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  Planting the Shell-Bones -...

  Susan Kaye Quinn

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  SHORT STORY: Living in a flooded lighthouse is probably illegal, but no one has come to kick her out, so she keeps furtively tending the oyster beds and feeding the crows. But when a storm brings an unexpected—and unwelcome—visitor, her time in this final refuge might be at an end.Planting the Shell-Bones is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection.If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.

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  Stories Involving Animal Cruelty...

  Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, H...

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  Our best loved friends may not even be human but animals of the moggy and mutt variety.  Many of us wax lyrical about our friends in the animal world no matter the distractions available in the real and rather more demanding world of partners, children, parents and friends.   
   
  So often then that when the media brings news of appalling tragedies across the globe the distress of cruelty to animals seems to gather more immediate attention.   
   
  In this volume our literary wordsmiths turn their attention to tales that make our hearts wince and our emotions bleed.   
   
  1 - Stories About Cruelty to Animals - An Introduction 
  2 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe 
  3 - The Squaw by Bram Stoker 
  4 - The Cats of Ulthar by H P Lovecraft 
  5 - The Ankardyne Pew by W F Harvey 
  6 - A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane 
  7 - Strychnine for Village Dogs by Arthur Gask

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  Pictures - A Classic Literary...

  Katherine Mansfield

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  What if the images we present to the world slowly began to betray us? In “Pictures” by Katherine Mansfield, you step into the fragile inner life of Ada Moss, a woman clinging to dignity, memory, and fading hopes as her world quietly closes in around her. Once surrounded by admiration and applause, Ada now drifts through a city that feels increasingly cold and indifferent, where familiar faces blur and kindness becomes uncertain. As she moves from place to place, moments of pride, desperation, and self-deception flicker like scenes in a fading film. Mansfield masterfully exposes the quiet cruelty of social judgment and the painful gap between who we were, who we pretend to be, and who we have become. With her unmatched sensitivity, she transforms ordinary encounters into a haunting portrait of vulnerability and survival. Press play and experience one of Mansfield’s most poignant stories - where every remembered image carries the weight of loss and every silence speaks louder than words.

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  Confirm Humanity and Other Stories

  Wren Ellis

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  "Ren Ellis's Confirm Humanity and Other Stories is a collection...filled with questions, intrigue, tears, and hope. Ranging from familiar to fantastical, the settings and the characters are diverse. Readers will definitely enjoy the eclectic and fantastical stories in Ren Ellis's Confirm Humanity and Other Stories, and the collection's element of humanity will hit home, reminding us of the pivotal moments that define us." -Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ 
  Confirm Humanity and Other Stories is a collection of twelve short stories by Ren Ellis. Primarily comprised of speculative fiction stories, this collection ranges from slice-of-life to the supernatural and beyond. Genres include:Climate-change fictionFairytale retellingsContemporary fictionParanormalScience fantasy Dystopian 
  This collection uses imaginary tales as a lens through which to see the very real threats and struggles of our time. 
  Extreme flooding and Venice-like canals reshape the famous city of Paris in “Deluge.” The fairytale stepmother casts new light on old tales in “The Stepmother’s Story.” Monsters meet the Marie Kondo method in “Monsters Welcome.” Other stories explore the paranormal world of "Red Rain;" the cosmic courses of "The Time Garden," "The Welkin Tree," and "Winter's Last Breath;" and the dystopian worlds of "Life" and "Recycled." These stories feature cycles of hardship and hope that will resonate with adults of all ages. 
  Discover more from Port of Planets Publishing at https://www.portofplanets.com.

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  Horrid Henry: Fabulous Feasts

  Lucinda Whiteley

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  Prepare for a Fabulous Feast of Horrid with this epic collection of 11 Horrid Henry super stories performed by the show's full cast. Fill up on pizza, sausages and booger bogies (gross!!!) as Henry proves that you can make anything Horrid if you try hard enough! So let's turn up the Horrid and enjoy these classic stories with "Operation Party Planner", "Pizza Party", "Pirate Party", "Gym Cupboard Restaurant", "Booger Bogies", "Fussy Uncle Francis", "Honorary Godfather", "The Comic", "Perfect Parents", "Toffee Tongue Twisters" and "Bogus Babysitter". Horridly Brilliant or Brilliantly Horrid? You decide!!

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  Bruises

  Kurt Newton

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  A collection of 23 stories from Kurt Newton, including: 
  The Pit, Puppies For Sale, Bruises, Under the Bridge, Thumbin ', Something Profound, The Whittling, creak!, Angels of Mercy, Angels of Grief, Skins, The Banana Man, Dead Dogs, Trunk Story, Nature Walk, The Dog Park, B - Side, Lost Dog, Periphery, Post Mortem, The Stagnant Ponds, Thirty-Two Scenes from A Dead Hooker's Mouth, Lump and The Golden Door. 
  “For dark and cerebral writing, read Kurt Newton, a purveyor of tragedies of both the human condition and of the supernatural; to wit, his latest—a collection that is not just 23 short stories, but 23 sharp and shocking BRUISES to the psyche!”—Eric J. Guignard, multiple award-winning author and editor, including That Which Grows Wild and Doorways to the Deadeye

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