Short Stories & Anthologies
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-05-15 | Author:Henry Handel Richardson

XIV ‘My cousin Bob’s awfully gone on you.’ . Laura gaped at Tilly, in crimson disbelief. ‘But I’ve never spoken to him!’ ‘Doesn’t count. He’s seen you in church.’ ‘Go ...
( Category: British & Irish January 29,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Poul Anderson

Interlude 4 “Well well” says Lindgren. “I always suspected collusion between our government and the top Odysseans, but this is the first I’ve heard that anybody ever admitted it.” “Why ...
( Category: Short Stories January 29,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Hermann Hesse

Tale of the Wicker Chair A YOUNG MAN sat in his lonely garret. He wanted to become a painter, but there were many serious obstacles to be overcome. At first ...
( Category: German January 29,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2014-11-19 | Author:Clive Barker & Bill Pronzini & Graham Masterton & Stephen King & Rick Hautala & Rio Youers & Ed Gorman & Norman Partridge & Norman Prentiss

Beholder Graham Masterton “Once upon a time in a faraway land a princess was born who was so beautiful that nobody was allowed to look at her for fear that ...
( Category: Anthologies January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Heidi Jon Schmidt

Audrey: Keeper of the Flame Audie was with child. She sympathized, suddenly, with everything alive—tent caterpillars eating the trees, spider egg sacs hanging in the window casement. If she cleaned ...
( Category: Short Stories January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2004-10-25 | Author:Louis L'Amour

Where Buzzards Fly The Mexican’s rifle lay over his horse’s body, his pistol near his hand. He had gone out fighting, riddled with bullets. His flat, knife-scarred face was unforgettable, ...
( Category: Short Stories January 29,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-03-15 | Author:Samuels, Mark [Samuels, Mark]

A Question of Obeying Orders Hanns Kugel cursed his luck. He’d lost his map and compass six hours ago in a muddy ditch and had to rely on the position ...
( Category: Horror January 29,2015 )
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-06 | Author:Richard Parks

THE BRIDE DOLL “You do realize that she’s a demon, don’t you?” Kenji, the often inebriated and always disreputable priest, whispered this comment into my ear as we followed behind ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-12-29 | Author:Mark Dunn [Dunn, Mark]

OFFICE OF HIGH ISLE COUNCIL NOLLOPTON Fribs, September 22 Mrs. Minnow Pea: We appreciate your coming to us with a copy of your letter to your sister, but it was ...
( Category: Humorous January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Cynthia Ozick [Ozick, Cynthia]

When he spoke of Milan she pushed away his shirt. Her mother, she told him, lived in Milan. She was a maid at the Hotel Duomo, across from the cathedral. ...
( Category: Short Stories January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-27 | Author:Veronica Cox & Cox Bundles [Cox, Veronica]

Chapter Three “What’s your name, gladiator?” The feminine voice slid over him like a fine cloak and he put down his glass of wine. Lucius knew he’d had enough already ...
( Category: Short Stories January 29,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2012-12-08 | Author:Rae, Jeannie [Rae, Jeannie]

DISPLACED After the coldest shower of my life, I’m standing in a line where meals are being served from brown-paper sacks. A temporary spot, on the side of the highway ...
( Category: Horror January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-03 | Author:Pamela Carter Joern [Joern, Pamela Carter]

Elsie’s piano is wedged in a tiny room off the living area of their apartment. With the door shut, it feels like a closet and smells like old work boots, ...
( Category: Short Stories January 29,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2014-01-09 | Author:Novak, Steven [Novak, Steven]

They didn’t care. Taking aim at the ground, they forgot to watch the sky. If it hadn’t been for its eyes I never would have spotted it. The howler was ...
( Category: Short Stories January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-10-04 | Author:Ben Bova & Eric Choi [Bova, Ben & Choi, Eric]

She came to my home and walked right in without knocking. “I wondered why I did not hear from you.” “I … took time to process the konn.” “I always ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction January 29,2015 )