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  Black Colossus

  Robert E. Howard

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  “Black Colossus” unfolds in the mysterious ruins of Kuthchemes, where the ancient sorcerer Thugra Khotan is awakened from his three-thousand-year slumber by the bold yet ill-fated Zamorian thief, Shevatas. Thugra awakens with dreams of world domination. Taking the name Natohk, the “Veiled One,” he gathers an army of desert tribes and sets out to conquer the nations of Hyboria . This tale is filled with potent prose, adrenaline, and heroic deeds, as Conan—transformed from a barbarian into a general—faces dark magic and perilous battles in the world of Hyboria, crafted by Howard himself. If you’re ready for an epic adventure, “Black Colossus” is the perfect choice! ️

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  The Jelly-Bean

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  In a quiet Southern town where time drifts as slowly as the heat, Jim Powell has earned a name—and not a flattering one. 
  They call him a “Jelly-Bean.” 
  A man who idles. A man who watches life pass him by. 
  Once tied to a respected family, Jim now lingers on the edges of society—haunting garages, street corners, and pool halls—until one unexpected invitation pulls him into a world he no longer belongs to. 
  At a glittering country club party, beneath soft lights and the hum of music, Jim comes face to face with everything he’s lost… and everything he never had. At the center of it all is Nancy Lamar—radiant, reckless, and utterly out of reach. 
  For one fleeting night, chance and courage collide. 
  But by morning, everything has changed. 
  Written in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s signature early style, The Jelly-Bean is a quiet, piercing portrait of class, longing, and the moment a man sees himself clearly for the first time. 
  A story of drifting youth, sudden awakening, and the cost of standing still.

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  The Girl Who Cried Diamonds &...

  Rebecca Hirsch Garcia

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  The boundaries between realist and fabulist, literary and speculative, are shattered in this remarkable debut collection for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, André Alexis, and Angélique Lalonde
  		 
  A girl born in a small, unnamed pueblo is blessed—or cursed—with the ability to produce valuable gems from her bodily fluids. A tired wife and mother escapes the confines of her oppressive life and body by shapeshifting into a cloud. A girl reckons with the death of her father and her changing familial dynamics while slowly, mysteriously losing her physical senses.
  		 
  Infused with keen insight and presented in startling prose, the stories in this dark, magnetic collection by newcomer Rebecca Hirsch Garcia invite the reader into an uncanny world out of step with reality while exploring the personal and interpersonal in a way that is undeniably, distinctly human.

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  Youth and the Bright Medusa and...

  Willa Sibert Cather

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  Youth And The Bright Medusa comprises eight short stories published in 1920. Four of them (The Sculptor’s Funeral; A Death In The Desert; A Wagner Matinee; Paul’s Case) are re-worked from an earlier collection, The Troll Garden, published in 1905. This Librivox recording contains in addition the three stories (Flavia And Her Artists; The Garden Lodge; The Marriage Of Phaedra) from that earlier work omitted in the later book. In other words, all the stories in both books are recorded here. (Summary by David Wales)

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  The Rise - A Science-Fiction...

  Faye Hollidaye

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  Tamara Clark reveals the evolution and rise of robots as she remembers it. Though she never owns a robot herself, her job is at one time threatened by them, and many of her friends own their own specialized metal companions. She tells the story from an unknown date in the future and tells how she feels about the "bots" and "trons" who begin as servants and grow to become something that rivals humans in the workforce and in American society.

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  The Unlucky Mother of Aquiles...

  T.C. Boyle

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  This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in Playboy. 
  Marita Vallalba is revered in her Venezuelan village, and not just because her son, Aquiles Maldonado, is a big league baseball player in the United States. In fact, it is because of her son and his multimillion-dollar contract that has been splashed across the Venezuelan newspapers that she is kidnapped and held for ransom. Upon returning home, Aquiles is advised against paying the ransom, but he is prepared to go to any lengths to get his mother back.

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