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  Human Error - 30 stories beyond...

  Dr Dimitrios Papadimitriadis

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  A collection of thirty short stories that move along the edges of the existential and the social, the tender and the ironic. Set against the backdrop of Greece, and drawing deeply from its unique spirit and contradictions, each story reveals a subtle fracture in the surface of daily life, where a person confronts themselves, the systems that enclose them, and the illusions they invent just to endure. 
  These are finely tuned explorations of the human psyche—part microscope, part mirror—unveiling the quiet absurdities we all share. In this space, reason withdraws, cynicism smirks, and mistakes are no longer silent; they speak, take on form, and, inevitably, a face.

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  Blood on Snow - A Detective Kay...

  Rachel Amphlett

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  Christmas time can be murder… 
   
  A suburban housewife is found dead in her garden. 
   
  There is no weapon, no witnesses, and the only set of footprints belong to her cat. 
   
  Probationary detective Kay Hunter and her colleagues are convinced it’s murder – but how can they find a killer when there are no clues?  
   
  Blood on Snow forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.

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  The Dog Who Unleashed The Truth...

  Suresh Nair

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  A dog sets out on an unlikely path of revenge against the family who left him to die -- by publishing his tell-all memoirs!  
  An elderly man is at his wit’s end trying to figure how to deal with his wife’s inexplicable decision to divorce him. 
  A “girl” in her 40s learns on a dating site that there are no free lunches and free iPhones in this world. 
  A failed writer sets out to commit suicide and finds himself catapulted into a future where he is successful – and dead under suspicious circumstances.  
  A hypochondriac steps out of his comfort zone to do one brave act during the Covid lockdown…  
  Here’s a novelette and a collection of short stories to put a smile on your face. Filled with characters and situations ranging from silly and mundane to quirky and absurd, this is a breezy rollercoaster ride.

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  Reverse Engineering II

  Tom Drury, Yiyun Li, Ben Okri,...

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  The sequel to the critically acclaimed Reverse Engineering. Reverse Engineering II brings together contemporary classic stories with their authors' discussions of how they were written. An essential book for everyone interested in how fiction works...

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  Rising Storm - A Jesse McDermitt...

  Wayne Stinnett

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  Miles from the laid-back lifestyle of No Name Key, and just shy of the raucous nightlife of Miami and South Beach, lies Coconut Grove, a tropical oasis with a distinct Bohemian flair. Lately, a seedy underside has emerged along the Grove's waterfront, preying on adventurous young women. 
  Somewhere amid all the glitz and glamour, hides a thief who stole a fortune in Aztec emeralds. Or did he? Jesse McDermitt must first determine if the victim herself is a thief. The trail of clues leads him to evidence that the thief may be involved in a string of more heinous crimes. 
  Jesse and Chyrel enlist the help of the recently returned Charity, and the trio go "undercover" at a floating swinger's party headed for the Bahamas, which may well be a front for torture and murder. 
  When a sudden violent storm strikes Stiltsville, Jesse finds himself alone on the ocean, trying to recover the treasure and put a murderer behind bars - but first he must win the battle with Mother Nature.

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  The Lillies - From their pens to...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings.  
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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