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Turds in the Punch Bowl (A Story of No Ordinary Friendship) by Ashton Jen
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-06-10 | Author:Ashton, Jen [Ashton, Jen]

* * * * * Two weeks later, Joe and I were sitting in Sierra Gold discussing the fact that we hadn’t seen Finger-banging Jane since that fateful night. We ...
( Category: Essays April 5,2015 )
Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:Jayne Anne Phillips

Tonight her mother would leave after supper for Ohio. Jancy would be alone in the house and she would stare at the telephone. She tore lettuce while her mother broiled ...
( Category: Short Stories April 5,2015 )
The Crock of Gold by James Stephens
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:James Stephens

BOOK V THE POLICEMEN BOOK V CHAPTER XIV Some distance down the road the policemen halted. The night had fallen before they effected their capture, and now, in the gathering ...
( Category: British & Irish April 5,2015 )
The Solitude of Compassion by Jean Giono
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2010-06-17 | Author:Jean Giono

Vassili goes to look for tea. I think that in going to the kitchen I will be able to get some from the man who serves it, and mix it ...
( Category: European April 5,2015 )
Christmas in My Heart by Joe Wheeler
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-06-26 | Author:Joe Wheeler

All the next day pa worked up on High View Drive and all day mamma cleaned the house, made doughnuts and cookies with green sugar on them, and dressed the ...
( Category: Christmas April 5,2015 )
Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee by James Tate
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2008-12-01 | Author:James Tate

THE EXAMINATION Dr. Shroeder, at the age of thirty-four, had every reason to be pleased with himself. The spacious new house with its solar heating system came complete with a ...
( Category: United States April 5,2015 )
The Run for the Elbertas by James Still
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-10-19 | Author:James Still

Under the sirup kettle fire blazed so lively the darkness was eaten away, and pale glimmers of lanterns swallowed, and far tops of the gilly trees lit. I sat on ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye by Jonathan Lethem
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jonathan Lethem

FOREVER, SAID THE DUCK Pearl O’Hennies was in the corner talking to Notable Johnson. “Can you believe her gall, calling everyone up like this.” “But my dear, that’s exactly what ...
( Category: Short Stories April 5,2015 )
Final Vinyl Days by Jill McCorkle
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-01-20 | Author:Jill McCorkle

Dysfunction 101 My friend Mary Edna goes out every night of the week. She has a few drinks and then dances until they close the door of Roy’s Holiday Lounge. ...
( Category: Short Stories April 5,2015 )
Staggerford by Jon Hassler
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-11 | Author:Jon Hassler

Miles crossed the hall to Stevenson’s outer office, where Delia Fritz, counting lunch money, told him that the superintendent was occupied. Miles said he would wait. Delia pointed to a ...
( Category: Family Saga April 5,2015 )
The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot
mobi |eng | 2007-10-19 | Author:Jeffrey Archer

27. Since they had descended from Mount Tabor, the Master’s actions had not been those of a messianic leader intent on entering Jerusalem in triumph to claim the Davidic throne ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Cane by Jean Toomer
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 1923-11-12 | Author:Jean Toomer

THE END AFTERWORD “Song of the Son”: The Emergence and Passing of Jean Toomer by Rudolph P. Byrd and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In memoriam To Charles T. Davis, beloved ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Creatures of Habit by Jill McCorkle
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-12-31 | Author:Jill McCorkle

Monkeys EVERYBODY IN TOWN knew who Rommy Whitfield was. She was the woman with the monkey cage out on her front porch and a spider monkey named Mister Simmy inside ...
( Category: Short Stories April 5,2015 )
Phantom Lover and Other Thrilling Tales of Thailand by Jim Algie
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jim Algie

BENZ TOLD HER that she’d talked to the doctor from the clinic and he’d recommended a temple where they could have the fetus cremated. All she had to do was ...
( Category: Suspense April 4,2015 )
The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender
epub |eng | 2013-08-01 | Author:Aimee Bender [Bender, Aimee]

We headed up together, past Hovick’s pastures. As soon as he walked into the small bedroom, he knelt at the edge of the bed, his knees on the slippers, his ...
( Category: Short Stories April 2,2015 )

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