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A short story touching the matter of time travel and travel to other dimensions. A man by the name of Charles Gibson shares his own experiences in an interview, which he has made with time travel and much more. A very mindboggling and compelling insight into possible further aspects of our reality. Please review this book, if you liked it!
The handsome Inspector Shamik finds himself undercover at a speed-dating event, much to his annoyance. He is there to apprehend a serial shoplifter who was notorious for escaping the clutches of the police. However, when he meets her, his gut tells him that she is not a shoplifter. He wonders if he should arrest first and ask questions later or use the opportunity to get to know her better and assess the situation? He cannot deny that he is attracted to Varya.Mostra libro
In 1918 the Society of Arts and Sciences established the O. Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the previous year with cash prizes. 1921 was a particularly productive year with sterling and brilliantly varied examples of the art of short story writing as are included here. The selection committee struggled to agree on these, but finally, here they are for us to enjoy and record. The length varies but most are sufficiently long for a reader to get their teeth into and enjoy. The stories are listed in a rough order of how they were judged, but all are excellent. - Summary by Phil ChenevertMostra libro
Irish Times: Books to Look Out for in 2025 This collection of stories, written especially for BBC Radio 4, includes a ten-part sequence: 'The Circus', set around Cliftonville Circus, where five roads meet in North Belfast. It's five minutes from the nationalist Troubles flashpoint of Ardoyne, where Paul grew up. It's close to Holy Cross Girls' School, where protests targeting primary school children drew international attention. The Circus is situated in the poorest part of Belfast – it is also the most divided. Each road leads to a different area – a different class – a different religion. The Circus explores where old Belfast clashes with the new around acceptance, change, class and diversity. But this is 2024 and a fresh energy exists. Other stories include 'Tickles', a story about a man visiting his mother in a dementia ward where he finds he is the one who had forgotten important things; 'Cuckoo', about a man's collapse and surgery – where he feels something more sinister has happened to him; and 'Daddy Christmas', where a gay man writes a letter to the son he never had.Mostra libro
In a dystopian world with no men, women are “rehabilitated” at an erotic amusement park. Climate change has caused massive flooding and warming in the Balkans, where one programmer builds a time machine. And a devious reimagining of The Sorrows of Young Werther refocuses to center a sexually adventurous Charlotte. Asja Baki? deploys the speculative and weird to playfully interrogate conversations around artificial intelligence, gender fluidity, and environmental degradation. As she did in her acclaimed debut Mars, Baki? once again upends her characters’ convictions and identities—and infuses each disorienting universe with sly humor and off-kilter eroticism. Visceral and otherworldly, Sweetlust takes apart human desire and fragility, repeatedly framing pleasure as both inviting and perilous.Mostra libro
This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. - Summary by CarolinMostra libro
Books 33–37 in the Sam Reilly Action and Adventure Thriller series! 33. Abyss Codex Orcas attack a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar. Pink dolphins form a mysterious bond with an isolated Amazon tribe. Deep-sea miners harvest polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Three impossible events. One hidden code. Sam Reilly must decipher it before the balance of life on Earth is changed forever. 34. Caliburn’s Fight A viral video shows a golden retriever puppy in Bilbao changing its fur to match the patterns beneath it. The world calls it a hoax. Sam Reilly knows better — his own dog, Caliburn, shares the same genetic trait. If the puppy is real, so is the danger coming for it. 35. Icarus Adrift In an Atlantic superstorm, the Tahila discovers the impossible: a house adrift more than a thousand miles from land. Inside, a woman waits with a silent plea — and a secret that will challenge everything Sam Reilly knows about his past. 36. The Shield of Hercules After the catastrophic Dutch flood of 1953, one murder was hidden beneath the devastation. Seventy years later, a skeleton is found in a drowned village, clutching an artifact that may reveal the location of the mythical Shield of Hercules. 37. Shōgun Resurrection Sam Reilly and Amira arrive in Japan for a quiet escape, but Renjiro Tokuda, descendant of the last shogun, has begun a violent plan to restore Japan’s isolation. Hunted in a foreign land, Sam must protect Amira — even when escape may come at an impossible cost. Five explosive adventures. Five ancient mysteries. One man standing between history’s deadliest secrets and the modern world.Mostra libro
