Publisher: Babelcube
Oh, you do not know the Keres? These abominable creatures hungry for blood and human flesh .... Then take a look at this Novel, and if after this reading you still make bad choices in your life, do not complain that your soul is going to stay in deep Hades!
On a cool crisp night in the Epping Forest, a stagecoach was moving amongst the shadows of a full silver moon. "the moonlight gives the forest a magical glow", said Mary Gregory a passenger in the coach. The other passenger was her brother, Magistrate Sir Thomas Gregory, but he thought it felt less magical but more eerie and dangerous. He was seeing highwaymen and footpads in every shadow. The driver was also very nervous as highwaymen were known to work within these woods. Suddenly a handsome well dressed man carrying a brace of gleaming duelling pistols appeared, He was riding a white horse and had come out of the shadows into the moonlight. The nervous driver sped up the coach. The horseman was following the coach but at a faster pace, shouting "Stop now or I'll shoot!" "Stand and deliver, your money or your life!" shouted the highwayman Firing his pistol he winged the driver who knowing the next shot might kill him slowed the coach to a stop. Edited by Don Lawson author's DadShow book
These fifteen original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination. Sales from this book, along with generous donations from others in the community, will help local theaters survive and eventually thrive despite this most unfortunate "intermission." With new shows - and the resumption of those shows forced to pause during the pandemic - casts and crews will be once again ready to entertain you, and to bring the laughter and applause back to our stages and our lives. Until then, sit back, let us entertain you, and know that your listen has made a big difference for local artists...while we all wait in the wings. Includes the following stories: Very, Very by Melissa Randall Stars of Stage and Screen by Joel Perry A Ring of Truth by K. Robert Campbell 8 Minutes, 20 Seconds by Josh Bailey John Willis Hostler by Skip Maloney Potty Stop Perils or The Trials and Tribulations of Public Restrooms by Charlotte Hackman The Sarpy County Incident by Kenneth Vest Emma’s Mission by Shawn C. Sproatt Smiles in Stormsville by Kim Henry Coppy by Gwenyfar Discovery by Eduard Schmidt-Zorner A Quiet, Decent Place by Anne Russell Grenadine, the Kudzu Queen by Wiley Cash Ace by Philip Gerard Arrival and Departure by Clyde EdgertonShow book
Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English writer who retold traditional fairy tales from many countries. The Cunning Apprentice is a fairy tale set in Russia. It tells the story of a young lad who is apprenticed to a wicked sorcerer who intends to use his magic to trick the boy's parents into giving up their son to him forever. Only the cunning of the lad enables him to turn the magician's magic against him.Show book
A mesmerizing new novella and stories from National Book Award winner Lily TuckA provocative and haunting new collection from critically acclaimed writer Lily Tuck, Heathcliff Redux, A Novella and Stories explores, with cool precision, the hidden dynamics and unspoken conflicts at the heart of human relationships.In the novella, a married woman reads Wuthering Heights at the same time that she falls under the erotic and destructive spell of her own Heathcliff. In the stories that follow, a single photograph illuminates the intricate web of connections between friends at an Italian café; a forgotten act of violence in New York's Carl Schurz Park returns to haunt the present; and a woman is prompted by a flurry of mysterious emails to recall her time as a member of the infamous Rajneesh cult.With keen psychological insight and delicate restraint, Heathcliff Redux, A Novella and Stories pries open the desires, doubts, and secret motives of its characters and exposes their vulnerabilities to the light. Sharp and unflinching, the novella and stories together form an exquisitely crafted collection from one of our most treasured, award-winning writers.Contains mature themes.Show book
William Chambers Morrow (1854-1923) was an American writer, famous for his short stories of horror and suspense.'The Inmate of the Dungeon' is the powerful and poignant tale of a prisoner who is unjustly punished for sticking to his principles...and how the injustice finally comes to light.Show book
A debut story collection of spectacular imaginative range and lyricism from a Pushcart Prize–winning author.In Ayse Papatya Bucak's dreamlike narratives, dead girls recount the effects of an earthquake and a chess-playing automaton falls in love. A student stops eating and no one knows whether her act is personal or political. A Turkish wrestler, a hero in the East, is seen as a brute in the West. The anguish of an Armenian refugee is "performed" at an American fund-raiser. An Ottoman ambassador in Paris amasses a tantalizing collection of erotic art. And in the masterful title story, the Greek god Apollo confronts his personal history and bewails his Homeric reputation as he tries to memorialize, and make sense of, generations of war.A joy and a provocation, Bucak's stories confront the nature of historical memory with humor and humanity. Surreal and poignant, they examine the tension between myth and history, cultural categories and personal identity, performance and authenticity.Show book
