Together, Andrea and George have worked hard to eke out a happy life for themselves. And now, with a baby on the way, their small world has grown exponentially. They both have so much love to give their child, and every day that passes brings them closer to the moment they will hold him or her in their arms.
When Andrea’s past raises its ugly head, and George is at a loss as to how to draw her back to the light of their future, Willow Goodhope steps into the eye of the storm.
In doing so, however, Ms. Goodhope must share a truth about herself that may be more than any of them can endure.
They came to our world a hundred years ago. Before we knew it they overran the world, destroyed our infrastructure and now we live in habitats. That's the best we can call our living accommodations. They terraformed the world…
What remains of humanity whispers about a plan to evacuate some of us. They claim that scientists hid away in a bunker somewhere where they retro-fitted one of their spaceships.
We don't know if it's true, but as we watch them lead away groups of humans from the nearest habitats, we decide to chance our escape.
Fanta Groselha é um retrato sombrio dos sem-abrigo e da vida dos meninos de rua em Nairobi. O conto centra-se em Meri, cuja história é contada por um coro de narradoras sem rosto e sem nome que são também suas consortes. Navegam pela vida sem rumo certo a pedir esmolas, a roubar aos peões, a esquivar-se às autoridades, a venderem o corpo.
Fanta Groselha é um conto cativante pela sua coragem, humor e inventividade linguística. O seu forte sentido de lugar faz com que seja uma experiência de leitura imersiva e gratificante.
Selected stories of Osho compiled and translated into Malayalam by Asokan Chillikkadan.
'OshoyudeThiranjedutha Kathakal' has 78 stories.
"Spirituality is where all experience ends.
If you do not understand this, you may be playing the same game as the sun and the moon.
Do not see fiction as truth. The truth is where you and I are not and the truth is where there is no duality, duality and duality".
A collection of 78 stories by the philosopher and truth seeker Osho.
Sir Hugh takes his secret to the grave with a vicious grin on his lips – a devious grin that is somehow contagious.
A master of the short horror story, F. Marion Crawford’s contributions to the genre of supernatural fiction are significant. His collection of short stories, Wandering Ghosts, includes tales of vampires, ghouls, the undead, and more. “The Dead Smile” was first published in this collection in 1911.
A monster lurks in the Canadian forests. If the legends are to be believed, a small band of hunters is about to meet the Wendigo.
The legend of the Wendigo originates from folk stories from the Plains and Great Lakes Native Americans. The creature is a malevolent spirit, known to possess and even eat humans.
Algernon Blackwood crafts this ghostly tale masterfully, filling it with atmosphere, tension, and drama.
A young couple finds the perfect country cottage with one caveat - it has a horrible legend attached to it.
Edith Nesbit wrote under the name E. Nesbit, and is most famous for her stories for children, and has influenced the likes of J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis and P.L. Travers. She wrote over 60 books, including The Railway Children, Five Children and It, and The Story of the Treasure Seekers.
Her second, darker reputations was as a purveyor of horror stories, which are sublime in their elegance and simplicity. This story is quite simple, but when you take into account the beauty of the language, the skill of the plot movement, and the intriguing supporting characters, it really ranks high when it comes to classic ghost stories.
The Reality Beneath Omnibus is a complete collection of short stories and novellas by SULI Daniel Johnson in the style of The Reality Beneath. It contains short sorties from Old Fashion Reality in The Modern World, Going Sideways on Life, Man of the Mansion, The Horror From Another Space, I Heart You, and the first Season of Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hevan and Hell
It is an insightful mixture of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. The stories take a look at things we believe we know and understand in a new way. This gets us to think about the world that surrounds us in a new way to reveal a new understanding.
Here is a short sample of some of the storylines
A boy finds an object he does not understand that brings up questions few people ask. A city-state is created to regulate the factual acuity of information, but human nature puts it to the test. A civilization is found on Mars that makes people ask questions about the short history of human colonization. A man creates an object that creates ultimate pleasure, and it reveals the nature of man. A crazy old man teaches the world about the nature of society.
Set in a post-Covid dystopian future, where men sell their sperm for a small fortune, and celebrities are hunted down by revengeful mobs. One man, will decide the fate of a beautiful superstar, whether she will be set free, or sent to the brutal inquisitors.
Ella ist total im Vorbereitungsstress für Heiligabend, da klingelt es auch noch an der Tür. Der Postbote stellt ihr wortlos ein Paket vor die Füße. 'Für Ella. Erst öffnen, wenn du es verstanden hast', steht darauf. Also für so einen Quatsch hat sie nun echt keine Zeit!
'Nie wieder Absinth', denkt sich der junge Schmied, als er mit dem schlimmsten Kater seines Lebens mitten im Wald aufwacht und ein merkwürdiges Kichern hört. Und ein Einhorn sieht ... von dem das Kichern kommt! Äääh, wie bitte?!
Leon ist auf Jobsuche - seit Monaten schon und absolut erfolglos. Das, was er zu bieten hat, wird anscheinend gerade nirgends gesucht. Wobei da ja noch seine ganz besondere Gabe wäre ... Vielleicht lässt sich damit ja Geld machen?
