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  The Short Stories of Stacy Aumonier

  Stacy Aumonier

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  Stacy Aumonier was a British writer, best known for his outstanding short stories. Nobel prize winner, John Galsworthy described Aumonier as "one of the best short-story writers of all time" and predicted that he would "outlive all the writers of his day".Aumonier wrote over 85 short stories in his lifetime. He has been described as the "British Maupassant" owing to his captivating plots and his ability to create complex characters with just a few lines of carefully selected prose.His intensely visual prose meant his works were readily adaptable to the cinema screen, and several of his short stories were adapted by Alfred Hitchcock.•	Miss Bracegirdle does her Duty•	Old Iron•	Where was Wych Street?•	Old Fags•	A Source of Irritation•	The Brothers•	Juxtapositions

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  Numbers in the Dark

  Italo Calvino

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  From the acclaimed, genre-bending Italian fabulist author, a posthumous collection of career-spanning stories previously unavailable in English. “Everybody telephones everybody at every possible moment, and nobody can speak to anybody . . . Distance has been the warp that supports the weft of every love story.” —from Numbers in the Dark Written between 1943 and 1984, the stories in Numbers in the Dark span the career of one of fiction’s modern masters: from Italo Calvino’s earliest fables, to tales informed by life in World War II–era Italy, to the delightful experimentation that would define his later work. Here are speculative stories on life in the digital age, genre-bending wonders, and “impossible interviews” with the likes of Montezuma and a Neanderthal. Deftly translated by Tim Parks, Numbers in the Dark shows off Calvino’s lifelong gift for subtle humor and shimmering philosophical insight.Praise for Numbers in the Dark“Numbers in the Dark is a glorious grab-bag . . . [with] enough gems from every phase in Calvino’s career to make it feel indispensable.” —Seattle Times“These stories reward the patient reader with wisdom, humor, and insight.” —Library Journal“Calvino . . . is well-represented in this continually surprising collection . . . . Novelist Parks's superb translations capture Calvino’s quirky, iconoclastic voice, helping to make this a worthy addition to the Calvino shelf.” —Publishers Weekly

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  Far from Home

  Walter Tevis

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  “SF writing of a rare quality” lifts this collection of stories from the renowned author of The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth (Time Out).   The author of the competitive pool thriller The Hustler and the groundbreaking sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, Walter Tevis was also a master of the short story. His work was published in Playboy, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and many other magazines. This anthology collects some of his best short work. Full of wit, surprise, dark humor, and deep emotion, these stories pack a punch—and are ideal for fans of his longer work or those looking for an introduction to one of America’s most iconic sci-fi writers.   “The poetic imprints of a fine writer’s trail.” —The Times (London)

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  Naboth

  J. R. Kipling

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  Rudyard Kipling  (1865–1936) had visited many countries, and travels gave inspiration for many works of the writer.  The story "Naboth" was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on 26 August 1886. It describes relations between an European and an Indian. The narrator gave a rupee to Naboth to help him. Next day Naboth said, that he wanted establish a sweetmeat-pitch near the house of his benefactor. The narrator gave permission. In the beginning there was only Naboth and his basket, but eleven weeks later Naboth had built a hut there. The public road turned to a cess-pool because of the drainage of Naboth, and the Municipal Secretary said that the narrator must clear it away. How did the story end? Read "Naboth" to know it.A SmartTouch Media production.

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  Kubla Khan or A Vision in a...

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  A poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge after awaking from an opium induced dream of Xanadu, the summer palace of the Emperor Kublai Khan. A much more extensive poem came to him upon awaking, but he was interrupted while writing it down and then could not remember the remaining lines.

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  Son of a Vampire - A Dark...

  Ella Stone

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  He is dead. Life is just about to begin. 
    
  Torn, bleeding and dying, from the battlefields of France, Calin Sheridan finds himself back in London. But while the city remains familiar, war has changed him in ways he couldn't imagine. 
    
  This working class lad turned soldier, finds himself in the lap of luxury, but do the palatial trappings hide a more sinister and deadly world. 
    
  Can he control his new primal urges and find a way back, or is his old life and love lost to him forever? 
    
  An exciting standalone origin story from the Dark Creatures saga.

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