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It Takes a Man by Cheryl Pierson
epub |eng | | Author:Cheryl Pierson

About the Author—Cheryl Pierson Cheryl was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, and grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma and holds a B.A. in English. She ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry by Assia Djebar
epub, azw3 |eng | 2010-05-27 | Author:Assia Djebar [Djebar, Assia]

The murderous husband, because of his broken heart, has not budged from the palace of the caliph, who has grown so fond of him. Only the father leaves the palace. ...
( Category: History & Criticism September 17,2017 )
The City of Rocks by Don Travis
epub |eng | 2017-07-18 | Author:Don Travis [Travis, Don]

Chapter 18 WE FELL to our knees and went prone like a trained gymnastics team… in unison. Within seconds a group of very aggressive BP Special Ops in uniforms and ...
( Category: Music September 17,2017 )
That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories by James Kelman
epub |eng | | Author:James Kelman

VOLCANIC MATTERS My facial muscles had erupted. I traced the thing with my right index finger, touching gently, softly, tracing the outline and inner swelling, finding the ouch point. Volcanic ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
Horror Stories: 51 Sleepless Nights by Wade Tobias
epub |eng | 2017-06-18 | Author:Wade, Tobias

Anger Management I hate Clive. His smug lopsided grin, his greasy comb-over, his horn-rimmed glasses – I don’t think I’d brake if I saw him crossing the street. In fact, ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
Inflictions by John McIlveen
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John McIlveen [McIlveen, John]

Nina The tenement was by far the oldest of the abandoned buildings they had considered for renovation. Andrea’s boss, Fred Bastian, had made a fortune buying these old dinosaurs around ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 17,2017 )
Body Parts by Jessica Kapp
epub |eng | 2017-08-14 | Author:Jessica Kapp [Kapp, Jessica]

Chapter 15 “What’d she say?” Gavin asks, as Paige starts to snore. “I’ll ask her when she wakes up. She needs to rest right now.” I distance myself from the ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
The Mountain by Paul Yoon
epub |eng | | Author:Paul Yoon

THE MOUNTAIN I. She had been at the stop since before the morning. She was often there, sitting on the bench, avoiding the rain. If she had enough coins she ...
( Category: Literary September 17,2017 )
The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers by Various & Hollis Robbins & Henry Louis Gates & Hollis Robbins & Henry Louis Gates
epub |eng | 2017-07-25 | Author:Various & Hollis Robbins & Henry Louis Gates & Hollis Robbins & Henry Louis Gates

Newfound Poems from Forest Leaves (ca. 1840) SOURCE: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “Haman and Mordecai,” “A Dream,” “The Felon’s Dream,” Forest Leaves (Baltimore: James Young, ca. 1840). “Haman and Mordecai” ...
( Category: United States September 17,2017 )
A Baby at the Beach Cafe by Lucy Diamond
epub |eng | | Author:Lucy Diamond [Diamond, Lucy]

Chapter Nine Evie There was just a week to go now before my due date and I had already felt a few contractions, where my belly became so hard it ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
The Private Life of the Cat Who... by Lilian Jackson Braun
epub |eng | | Author:Lilian Jackson Braun

Next, someone who seemed to know advised me to have Kokos teeth cleaned, saying that Siamese require dental prophylaxis oftener than other breeds. I made an appointment at the pet ...
( Category: Mystery September 17,2017 )
Erotica by Tina Long
mobi |eng | 2017-06-21 | Author:Tina Long

The End Keeper of Pleasure A few months ago, James lost his wife. He decided to hire a housekeeper to keep the house neat. He posted an ad in the ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
Christmas Gifts at the Beach Cafe by Lucy Diamond
epub |eng | | Author:Lucy Diamond [Diamond, Lucy]

Chapter Seven Evie The Christmas Bake-Off was a new thing for the Carrawen villagers this year, and the inaugural judging was taking place in the hall at the top end ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
How It Was for Me: Stories by Andrew Sean Greer
epub |eng | 2013-11-04 | Author:Andrew Sean Greer [Greer, Andrew Sean]

The Walker A SQUARE INCH of her would feed the city for a week. Not literally feed—he’s thinking of the price of food. He’s judging the wealth in that square ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )
Alien Mate by Gloria Martin
epub |eng | 2017-06-25 | Author:Gloria Martin [Martin, Gloria]

***** Darlene felt stupid begging the librarian to sign her up for a library card with no proof of residence in Los Angeles County. “Please, I need the library so ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 17,2017 )

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