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Medicine River by Thomas King
epub |eng | 2014-08-18 | Author:Thomas King

* * * — WHEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP came around, we were in first place, so we didn’t play the first game. We won the second game. Clyde had thirty-five points. ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 23,2018 )
Snitch Jacket by Christopher Goffard
epub |eng | 2011-06-27 | Author:Christopher Goffard

Back in the van he searched under the dashboard until he found a Maxell tape labeled ‘C’s Recital.’ He didn’t say where he got it. Sliding it into the deck, ...
( Category: Mystery October 23,2018 )
Night Soil by Dale Peck
epub |eng | 2018-06-28 | Author:Dale Peck

from — nothing take — nothing make — nothing Marcus’s valet records the hoarse rasp of the master chanting these words in his bedroom, alone at first, then gradually joined ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 23,2018 )
Fidelity by Wendell Berry
epub |eng | 2018-05-24 | Author:Wendell Berry

When he returned to the road after his bath and his sleep, it was past the middle of the morning. His steps fell into their old rhythm on the blacktop. ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies October 23,2018 )
The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters
epub |eng | | Author:Minette Walters

Twelve IAN HAD BLESSED THADDEUS EACH time he’d answered a question wisely but now, hearing the edge to his friend’s voice, he became nervous that Thaddeus’s patience was wearing thin. ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 23,2018 )
The Sadness of Beautiful Things by Simon Van Booy
epub |eng | 2018-10-01 | Author:Simon Van Booy

* * * • • • A few hours later Ben opened his eyes and sat up quickly. A wet dog stood with a stick in its mouth. Night was ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies October 23,2018 )
Somebody's Darling by Larry McMurtry
epub |eng | | Author:Larry McMurtry

7 ACTUALLY, HAVING JILL HELP WITH THE POST-PRODUCTION work on old Tony’s picture was the best thing that could have happened. I would have suggested it myself if I’d had ...
( Category: Humor & Satire October 23,2018 )
What's Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos
epub |eng | 2018-10-01 | Author:Ersi Sotiropoulos

When they saw Patroclus dead, once so strong, noble, and young, the horses of Achilles flung their lovely manes and cried in dread; Dead, dread, young, flung. It didn’t sound ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction October 23,2018 )
Valeria Vose by Alice Bingham Gorman
epub |eng | 2018-10-22 | Author:Alice Bingham Gorman

Chapter Twenty-six Driving in England proved to be too difficult for Mallie. She had volunteered to be the first to take the wheel out of Gatwick Airport and had promptly ...
( Category: Women's Fiction October 23,2018 )
If Cats Disappeared From the World by Genki Kawamura
epub |eng | | Author:Genki Kawamura

The two-hour screening ends. I step outside the theater and the quiet and the darkness envelops me. “Do you feel sad?” she said, as we left the theater. “I don’t ...
( Category: Fantasy October 23,2018 )
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
epub |eng | 2003-12-15 | Author:Mark Salzman

At the end of her first day at Carmel, humbled by the depth of the Great Silence, Sister Helen went into her cell, undressed, and crawled under the serge sheets. ...
( Category: Literary October 23,2018 )
The Dark Blue Winter Overcoat and Other Stories from the North by Sjón
epub |eng | 2017-10-22 | Author:Sjón [Sjon and Ted Hodgkinson]

His wife Karima didn’t know what kind of work he’d been doing in those years. He’d excused his absences by saying he had to travel to other cities to buy ...
( Category: History & Criticism October 23,2018 )
The Waiter by Matias Faldbakken
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Matias Faldbakken

BOAT EVERY BIRD SINGS WITH ITS own beak, the Maître d’ says. This applies not least to Raymond. He draws out his vowels when he speaks. When he comes to ...
( Category: Humor & Satire October 23,2018 )
Samuel Johnson's Eternal Return by Martin Riker
epub |eng | 2018-07-29 | Author:Martin Riker

9. The late seventies through the early eighties was a strange time for television. There were the same three networks (NBC, ABC, and CBS; the Fox network still a few ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 23,2018 )
Classic Works from Women Writers by Editors of Canterbury Classics
epub |eng | | Author:Editors of Canterbury Classics

GOBLIN MARKET Christina Rossetti Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: “Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpecked cherries, ...
( Category: Poetry October 23,2018 )

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