Maison d'édition: BookRix
Before she knew it, she grabbed the knife and saw a pair of sad bleary hazel eyes, bewitching and beautiful otherwise, on a freckled pale face looking back at her. She looked terrible. The knife, too, seemed to tell her off, pushing her into a deeper slump, ‘You don’t belong up there girl. I’ll show you your place, down below the cuts and bloods.’
Nur and Abid relearn to love after they escape from war. Marie, who keeps the women of the village from giving birth to children borne of war, finds herself in a situation she hasn't faced before. In a London park, an ageing MI-6 official discovers that the woman he meets every day may not be what she seems. Lyndsey's bouquets of twenty-seven tulips hold the secret of her dark past and a soldier adorns herself in jewels as she prepares for a final mission. Spanning both decades and continents, Refuge turns its lens on those who are often overlooked in stories about war: women and children, civilians forced out of their homes in terror, those who wait for their brave soldiers to come home, and soldiers who commit unspeakable violence. this powerful collection simultaneously delves into the darkest parts of the human psyche whilst being an ode to humanity's ability to endure, love and retain dignity and compassion.Voir livre
Want to scare yourself to sleep? Meet Night Tales With Cornelius Darkly. Feel the wash of ambient music, listen to the tone of his voice as it slowly pulls you into the darkness… Night Tales With Cornelius Darkly is both a love letter to traditional horror and a brand-new audio experience featuring original storytelling and a chilling, dreamy, electronic soundtrack created by artist James Kumo. This short story is broken down into bedtime chapters timed to drift off to. Volume 1. An evil clown, a sea siren, a demon, a cult and…a child. How are they connected? Dive in if you dare. And remember to pull the covers tight. Sweet dreams my friends…Voir livre
All pets are Perfect Pets, but some are more perfect than others, as you’ll discover with this perfect collection of 11 Horrid Henry super stories performed by the show's full cast. Hamsters rule of course, even man eating ones, and there’s a catalogue (geddit?!) of near misses and triumphs to enjoy here. So let’s turn up the Horrid and enjoy these classic stories with "Name Game", "Petsitting Service", "Tickly Treat Thief", "Dinosaur", "Man Eating Hamster", "Glory Of All Hamsters", "So Not A Hamster", "Sock Sorter", "Mr Tiddler", "Pet Show" and "The Mole". Horridly Brilliant or Brilliantly Horrid? You decide!!Voir livre
From the author of Dreaming of You and Candelaria comes an ethereal and revelatory short story collection about faith, delusion, and the demons that can't get enough of us.A beheaded body interrupts a quinceañera. An obsession with her father's bizarre video game shifts a lonely girl's reality. A sentient tail sprouts from a hospital worker's backside, throwing her romantic life into peril. And in the novella "Community Hole," a recently cancelled musician flees New York and finds herself in a haunted punk house in Boston.This collection, at once playful, grisly, and tender, presents a tapestry of women ailing for something to believe in—even if it hurts them. Using body horror, fabulism, and humor, Melissa Lozada-Oliva mines the pain and uncanniness of the modern world. Reveling in the fine line between disgust and desire, Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus is Alive! is for the sinner in us all.Voir livre
Tales of Mystery boasts an eclectic menagerie of twisted tales, from classic pot boilers, to alien nightmares. Futuristic vampires, vengeful ghosts, hideous monsters and the occasional detective in over her head--a mystery lover's veritable buffet.Voir livre
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. Whether Central Europe is part of East or West or both it is undeniable that it is also unto itself. Its stories and literature are amongst the boldest narratives anywhere. These authors have helped established the incredible literary heritage of all our ages. 01 - The Top 10 - The Central Europeans - An Introduction 2 - The New Paris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka 4 - A Legend of Old Egypt by Boleslaw Prus 5 - Gods in Exile by Heinrich Heine 6 - The Chamomile Drops by Jaroslav Hasek 7 - The Criminal from Lost Honour by Friedrich Schiller 8 - The Bundle of Letters by Moritz Jokai 9 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman 10 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda 11 - Wake Not the Dead by Johann Ludwig TieckVoir livre
