D. Starrling’s award-winning supernatural thriller series Seventeen.

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  Hot Yoga

  Dawn Blair

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  A name. All she needed was a name. 
  The sign on the door read: Hot Yoga. Certainly that wasn’t the troll’s name. She’d have to knock. 
  When the door opened, she saw a sight which would never be able to unsee, even with the aid of a forgetting spell. Yet, the mission must continue. 
  If you’re hunting for a new, quick audio story, Dawn Blair has a treasure for you.

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