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The Lottery and Other Stories by Jackson Shirley
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 1988-01-02 | Author:Jackson, Shirley [Jackson, Shirley]

She had worked for Robert Shax for nearly eleven years. When she came to New York the Christmas she was twenty, a thin dark girl with neat clothes and hair ...
( Category: Short Stories April 9,2014 )
The Sundial by Shirley Jackson
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-27 | Author:Shirley Jackson

8 “‘I had, as I hinted before,’” the nurse read, going slowly in her flat voice, “‘a parcel of money, as well gold as silver, about thirty-six pounds sterling; alas! ...
( Category: Horror April 9,2014 )
Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut
epub, mobi |eng | 1999-04-04 | Author:Kurt Vonnegut [Vonnegut, Kurt]

That night, in his hotel room, Laird put in a long-distance call to his second wife, Selma, in a small house in Levittown, Long Island, New York, far, far away. ...
( Category: Short Stories April 5,2014 )
Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut
epub |eng | 2009-04-07 | Author:Kurt Vonnegut [Vonnegut, Kurt]

That night, Elmer prayed for a new husband for Ivy, a stout heart for Ethelbert, and a merciful death and paradise for himself on the morrow. “Amen,” said Elmer. “Maybe ...
( Category: Anthologies April 5,2014 )
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis
epub, azw3 |eng | 1998-12-10 | Author:Machado de Assis [Assis, Machado de]

LXIV The Transaction I wandered through the streets and retired at nine o’clock. Unable to sleep, I set about reading and writing. At eleven o’clock I was sorry I hadn’t ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory April 4,2014 )
Wolf Story, A by James Byron Huggins
epub | | | Author:James Byron Huggins

five Wait," Aramus said, more softly. Kaleel looked desperately to Aramus, to the rock, and back again, seemingly unable to contain his fearful energy. Then he sat back, his head ...
( Category: Classics April 2,2014 )
A Wolf Story by James Byron Huggins
mobi, epub |eng | 1993-01-01 | Author:James Byron Huggins

five Wait," Aramus said, more softly. Kaleel looked desperately to Aramus, to the rock, and back again, seemingly unable to contain his fearful energy. Then he sat back, his head ...
( Category: Classics April 2,2014 )
Journeys into Darkness by James Goho
epub |eng | 2012-03-29 | Author:James Goho

Un-definition To begin, what does it mean to say something is unnamable? Surely not that something is simply unnamed, without a name yet, say like K2. Nor that the name ...
( Category: Gothic & Romantic March 30,2014 )
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Ernest Hemingway [Hemingway, Ernest]

CHAPTER SIX It was a new country to us but it had the marks of the oldest countries The road was a track over shelves of solid rock, worn by ...
( Category: General March 27,2014 )
Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Twain

CHAPTER VIII. TALKING WITH THE GHOST IT warn't very cheerful at breakfast. Aunt Sally she looked old and tired and let the children snarl and fuss at one another and ...
( Category: Classics March 27,2014 )
Portrait of a Lady (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Henry James
epub |eng | | Author:Henry James

XXVII I may not attempt to report in its fulness our young woman’s response to the deep appeal of Rome, to analyse her feelings as she trod the pavement of ...
( Category: Classics March 27,2014 )
The Sacred Fount by Henry James
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Henry James

* * * X It was in the moment of turning away that I somehow learned, without looking, that Mrs. Brissenden had also immediately moved. I wanted to look and ...
( Category: Anthologies March 27,2014 )
The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway
epub |eng | 2007-11-01 | Author:Ernest Hemingway [Hemingway, Ernest]

The next afternoon I drove out to Fontan’s, through the shade of the town, then along the dusty road, turning up the side road and leaving the car beside the ...
( Category: Short Stories March 27,2014 )
Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald
epub |eng | 2011-08-19 | Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald [Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)]

She rushed to the 'phone. Doctor Martin across the street was out. Doctor Foulke, their family physician, didn't answer. She racked her brains and in desperation called her throat specialist, ...
( Category: Short Stories March 27,2014 )
The Valdemar Companion by John Helfers; Denise Little
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-01-02 | Author:John Helfers; Denise Little

Erdane (Bard) One of Vanyel’s very few old acquaintances still alive when the Herald-Mage returned from his tour of duty on the Karsite border. (LHM) Erek One of Vanyel’s guardescorts ...
( Category: Classics March 27,2014 )

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