Editorial: Short Stories
Virgin sex and incest! Taking My Daughter’s Virginity Before Her Wedding/Breaking In My Son In The Back Seat/I Bought My Niece’s Virginity On Black Friday/Taking My Sleeping Sister’s Virginity On A Long Train Journey/Mind Controlling My Virgin Cousin
Welcome to a poet's introspective world of jubilance and turbulence, where life's cresting waves of love, grief, and rebirth collide with the profound power of poetry. In Just Leaves, Lauren Best offers confessional glimpses into a deeply personal odyssey, unraveling the intricate threads of identity, creativity, and the human experience. With quirky candour, Best's immersive reflections celebrate the complexities that define us all. Bringing vibrancy to the depths of personal growth and discovery, she invites listeners inwards to feel the emotional resonance of language: "We all know words are arrows we have felt in our hearts". Through thoughtfully crafted contemplation and playful exploration, Best unveils a fierce tenderness that fuels her artistry, motherhood, and pursuit of balance in an era that craves vulnerability. While still recovering from profound loss and trauma, Best was chosen to be Owen Sound's Poet Laureate (2017-2019) and began creating the poems in this collection. As she traversed the complexities of her own life story, her tenure became a transformative exploration of self, power, and the healing force of poetry. Exploring sound and lyrical storytelling, these poems build on her work as a musician and songwriter. The words rhythmically pulse, swaying from intellectual to sensory. Evocative language drips with sensual longing, entwining embodied motion and emotion both viscerally and visually. The impact of words cascades through the audiobook, connecting experiences across time to braid together the nostalgic past, raw and precious present, and effervescent glow of an optimistic future. Perfect for poetry enthusiasts and newcomers, especially those who love the works of Anne Michaels and Mary Oliver. Embark on an unforgettable journey guided by a distinctive Canadian voice, offering a front-row seat to savour the extraordinary and appreciate the familiar with heartfelt wonder.Ver libro
What happens when a 14th century Scottish hunk ends up in the 21st century? Would you believe his story? When Mellie Evers is dumped on social media she decides to put her imagination to good use. And with the big family reunion rolling around, there’s no time like the present. Mellie tells everyone about her new boyfriend. He’s perfect, charming, Scottish…and fake. Well, he’s based a little too closely on a certain Scottish hottie but that guy? He’s a thief and claimed to be from…the 14th century and she kind of played a big part in getting him sent away. When he appears at the museum again, Mellie tells him she’ll help him out if he’ll pretend to be her fake boyfriend for the big reunion. Only Mellie doesn’t know Connor isn’t lying, he really is from the 14th century…and this time, he’s keeping that secret to himself.Ver libro
Love isn’t a game… or is it? Melissa Hendrickson is tired of being a good sport, one of the guys. She wants to find love and settle down in Lilac Lake with the man of her dreams. She thinks she’s found the man, but he doesn’t know she exists. After she runs into Ross Roberts, her next door neighbor and former professional baseball player, during a charity softball game, he requires her help. She’s more than eager to make amends for causing him to have knee surgery. Then, a fire destroys her family restaurant and her job as chef there. She’s forced to think about a lot of changes in her life, including finding the right man for her. A spinoff book from the Lilac Lake Inn series, a sweet second-chance, small-town romance. Another of Judith Keim’s books with strong women facing challenges and finding love and happiness along the way.Ver libro
Title: The Open Window Author: Saki (H. H. Munro) Narrator: Jonathan Dunne Original Publication: 1914 Public Domain: Yes Series Placement: Number 30 in the Timeless Terrors series Description: The Open Window by Saki is a masterful blend of subtle wit and unsettling irony — a tale where polite conversation becomes a stage for deception and the supernatural lingers just out of sight. When the nervous Mr. Nuttel visits a country home for rest and recovery, his young hostess, Vera, entertains him with a chilling story of loss, ghosts, and an open window that never closes. Deceptively light in tone, Saki’s story conceals a dark brilliance — a study in manipulation, imagination, and the thin line between truth and terror. The quiet domestic setting becomes the perfect trap for the reader’s expectations, as the tale turns from social comedy to ghostly suspense with unnerving precision. Narrated by horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures Saki’s sharp dialogue, dry tension, and sudden twist of fear. While the text itself is in the public domain, this narration is an original performance and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. Part of Timeless Terrors, a series devoted to reviving the classic and uncanny, The Open Window stands as a timeless parable of storytelling itself — where every tale may open onto something far more chilling than it seems. Prepare for a story that begins with civility and ends with a shiver — a moment when laughter and fear share the same breath.Ver libro
Book 1 in the River Women series.River People is a powerful novel with unforgettable characters.In Nebraska in the late 1890s, seventeen-year-old Effie and eleven-year-old Bridget must struggle to endure at a time when women and children have few rights and society looks upon domestic abuse as a private, family matter.The story is told through the eyes of the girls as they learn to survive under grueling circumstances.River People is a novel of inspiration, love, loss, and renewal.Ver libro
Up in the attic of faded threads in Patchwork Pines, where quilters stitch whispers into quilts and fabric merchants deal in pieces of the past, sleuth Nora patches a clue with merchant Elias, whose deals stitch together a tapestry of missing heirlooms. Their quilt, stitched in fabric vows and thread-kissed patches, reunites truth—or unravels in tangled seams of doubt. As they sew through attic-laced boxes and clue-bound bolts, patched by thread wardens and fabric rivals, Nora's quilting vision merges with Elias's merchant trade, unveiling a patchwork legend of stitched reunion. When a loose stitch summons dust sprites, they must patch the clue to mend the weave. In the whisper of quilted patches, where every stitch mends a memory and every deal reveals a pattern, their soft mystery becomes the quilt that covers the attic's secrets.Ver libro
