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  Mouth - Stories

  Puloma Ghosh

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  BESTIARY MEETS THE DANGERS OF SMOKING IN BED IN THIS COLLECTION OF ELEVEN EERIE, UNCANNY, AND SURREAL SHORT STORIESMouth stretches reality to reach for truth. 
   
   
   
  "Desiccation" follows a teen figure skater with necrophiliac fantasies who is convinced the other Indian girl at the rink is a vampire. When a woman returns to Kolkata in "The Fig Tree," she can't tell if she is haunted by her dead mother or a shakchunni—or both. "Nip" bottles up the consuming and addictive nature of infatuation, while "Natalya" is a hair-raising autopsy of an ex-lover. In "Persimmons," a girl comes to terms with her own community sacrifice. 
   
   
   
  Full of fangs and talons, Mouth lays bare the otherwise awkward and unmentionable with a singular sharpness. Through surreal and captivating prose, Puloma Ghosh delves into otherworldly spaces to reimagine ordinary struggles of isolation, longing, and the aching desires of our flesh. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  New Arabian Nights

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  "New Arabian Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of short stories that were first published between 1877 and 1880. The book, inspired by the classic "One Thousand and One Nights," transports the reader to a world full of mysteries, intrigues, and adventures. 
  In the two main story cycles, "The Suicide Club" and "The Rajah’s Diamond," we follow the fate of Prince Florizel of Bohemia and his faithful companion, Colonel Geraldine. In the first cycle, the characters encounter a mysterious club where members play a deadly card game. In the second cycle, they search for a missing diamond, leading them through a series of dangerous and exciting adventures. 
  Stevenson masterfully combines elements of humor, suspense, and deep reflection, creating stories that captivate and surprise at every turn. "New Arabian Nights" is a must-read for fans of adventure literature and classic tales. 
  This collection contains following short stories: 
  - The Suicide Club, containing: 
  -- Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts 
  -- Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk 
  -- The Adventure of the Hansom Cab 
  - The Rajah's Diamond, containing: 
  -- Story of the Bandbox 
  -- Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders 
  -- Story of the House with the Green Blinds 
  -- The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective 
  - The Pavilion on the Links 
  - A Lodging for the Night 
  - The Sire De Malétroits Door 
  - Providence and the Guitar

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  Path of Most Resistance The: And...

  Yoav Ilan

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  The stories of The Path of Most Resistance feature curious nonconformists who find themselves pushing back against strange and oppressive social norms, mavericks who transgress the boundaries of convention in their strive for freedom and authenticity. No matter if they’re in a Silicon Valley office, the far reaches of space, or dystopian futures where relationships are subjected to totalitarian control, the characters show unshakable conviction in a world plagued with uncertainty. Each story ushers you into a unique reality that unfolds step by step, leaving you with a disturbing new perception of the world. In “Blind Date,” two lovers chosen for each other by a hidden control system attempt to peel away the layers of their oppressive reality and peer into what they were not meant to see. In “Expressing,” a pick-up at an ordinary bar turns into a paranormal encounter. In “The Path of Most Resistance,” a hiring manager and a job candidate go all-in during an interview that will reshape their lives. In “Red Flagged,” a random passenger is accidentally exposed as a covert rebel fighting for freedom in a society that dictates what one is allowed to know. In “Miscalibrated,” an interstellar expedition runs into armed conflict with an alien civilization, in which their best chance of avoiding a nuclear war is discovering the underlying truth about the communication differences between humans and these aliens. In story after story, author Yoav Ilan displays remarkable creativity and intelligence, showing that sci-fi can be as artistic as literary fiction, and that things are never as they seem. 

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  $30000 Bequest and Other Stories...

  Mark Twain

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  The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published just 4 years before his death, this was the last time he chose works from throughout his career, in an effort to show the diversity of his style and the breadth and depth of his interests. (Introduction by John Greenman & Wikipedia )

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  Carnivorine - From their pens to...

  Lucy H Hooper

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  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 Lucy H Hooper.

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  The Hidden Light of Objects

  Mai Al-Nakib

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  A young girl, renamed Amerika in honour of the US role in the liberation of Kuwait, finds her name has become a barometer of her country's growing hostility towards the West. A self-conscious Palestinian teenager is drawn into a botched suicide bombing by two belligerent classmates. A middle-aged man dying from cancer looks back on his extramarital affairs and the abiding forgiveness of his wife. A Kuwaiti woman returns to her family after being held captive in Iraq for a decade.
  
  The headlines tell of war, unrest and religious clashes. But if you look beyond them you will see life in the Middle East as it is really lived – adolescent love, the fragility of marriage, pain of the most quotidian kind. Mai Al-Nakib's luminous stories unveil the lives of ordinary people – and the power of objects to hold extraordinary memories.

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