Editorial: Short Stories
4 hot tales set in the free use world where women have a little something extra.The Free Use Futa Cafe/Free Use Futa Town/The free use futa bus/Free use futa hotel
It’s really very simple. You will sell me your eternal soul and in return I shall make you fabulously rich, powerful, talented and famous for your entire Earthly life. Or maybe even eternity. For an atheist it’s a great deal, though it does suggest atheism may have a weak point. For those of faith it’s a matter of jam now and purgatory tomorrow. A bargain many artists feel is something they can live with. For agnostics it’s usually a question of can the afterlife really be that bad, would workplace regulations reach all parts of heaven and hell. However, in this volume the terms are agreed and the Devil pays his fees and the character his dues, each happy to wait a few decades for the eternal payback. For us, it’s all a moot point. We would never offer up such a deal. After all just listen to the stories of those who have. 01 - Short Stories About a Deal with the Devil - An Introduction 02 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy 03 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne 04 - Belphagor by Niccolo Machiavelli 05 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol 06 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson 07 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving 08 - The Generous Gambler by Charles Baudelaire 09 - A Journey of Little Profit by John Buchan 10 - From the Memoirs of Satan by Wilhelm Hauff 11 - The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray 12 - Madam Lucifer by Richard Garnett 13 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach 14 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst RaupachVer libro
A cunning, twisty, and unsettling novel of psychological suspense with a startling conclusion by Loreth Anne White, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Patient’s Secret. Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. She’s the “invisible girl,” compelled to poke into her wealthy clients’ closely guarded lives. It’s a harmless hobby until Kit sees something she can’t unsee in the home of her brand-new clients: a secret so dark it could destroy the privileged couple expecting their first child. This makes Kit dangerous to the couple. In turn, it makes the couple—who might kill to keep their secret—dangerous to Kit. When homicide cop Mallory Van Alst is called to a scene at a luxury waterfront home known as the Glass House, she’s confronted with evidence of a violent attack so bloody it’s improbable the victim is alive. But there’s no body. The homeowners are gone. And their maid is missing. The only witness is the elderly woman next door, who woke to screams in the night. The neighbor was also the last person to see Kit Darling alive. As Mal begins to uncover the secret that has sent the lives of everyone involved on a devious and inescapable collision course, she realizes that nothing is quite as it seems. And no one escapes their past.Ver libro
A junior high janitor. A high-profile murder. And a sassy pigeon witness determined to shake things up. Oliver Holmes is called in to consult on a case in which the only reliable source is a crazy bird lady and her pet pigeon. The threads of information he begins to unravel lead to another unsolved crime that has left the police guessing for years. When Iris vanishes, leaving a trail of blood to follow, Oliver realizes someone else has taken an interest in the case. Can he find Iris before the threads weave together into a deadly noose?Ver libro
A totally brilliant, escapist and uplifting book club pick from the Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells I always thought I was going to be a girl who did something. I was going to run my own business and find fame and fortune! Fall in love… But here I am. Still waiting for it all to happen, sitting on the floor, surrounded by lilies and roses, trying to do my best friend’s wedding flowers because – in her words – ‘how hard can it be, Frankie?’. The answer is actually ‘very hard’ but it’s not the only thing that’s tough right now. My boyfriend won’t commit, I barely have a job, and once again I have the hangover from hell… What I don’t know is that life’s about to throw me a curveball. A new friend I will make with a beautiful, sad-eyed little boy who is so very tragically ill. I still don’t know about that heartbreak. Even so, in this moment, I know that it’s time for some changes. Maybe it’s time to make my dreams come true? To try to become a marathon-running, healthy-living, wildly-in-love florist-to-the-stars! Because I’m beginning to realise that you only get one chance at life. I don’t yet know how you change everything, all at once, but what I do know is it all starts with me… It All Started With You will break your heart and put it back together again, perfect for fans of Cathy Kelly, Jill Mansell and Colleen Hoover. Praise for Debbie Howells: ‘A powerful, emotional, and life-affirming story of love and hope’ Rachael Lucas ‘A warm, uplifting story about love and loss . . . but beware, you'll need a big box of tissues!’ Clare Swatman 'She paints with words and takes a scalpel to emotions’ Peter James 'Debbie Howells is a go to author for me, I don’t need to read the blurb, I just need to read the book as, in my experience, they are all fabulous' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 'This is a truly lovely story, the kind that makes you feel warm inside' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 'It’s a long time since a book has held me like this one has' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review Previously published as Wildflowers by Debbie Howells.Ver libro
To say Maeva Stewart is not a patient young woman is an understatement. Full of ideas, she meets life head on – usually with her best friend and neighbor, Ruby Risler. Aside from Ruby’s good qualities as a friend, she also has a brother, Leo. After giving cookies to the men leaving the train station for Camp Douglas, Maeva begins writing letters to those she doesn’t know. Then, drawing upon an untapped well of courage, she writes to tell Leo how she feels about him. A telegram changes everything when Leo is injured in France, and Maeva wants to go to him. Although her father says “no,” when one is determined enough, love just might find a way.Ver libro
Bournebridge over Troubled Waters’ is a remarkable and unforgettable book. It’s the year 2030 in Bourne Valley town, where the river flows into the English Channel. Hannah and Andy have returned from their secret wedding and honeymoon. It’s a secret because Andy is the local Catholic priest. They return to some exciting news and begin a new adventure running a large dilapidated old vicarage up river in Bournebridge. Continuing with their climate-friendly enterprise development work, that had won Bourne Valley the National Emerald Award, they assemble a motley group of tenants for the vicarage to help them, including farm workers, an ex-professional rugby player, a lawyer and a retired bishop. It’s a roller coaster journey for the next year with community strife and some climate extremes… including a prolonged severe flood. Among the highs are the beginnings of new romances, businesses and sporting successes. This is a story of love and friendship as well as being a fascinating insight into the impact of climate change action and what you can achieve if your passion prevails.Ver libro
