Contemporary
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-10-02 | Author:Graham Swift

18 The telephone was ringing on the little shelf next to the doorway into the stock room. Above it, on the wall, was the list of vital telephone numbers (St ...
( Category: Contemporary April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-23 | Author:Janine A. Morris

51 Up-Close and Personal She never came back to the phone, just as Chrasey thought. She hung up after a few minutes and tried Keith herself—there was no answer. She ...
( Category: Friendship April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Gerald Durrell

The Jury The river steamer Dolores broke down — as river steamers are wont to do — midway between her point of departure and her destination at Meriada, a small ...
( Category: Fauna April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Owen Egerton

“It’s natural,” Stanley said a few minutes later, kneeling in a bathrobe before his wife. She sat on the couch, her face in her hands. “It is not natural,” she ...
( Category: Short Stories April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Julia Alvarez

FIVE Love and Yearning Washington, D.C., 1923 SHE DECIDES TO TRY out a new life by writing to Marion about it. If nothing else, perhaps the story of what is ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-06 | Author:Thom, James Alexander [Thom, James Alexander]

ONE DAY STAR WATCHER MET SHE-IS-FAVORED AT THE spring, where both had gone for water. One was not supposed to meddle in another’s marriage, but Star Watcher put herself in ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2007-09-14 | Author:Gil Mcneil

Ellen’s watching telly when I get home, and looking much perkier than when I last saw her. ‘I’ve got a bottle of champagne in the fridge. I thought we could ...
( Category: Literary April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Joanne Harris

( Category: Mothers & Children April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-09-20 | Author:Hanna Krall

The Count Izolda is walking down the corridor to room 121. And coming from the opposite direction, from the depths of the corridor, is the Count, led by two escorts. ...
( Category: Contemporary April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-06-13 | Author:Jenny Hubbard

I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 12:35 P.M. Running, Yesterday It is the time of day when ...
( Category: Death & Dying April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jo Barrett

Chapter 30 In the midst of what Carlton and I call our “Crazy Season,” Carlton decides to have a Boys’ Night Out. It’s a Saturday night, and I don’t mind. ...
( Category: Contemporary April 5,2015 )
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Harlan Ellison

A STAR OVER BEDLAM The Police Chief is talking via fido to a man in a public booth. The man has turned off the video and is disguising his voice. ...
( Category: Anthologies April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-28 | Author:Hazel Osmond

CHAPTER 20 Ellie could pinpoint exactly when she knew the Sure & Soft ad was going to be a success. It was at 8.35 a.m. on 5 June, when the ...
( Category: Contemporary April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-05-21 | Author:Browne, Hester [Browne, Hester]

She slid an old photograph across the table. I picked it up eagerly, and Nell sank her nose into the gin and tonic, watching my reactions over the top. “Wow,” ...
( Category: Friendship April 5,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2012-11-29 | Author:Gemma Crisp

fourteen ‘So did you end up interviewing Nicolette Rivera the other week? If I remember correctly, you were terribly excited about it the last time we spoke.’ Nina tried to ...
( Category: Contemporary April 5,2015 )