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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016 by Laura Furman
epub |eng | 2016-09-06 | Author:Laura Furman

Sam Savage Cigarettes MY LANDLADY STANDS IN the doorway, one hand braced on the jamb, breathless from climbing the two flights of stairs to my room. She’s come up to ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 24,2017 )
Young Adolf by Beryl Bainbridge
epub |eng | 2016-06-28 | Author:Beryl Bainbridge

17 They alighted from the train at a small station some twelve miles from Liverpool. After the noise of the city the place was uncomfortably quiet. Apart from the ticket ...
( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
Charlie Mike (1985) by Scott Leonard B
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Scott, Leonard B [Scott, Leonard B]

13 Sergeant Stanley Evans raised his arm in the blackness. A faint luminous blur appeared. He brought his wrist closer, and focused his eyes: 0520. Just ten more minutes of ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 24,2017 )
Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan
epub |eng | 2009-09-24 | Author:Jacqueline Sheehan

They slept amid the ruins, huddled together as tightly as bark and tree, sleeping on a mass of grasses and dried plants, anything to keep their bodies off the cold ...
( Category: Time Travel September 24,2017 )
the Hill (1995) by Scott Leonard B
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Scott, Leonard B [Scott, Leonard B]

Paddy McGuire sat down beside Ty. “Cat, Mickey hit his five hundredth.” Preoccupied with cleaning his rifle, Ty set the oily rag on his lap. “Huh?” “Mickey Mantle hit his ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 24,2017 )
Vengeance by Susan Lewis
epub |eng | 2007-02-08 | Author:Susan Lewis

20 ‘Oh come on, can’t we drop it now?’ Helena grumbled, adjusting her seat to lie more comfortably. ‘I told you it was a joke, how the hell do I ...
( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
The Yellow Sofa by José Maria De Eça de Queirós
epub |eng | 2015-09-24 | Author:José Maria De Eça de Queirós [Queirós, Eça De]

( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
Fly Away Home by Marge Piercy
epub |eng | | Author:Marge Piercy

17 It took Daria a moment to realize her room was dark, she had been soundly asleep and the phone was ringing. As she snapped on the bedside lamp, she ...
( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
Pandora in the Congo by Albert Sanchez Pinol
epub |eng | 2008-09-24 | Author:Albert Sanchez Pinol [Albert Sánchez Piñol]

I was becoming too absorbed in the book. I could recognise the symptoms: excessive sympathy towards Garvey, a shift in the narrative objectivity in favour of his interests. I thought ...
( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
Lunch with the Generals by Derek Hansen
epub |eng | 2014-09-24 | Author:Derek Hansen [Hansen, Derek]

Chapter Twenty Bromeus Hospital is the best in Bandung, though there are many who dispute the claim in favour of Rajawali. Its theatres are well equipped and it is staffed ...
( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa P
epub |eng | 2003-09-24 | Author:Melissa P.

11 February Things aren’t going so well at school. It may be because I’m lazy and scattered, or because the teachers are too reductive and dogmatic … Perhaps I have ...
( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
What's Real by Daaimah S. Poole
epub |eng | 2014-08-27 | Author:Daaimah S. Poole [Poole, Daaimah S.]

Chapter Twenty-nine Natalie Anthony has not come home yet. A whole month and some change has gone by. Either he is really not coming home or he is taking this ...
( Category: Contemporary September 24,2017 )
Somebody's Gotta Be on Top by Mary B. Morrison
epub |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Mary B. Morrison [Morrison, Mary B.]

CHAPTER 22 Darius had to escape Ciara’s depression and was pleased Ashlee had accompanied him on another trip to San Francisco. Ciara had been breaking up with Solomon, so why ...
( Category: United States September 24,2017 )
Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This by Mary B. Morrison
epub |eng | 2014-12-30 | Author:Mary B. Morrison [Morrison, Mary B.]

CHAPTER 16 Fancy enjoyed another fabulous night until the dawn with Darius in her arms. She hadn’t imagined Darius as a homebody, but he didn’t want to go out to ...
( Category: United States September 24,2017 )
The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Kate Furnivall

THIRTY-TWO Davinsky Camp July 1933 AFTER the business with the cat, Anna lay awake, propped upright against the damp wood of the hut wall to ease her breathing. Beside her ...
( Category: British & Irish September 24,2017 )

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