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Bull Hunter (1924) by Brand Max
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-26 | Author:Brand, Max [Brand, Max]

Chapter 11 When they were together, they made a study in contrasts. By seeing one it was possible to imagine the other. For instance, seeing the high, narrow forehead, peaked ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 22,2017 )
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
epub |eng | 2015-09-22 | Author:Edgar Allan Poe [Poe, Edgar Allan]

The fact is, that Mr. Goodfellow had, since the death of Mr. Shuttleworthy, given over all expectation of ever receiving the promised Chateau-Margaux; and he, therefore, looked upon it now ...
( Category: Poetry September 22,2017 )
What's So Funny by Donald Westlake
epub |eng | 2011-06-19 | Author:Donald Westlake [Westlake, Donald]

Mrs. W (as she preferred to be called by the staff) was, for instance, on the boards of many of the city’s organizations, as well as a director of a ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 22,2017 )
Thieves' Dozen by Donald Westlake
epub |eng | 2011-06-19 | Author:Donald Westlake [Westlake, Donald]

“I don’t know what you did —” “Mistaken identity.” “All I know is, you saved my sanity. Also, I still need help with these shrimp.” “You got it.” “There’s one ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 22,2017 )
Christopher Moore by Island of the Sequined Love Nun
mobi |eng | 2011-08-10 | Author:Island of the Sequined Love Nun

Tucker stormed through the clinic door trailing sand and water across the concrete floor. "Mines! You have fucking land mines on the fucking beach?" Sebastian Curtis was seated at a ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 21,2017 )
Christopher Moore by The Stupidest Angel
mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-08-10 | Author:The Stupidest Angel

Chapter 10 LOVE, KICKED TO THE CURB "You did what?" Lena said, then adding, "And take that bat off your head, it's unnerving to have a hat looking at you ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 21,2017 )
One Night in Mississippi by Craig Shreve
epub |eng | 2015-02-04 | Author:Craig Shreve

◀ 13 ▶ Mississippi, 1964 One other thing happened that summer that had consequences, both immediate and lasting. Seeing Graden stand calmly in the midst of the prison, seeing how ...
( Category: United States September 21,2017 )
The Truth About Awiti by CP Patrick
epub |eng | 2015-03-27 | Author:CP Patrick [Patrick, CP]

15 i showed myself Beaufort, South Carolina (1893) Some places just filled with more hate than others. Cities and towns where soon as you step on the land you can ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 20,2017 )
The One That Got Away by Bethany Chase
epub |eng | 2015-03-31 | Author:Bethany Chase

17 The next morning, I spend the two-hour site meeting for the Balm expansion smiling into Jamie’s guilty, anxious face and pretending that I’m not still seething with bitterness. Throughout ...
( Category: Contemporary September 20,2017 )
Delicious Foods: A Novel by James Hannaham
azw3 |eng | 2015-03-17 | Author:James Hannaham [Hannaham, James]

For four days that October the crew marooned Eddie and Tuck by themselves, providing only the most rudimentary food, usually care packages consisting of a bruised orange, a salty, disintegrating ...
( Category: United States September 20,2017 )
Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
epub |eng | | Author:Tony Vigorito

78 People do not tap their feet. Feet are tapped. Passive voice. To say people tap their feet implies some sort of conscious activity. Foot tapping is not willed, or ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 20,2017 )
Crow Fair by Thomas McGuane
epub |eng | 2015-03-03 | Author:Thomas McGuane [McGuane, Thomas]

The boy was born at two o’clock in the morning. Mary was exhausted and so was Arnold, who was both elated and confused but truly loving to his bedraggled wife. ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 20,2017 )
Demons are Forever: Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Julie Kenner

Ten An hour later, I realized that the “stick with it like glue“ plan would have to be amended. We’d arrived at Cutter’s studio only to find that both of ...
( Category: United States September 20,2017 )
Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings by Katherine Anne Porter
azw3 |eng | 2008-09-18 | Author:Katherine Anne Porter [Porter, Katherine Anne]

A NOTE ON “THE TROLL GARDEN” Afterword to The Troll Garden, by Willa Cather. New York: Signet/New American Library, 1961. Willa Cather called her first collection of seven short stories, ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence September 20,2017 )
Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
epub |eng | 2013-12-09 | Author:Katherine Anne Porter [Porter, Katherine Anne]

A NOTE ON “THE TROLL GARDEN” Afterword to The Troll Garden, by Willa Cather. New York: Signet/New American Library, 1961. Willa Cather called her first collection of seven short stories, ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 20,2017 )

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