Humorous
epub |eng | 2011-02-06 | Author:Brunvand, Jan Harold [Brunvand, Jan Harold]

From Helen Creighton’s 1957 book Bluenose Ghosts, pp. 185–87. This text shares the “portrait identification” motif with many versions of “The Vanishing Hitchhiker.” A variation of the “Ghost in Search ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology August 6,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-22 | Author:Scott Spencer

Chapter 23 Grace Ascendant A few weeks after her great success, Grace called me in my office late on a Thursday afternoon to ask if she could spend the night ...
( Category: Family Life August 6,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Bryndza

* * * We stayed for a couple of hours, then Benji returned and it was all a bit frosty so I said we’d head back home. “Will I see ...
( Category: Humorous August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Bryndza

* * * We split up and searched the length of the road out front, and the neighbours’ gardens calling out, ‘Jean Paul Belmondo,’ like a bunch of depressed fans ...
( Category: Humorous August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-25 | Author:Jeff High

Chapter 29 POLLY I RANG THE BELL AND waited. In time, Polly opened the front door, awash in a mix of alarm and taut courtesy. She was immaculately dressed but ...
( Category: Small Town & Rural August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-07-31 | Author:Allison Winn Scotch [Scotch, Allison Winn]

Though Cleo expected Bowen to have fancy plans—a nightclub or, at the very least, dinner at the Soho House—he was happy, eager, almost, to stick around the apartment, loitering as ...
( Category: Political August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-03 | Author:Maria Hoagland [Hoagland, Maria]

15 The morning after Autumn’s visit with Veronica, something was different about the Looking Glass. At first glance, everything looked normal. Morning sun streamed through her father’s miniature masterpieces in ...
( Category: Humorous August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Philip Galanes [Galanes, Philip]

CHAPTER FIVE A Threadbare Towel THE CABBY GETS ME to the Downtown Club at last. I pay him handsomely for the ride, with a hefty tip to assuage my guilt ...
( Category: Humorous August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-03 | Author:Teagan Hunter [Hunter, Teagan]

Slice Ten Sully “One light roast coffee with a splash of almond milk and vanilla.” Thea blinks up at me with tired eyes, taking the thermos from my outstretched hand. ...
( Category: Humorous August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-02 | Author:Jane Gardam [Gardam, Jane]

The exams came and went as exams do and Pratt felt lightheaded and light-hearted. He came out of the last one with Jackson and said, ‘Whee—let’s go and look at ...
( Category: Short Stories August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-02-22 | Author:T J Brown [Brown, T J]

CHAPTER 20 – Astrolog y Newton Barlow woke up with Ascot McCauley’s talon marks still red and painful on his shoulder. In the shower, he let the hot water linger ...
( Category: Magical Realism August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-27 | Author:Bill McCurry [McCurry, Bill]

TWENTY I ached when I saw the loathing in Manon’s eyes, but it didn’t surprise me. I forced myself to nod at her and turn away, but not because of ...
( Category: Dark Fantasy August 5,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-04-17 | Author:Caroline Blackwood [Blackwood, Caroline]

11 SOON AFTER Mrs Blunt acquired the idea of refurnishing and transforming the recreation room at Corrigan’s old hospital, Nadine received a postcard from her which she read with bemusement ...
( Category: Humorous August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-17 | Author:Dakota Cassidy

Chapter 13 “I feel like my stomach’s about to explode,” Marty complained, yanking at the hem of her ultra-short dress, which made her figure look like she’d popped right out ...
( Category: Humorous August 5,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-04-17 | Author:Caroline Blackwood [Blackwood, Caroline]

3 SOON AFTER Aunt Lavinia’s attempted suicide I had lunch with a man who had been a close friend of my father and known him since he was a child. ...
( Category: Dark Humor August 4,2020 )