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  Short Stories of Padraig Pearse:...

  Patrick Pearse

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  Pádraic Pearse, who played a prominent part in the 1916 rebellion, declared Ireland a Republic from the steps of the General Post Office in Dublin. He was executed, along with the other leaders, for his part in the Rising. But he was a gentle warrior at heart. These five stories show us that Pearse was a man of deep understanding with immense human awareness of the way of life of the average person. He analyses the sorrows and joys of the Irish people of his time, and writes of the tragedies of life and death from which they could never escape.

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  Nobody Was Here

  Isaac Thorne

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  There are monsters of this world. They look like us. They behave like us. They even have dreams and ambitions like us. But they are not us. At least, we do not like to think so. 
  Sometimes, as is the case with traveling family man Reed Reese, we are confronted by these monsters. Usually when we are most vulnerable. They might not even view it as a confrontation, but we do. It ultimately leads to what all confrontations lead to: a fight or a flight. 
  Sometimes one of those options is forced upon us. 
  This is one of those times. 
  Lurid, engrossing, and NOT for the faint of stomach, NOBODY WAS HERE is a short tale of dark comic horror that might make you nervous about your next pit stop along a rural stretch of Southern interstate. There is no rest at this exit. In fact, you'll be lucky if you even get to relieve yourself. There is but one certainty when that heavy men's room door whooshes closed behind you. You'll never be the same.

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  The Disappearance of Crispina...

  Saki Saki, Hector Hugh Munro

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  Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) is better known by the pen name Saki. He remains hugely popular as a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. "The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh" is a tale recounted by a traveller on a train to a fellow passenger. It concerns the bizarre circumstances of the mysterious disappearance .. and reappearance after eight years ... of his formidable and tyrannical aunt.

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  Heads of the Colored People -...

  Nafissa Thompson-Spires

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  A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in these compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes. 
  Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original characters. Some are darkly humorous—from two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids' backpacks, to the young girl contemplating how best to notify her Facebook friends of her impending suicide—while others are devastatingly poignant—a new mother and funeral singer who is driven to madness with grief for the young black boys who have fallen victim to gun violence, or the teen who struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with black culture. 
  Thompson-Spires fearlessly shines a light on the simmering tensions and precariousness of black citizenship. Her stories are exquisitely rendered, satirical, and captivating in turn, engaging in the ongoing conversations about race and identity politics, as well as the vulnerability of the black body. Boldly resisting categorization and easy answers, Nafissa Thompson-Spires is an original and necessary voice in contemporary fiction.

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  10 Short Stories Volume 3

  Martin Lundqvist

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  This anthology contains ten quirky and mostly humorous short stories. It contains the following stories:Jared Pond and the Temper Complication.(Jared must use his talents for gambling and philandering to post bail for an ill-tempered Australian tennis player.)Jared Pond's First Mission.(Jared is hired by RAKI to stop a female Russian agent from posting pictures of her and the Australian Prime Minister)Jared Pond and the Yakuza Connection.(Jared must meet up with a Japanese agent to stop the Yakuza from murdering Japanese Emperor)The Soccer Date (Geoffrey is asked out by the prettiest female soccer player in the competition. But does she have other plans for Geoff?The Pursuit of Dangerous Dave's Treasure. (The protagonist arrives at Dangerous Dave's Farm and finds out that he is not the only one looking for Dave's Treasure)Jared Pond and the Swedish Fish Factory. (Jared travels to Sweden to stop a group of Norse religion zealots from smuggling drugs to Australia.)The Disgruntled Soccer Terrorist. (A bored triple zero operator decides to stop a terrorist who plans to bomb Sydney because of Referee Lundgren's shoddy refereeing calls)Jared Pond and the Quirky Malaysian Agent (Jared meets up with a time-travelling agent and accidentally blows up the Malaysian consulate(..Kingsley's Quest in India. (Lord Kingsley is driven insane his opium addiction and falls in love with an imaginary woman)Jared Pond and the Tamil Guru. (Jared Pond travels to Sri Lanka to secure a shipment of premium tea for Prime Minister Scurry Morrissette)

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  The "Paradise" Coal-Boat

  Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne

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  Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866-1944) was a British writer of popular adventure fiction and fantastic literature. "The Paradise Coal-Boat" is the story of Ezra Pollard, skipper of a coal boat working between Tyneside and the South coast. The cost-conscious shipowner, Gedge, makes it very clear to Ezra that he is to sail his route at top speed and in the event of any collision to bring home no survivors from other ships who could make claims for damages against the firm. But Ezra is haunted for years by an incident where he accidentally mows down a fishing smack and drowns its crew. And then one foggy night, the "Paradise" collides with a passenger liner carrying three hundred souls.

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