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On her 21st birthday Kerrie sees things, strange things. A girl turns into a dragon. Her parents are fairies complete with iridescent wings. Has she gone crazy or has the world changed?
Stories are one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements. Whether written down or spoken they have an ability to capture our imagination and thoughts, and take us on incredible journeys in the space of a phrase and the turn of a page. Within a few words of text or speech, new worlds and characters form, propelling a narrative to a conclusion with intricate ease. Finely crafted, perfectly formed these Miniature Masterpieces, at first thought, seem remarkably easy to conjure up. But ask any writer and they will tell you that distilling the essence of narrative and characters into a short story is one of the hardest acts of their literary craft. Many attempt, but few achieve.Ver libro
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80's and early 90's, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, shortly after returning to America, he decided to spend his time in writing. He became popular as the writer of a number of romantic novels, but is now best known as the author of "The King In Yellow". This is a collection of the first half of this work of short stories which have an eerie, other-worldly feel to it; but the stories in the second half are essentially love stories, strongly coloured by the author's life as an artist in France. Only the first half of the collection of stories is presented here: the earlier stories are all coloured by the background presence of a play, "The King In Yellow" itself, which corrupts those who read it, and opens them to horrible experiences and to visions of a ghastly other world, lit by dark stars and distorted skies. This half of the collection is completed by a few very short pieces and two rather strange and beautiful stories of love and time, loneliness and death. (summary by Peter Yearsley)Ver libro
Joe Sanderson believes that living simply is simply better living. He gardens. He cooks. He entertains Vivian. Everything is going just fine... then along comes Ms. Willow Goodhope, with her whispering shadows and her elderberry pie, reminding him of what it means to be a man. Because sometimes life is simply complicated, and when a man loves a woman, he might need to step out of his comfort zone to prove it. To her, to himself, to the whole world. Or at least the whole Coach House Trailer Park. Pick up Elderberry Croft: March Whispers to find out if the lovely Ms. Willow can help Joe Sanderson rethink his perspective.Ver libro
LibriVox readers bring you 20 short works of fiction in the public domain. This collection includes stories by a variety of authors, including George Gissing, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling and Anton Chekhov. (Summary by Ruth Golding)Ver libro
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. This mid-century decade reveals a journey traversing continents and genres as authors explore and revel in the tumultuous times of social upheaval as nations are divided by Civil War or expand with the brute force of Imperial Dreams. Our writers also explore other genres including the absurd and ghostly with consummate ease. 01 - Top Ten - The 1860's - An Introduction 02 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 03 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 04 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 05 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James 06 - Malachi's Cove by Anthony Trollope 07 - The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte 08 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott 09 - The Father by Bjornstjerne Bjornson 10 - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras Country by Mark Twain 11 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 12 - The Dream Woman by Wilkie CollinsVer libro
More than sixty stories, poems, and essays are included in this wide-ranging collection by the extravagantly versatile Raymond Carver. Two of the stories—later revised for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love—are particularly notable in that between the first and the final versions, we see clearly the astounding process of Carver's literary development.Ver libro
