Short Stories & Anthologies
epub | | 1988-11-15 | Author:Charles Beaumont [Beaumont, Charles]

* * * THE JUNGLE by Charles Beaumont * * * Suddenly it was there. On foxfeet, invisibly, it had crept, past all the fences and traps he had laid, ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 5,2017 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2007-09-05 | Author:Gardner Dozois

Three times was as far as Rafiel really thought he wanted to go. Anyway, Docilia was now in a hurry to send off the picture of her child. “Let yourself ...
( Category: Science Fiction September 5,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-09-01 | Author:Becky Wade

“This is delicious.” Holly pointed her fork at a plate containing melt-in-your-mouth spare ribs. Oh, how she adored spare ribs. Maybe today hadn’t been the best day to wear a ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction September 5,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-10-25 | Author:Mary Robinette Kowal [Kowal, Mary Robinette]

The Consciousness Problem The afternoon sun angled across the scarred wood counter despite the bamboo shade Elise had lowered. She grimaced and picked up the steel chef’s knife, trying to ...
( Category: Fantasy September 5,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-11-05 | Author:Patrick Gale [Patrick Gale]

Her parents rarely came again however. In the weekends that followed, they were preoccupied with adult impenetrables — Hand Blocked Paper, Damp Course, the demise of a Feature Fireplace and ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 5,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-05 | Author:Trevor Dodge

I mean “free” the way Bill Burroughs means it when he implores us to raid the prisonhouse of language. I mean “free” the way Ted Adorno means it when he ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 5,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-04-02 | Author:James A. Burton [Burton, James A.]

XV Bitter reek of explosives, dust, burning, tortured metal—Albert’s nose sorted through the smoke. If I can smell things, that means that I’m probably still alive. Against the odds. He ...
( Category: Fantasy September 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-09-04 | Author:Jaymee Goh

Working Woman Olivia Ho It was about three o’clock in the afternoon when the hearse ran away. This was one of Singapore’s very hot days, when the heat sat in ...
( Category: Science Fiction September 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Timothy Findley [Findley, Timothy]

For weeks now, Everett had been working with a patient who was severely and uniquely schizophrenic. This patient’s name was Kenneth Albright, and while he was deeply suspicious, he was ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-08 | Author:Delilah Devlin [Delilah Devlin]

Chapter Seven ‡ Navarro made a note to ask Inigo later who ‘Mr. Ed’ was. He’d received a confusing image of a whinnying, white horse with his head hanging over ...
( Category: Paranormal September 4,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-10-31 | Author:Willans, Joel [Willans, Joel]

Estrella and the Gringo Estrella was shelling peas in the courtyard when Aunty shouted at her to come and say hello. Merengue blasted from Radio Panamericana, so she pretended not ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 4,2017 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-11-05 | Author:

For the few weeks of the digging season, the archaeologists took up residence in the village hall, which served as refectory, social hub, Wi-Fi station and laboratory. Sometimes in the ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 4,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-11-13 | Author:Mick Jackson

Alien abduction Sitting at a desk all day can be very demanding. Pretending to look as if you’re paying attention can be an almost impossible strain. The children of 4B ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-11-29 | Author:Back To Me (epub)

23 Heather “I’m sorry,” I squeaked. “I was trying to help!” Billy crossed his arms across his chest and blew out his breath in frustration. I knew by his body ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 4,2017 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2015-07-21 | Author:Mario Benedetti

Monday 24 June Esteban is ill. The doctor says it could be serious. We hope not. It’s pleuritis or some other pulmonary disease. He doesn’t know. When will the doctors ...
( Category: Short Stories September 4,2017 )