epub |eng | 2019-02-05 | Author:Lisa Gornick [Gornick, Lisa]

* * * Over the following days, Prudence felt herself sinking into an impenetrable loneliness. She, Prudence Theet, née Prudence O’Connor, daughter of servants, had unwittingly insulted Ella Jameson, inhabitant ...

epub |eng | 2022-06-29 | Author:V.T. Do [Do, V.T.]

22 NIKOLAY I looked off to the side, bored out of my fucking mind. Damien stood next to me, his expression unreadable. Everyone gave us a wide berth, which was ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-29 | Author:Laura Best

A cluster of leaves from outside catches my attention. Pressing my face to the glass, I watch them through the window in the common room; some bright green birch and ...

epub |eng | 1986-07-25 | Author:Iain Banks [Banks, Iain]

“So, what are your priorities now, Mr Orr?” Abberlaine Arrol rolls her whisky glass around between her hands, gazing through the blue lead glass and the light amber liquid at ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lisa Darcy [Darcy, Lisa]

Chapter Twenty-Nine Louisa’s life was in San Francisco now. She shared her apartment only with Ziggy, her feline. Philippe, her boyfriend was a regular visitor. She’d only introduced him to ...

azw3 |eng | 2018-10-18 | Author:M S Morris [Morris, M S]

CHAPTER 19 The magnitude of my discovery is too much for me to handle. I’m overwhelmed by so many thoughts that my mind threatens to burst. I feel a sudden ...

epub |eng | | Author:Carol Birch [Birch, Carol]

* Going home on the bus, I had a terrible fear, deep down through every bit of me. My bus huffed along as if this was just any other day ...

epub |eng | 2010-05-11 | Author:Michael Gruber [Michael Gruber]

Everyone except Manjit Nara and Sonia gathers around the trays, sits, and starts eating and drinking, as at a school picnic. Nara sits carefully on the edge of Sonia’s charpoy ...

epub |eng | 2022-05-15 | Author:B. A. Shapiro

34 Jason Even though it’s late Sunday night, Jason is still at his desk at Metropolis. As tight and claustrophobic as this office is, his Allston apartment is worse on ...

epub |eng | | Author:Juan José Saer [Saer, Juan José; Dolph, Steve]

So I waited for May second. It rained every day but the first of the month. And on the first, at around nine at night, it started again. I kept ...

epub |eng | 2019-01-21 | Author:Natalie Barelli [Barelli, Natalie]

Chapter Twenty-Six I wonder whether Eve has ever been diagnosed as a psychopath. There is a diagnostic tool to evaluate whether someone is a psychopath or not. It’s called the ...

epub |eng | 2018-12-24 | Author:Josie Riviera [Riviera, Josie]

Chapter Six “Tomorrow is the bake-off contest,” Keiran reminded Desiree as she entered the foyer. “It’s written in bold on my calendar.” Desiree set down her briefcase and joked, “How ...

epub |eng | 2019-09-24 | Author:Pauline Holdstock [Holdstock, Pauline]

Cry baby bunting Daddy’s gone a hunting To fetch a baby rabbit skin To wrap the baby bunting in Cry baby bunting Daddy’s gone a hunting To fetch a baby ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Cassandra Gold [Gold, Cassandra]

Chapter Seven A warm, soft breeze ruffled Ryan's hair as they stepped out of the club and onto the sidewalk. He glanced over at Will, but his friend was gazing ...

epub |eng | 2007-02-14 | Author:Dubravka Ugrešić & Michael Henry Heim [Dubravka Ugrešić & Michael Henry Heim]

CHAPTER 2 Now and then someone Will dig up rusty arguments From under the Bushes And take them to the dump. Szymborska I didn’t know what to do. I paced ...