Absurdist
epub |eng | 2017-03-14 | Author:Perumal Murugan [Murugan, Perumal]

TWELVE Shorty wakes up with a start and rubs his head. He looks around but sees nothing. Yet, he knows something has fallen on him. Perhaps it is a palm ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction February 4,2023 )
azw3 |eng | 2017-03-20 | Author:Elizabeth Fair [Fair, Elizabeth]

CHAPTER 14 On Saturday some of the visitors left, and a lot more arrived. For the first time that year every bedroom was occupied and the dining-room had a prosperous, ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction February 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-04-18 | Author:Leo Furey

* * * I decide to get Crenshaw out of our lives by dropping some pot in his desk and telling Quinn about it. Quinn hates his guts and will ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction February 1,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-21 | Author:Curt Munson [Munson, Curt]

Chapter 11 Returning to Vietnam “Am I going to Leavenworth after this call?” I Camp H.M. Smith Okinawa, Japan 2250 hours 3 November 1970 For the entirety of my leave, ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction February 1,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-11-20 | Author:Sarah Patt [Patt, Sarah]

CHAPTER 29 The Accident I knew something was wrong when the doorbell rang at three in the morning, just like I had known something was wrong when Mr. Jennings came ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction February 1,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-15 | Author:Justine O’Keefe

15 Men of Business Out on the sidewalk, Jerome was talking to the greengrocer. Mr. Scapillini, wearing his white apron, was leaning against the doorjamb, blinking into the afternoon sun. ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction February 1,2023 )
epub |eng | 2010-12-22 | Author:Charlotte Randall

Deliquium I am told it is May. I am told that it is a wonderful May this year, warmer and finer than usual right from the start. I enjoy my ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 31,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-15 | Author:Robert Manni [Manni, Robert]

When Max returned to his office, there was a package wrapped in plain brown paper sitting on his desk. He peeled open the envelope and took out a handwritten note. ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 31,2023 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2020-10-22 | Author:Margery Sharp

II When she returned to the studio Dick had found his book and was standing by the window reading it. With the dark hair falling into his eyes and his ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 31,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-10 | Author:Anton Chekhov

"Oh, my darling!" she thought. "You are wonderful!" She had become convinced in the restaurant, too, that not a spark of her old feeling remained. For the friend of her ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 31,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Anna Patrick [Patrick, Anna]

Elizabeth reached out to touch Alice’s horrific masterpiece, but her finger moved straight through the steam as it dissolved before her eyes. Her gaze then darted quickly to the Hatter, ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 30,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Hilary Boyd [Boyd, Hilary]

Chapter Twenty-Three Frances smiled at the doctor. He really was very sweet, even though Nancy said he was useless. She didn’t mind if he was useless, though, because she hadn’t ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 30,2023 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Gita Aravamudan

The hoot of the siren made Ponni spring out of bed, startled. Where was she? Through the window she could see a hazy light. Was it dawn already? She rubbed ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 30,2023 )