Editora: BookRix
A story about an strange encounter with an angel in a huge haunted mansion. Frank Grebnar meets this being, which not only amazes him, but warns him to not visit the mansion again. Please review this book, if you liked it!
Set against the tropics and megacities of the Americas, Maria, Maria takes inspiration from wild creatures, tarot, and the porous borders between life and death. Motivated by love and its inverse, grief, the characters who inhabit these stories negotiate boldly with nature to cast their desired ends. As the college professor in "Brujería for Beginners" reminds us: "There's always a price for conjuring in darkness. You won't always know what it is until payment is due." This commitment drives the disturbingly faithful widow in "Tijuca," who promises to bury her husband's head in the rich dirt of the jungle, and the sisters in "Moksha," who are tempted by an obsidian dagger once held by a vampiric idol. But magic isn't limited to the women who wield it. Animals are powerful magicians too. Subversive pigeons and hungry jaguars are called upon in "Tunnels," and a little girl runs with a resurrected saber-toothed tiger in "Burial." A colorful catalog of gallery exhibits from animals in therapy is featured in "Art Show,” including the Almost Philandering Fox and the Paranoid Peacocks. Brimming with sharp wit and ferocious female intuition, these stories bubble over into the titular novella, "Maria, Maria"—a family drama set in a reimagined California rainforest that explores the legacies of three Marias, and possibly all Marias.Ver livro
The bookshelves of American 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 Clark Ashton Smith.Ver livro
From the septuagenarian prostitute exposed in a tabloid sting to the Queen Bee of a local dramatic society upstaged by her cleaner; from the nine-year-old girl caught in the crossfire of her parents' divorce to the widow stranded on an Antarctic cruise during the COVID pandemic; from the doctor's wife confronting the enormity of her husband's online dealings to the forgotten musical comedy star yearning to return to the spotlight; these twelve captivating and compelling stories explore a diverse range of female experience. By turn humorous and poignant, whimsical and provocative, they make for richly rewarding reading.Ver livro
Maudette works at the state fair. She hates her job, she hates what her mother does for a living, she hates the people in her town, especially one of her mother’s clients, a local deacon. Working the tilt-a-whirl one day, she begins to consider revengeHonest Work is a short story from Halle Hill’s Good Women, which delves into the lives of twelve Black women across the Appalachian South. Darkly funny and deeply human, Good Women observes how place, blood ties, generational trauma, obsession, and boundaries―or lack thereof―influence how we navigate our small worlds, and how those worlds so often collide in ways we don’t expect.Ver livro
Edward Frederic Benson was born in Berkshire, England on 24th July 1867. Educated at Marlborough and Kings College Cambridge he began his career as a writer at an early age and was published whilst still studying. Benson was also a gifted athlete and represented his country at figure skating. His career was prodigious and widely acknowledged. Perhaps he is best known for his collection of novels about ‘Mapp & Lucia’ which have proved very popular throughout the decades. Benson was also well regarded as a writer of ghost stories—‘spook stories’ in the then vernacular—as well as biographies. His ghost and supernatural fiction covered a range of subjects but all were exceptionally well-written, drenched in atmosphere, riven with chills and have stood the test of popularity over the decades as testament to his literary talents. Benson was never married and practised his homosexuality discreetly. E F Benson died on 29th February 1940 at University College Hospital, London of throat cancer. He was 72. 1 - E F Benson - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 2 - Caterpillars by E F Benson 3 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 4 - The Bus Conductor by E F Benson 5 - The Face by E F Benson 6 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson 7 - The Terror by Night by E F BensonVer livro
Two renowned and diametrically opposed food critics anonymously fall in love through a popular virtual cooking class. Unbeknownst to them, they've savagely reviewed each other's published cookbooks. A savory tale of love, food, and the shocking revelations that could ruin their budding virtual relationship before it can sizzle into real life.Ver livro
