Literary
epub |eng | 2019-06-14 | Author:Mónica Ramón Ríos

Those were the birds. A feather on every shard of stone. The fifteen-year-old dreamed of rats that night. The week before, someone had shown him a video about ordinary people ...
( Category: Short Stories June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Joanna Hershon

* * * THEY EMERGED FROM THE WOODS behind Kiki and Arman’s Honda onto a spit of sand. It looked like a makeshift parking lot, and some piled-up charred logs ...
( Category: Family Life June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-09 | Author:Carter Sickels

July 19, 1986 Hello. Just me at home. On a beautiful, sunny, hot as hell afternoon. My parents and Jess went swimming. Without me. Weren’t even going to tell me. ...
( Category: Southern June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-14 | Author:Can Xue

SHADOW PEOPLE I was one of the Shadow People in this torrid city. In the daytime, when the city was blazing hot, people moved their activities to dark places—to rooms ...
( Category: Short Stories June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-02 | Author:Evie Wyld [Wyld, Evie]

n There had been talk about the woman in the shepherd’s hut, the girl had overheard her father and the fishermen. “It was just a matter of time,” she heard ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-25 | Author:Ivy Pochoda

3. A CATHOLIC GIRLS’ SCHOOL AT RECESS. ESSIE TIMES HER lunch break to coincide with the bell that sends the kids outdoors to the grubby playground that she worries is ...
( Category: Serial Killers June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gail Godwin

Speaking of the “G” in G.E.T., Feron Hood had published another novel, Mr. Blue, and had contributed to the capital campaign fund. She continued to send an annual donation to ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2020 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2020-02-06 | Author:Agustina Bazterrica [Bazterrica, Agustina]

Someone has written “I love you, Romina” in red letters over the description of the habitat. Adaptations: The males have eyes the colour of dark coffee, while the females’ eyes ...
( Category: Dystopian June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-28 | Author:Jenn McKinlay [McKinlay, Jenn]

Ten “Ah!” Mel and Angie gasped together. Susan looked at Tony in exasperation. “They’re very sheltered,” he said. “No, we’re not,” Angie said. “We’ve been around way more murders than ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths June 15,2020 )
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Andrés Barba

Loss of trust is similar to heartbreak. Both lay bare some internal wound, both make us feel older than we are. After the revelation of the Zapata children’s lie, San ...
( Category: Psychological June 15,2020 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2020-01-23 | Author:Francine Toon [Toon, Francine]

When Lauren gets off the bus the light is dim and there is a sharp bite in the air. Billy has been away for three days. It is Bonfire Night ...
( Category: Ghosts June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-11-24 | Author:Honore de Balzac

14. A horrible and vulgar story OLD Fanchette was the only person in Issoudun who disliked the fact that Flore Brazier had become all-powerful in her master’s household. She protested ...
( Category: Victorian June 15,2020 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-01-01 | Author:Sciascia, Leonardo [Sciascia, Leonardo]

The Chief of the Political Section was disappointed and tired. “No sooner had you left Galano,” he related to Rogas, “than he got on the phone. He called, in this ...
( Category: Murder June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-12 | Author:Julianne Pachico [Pachico, Julianne]

* * * ——— On the street, Mattías strolls ahead. Lalo has stayed back, citing an early Skype call from London tomorrow: It’s a really exciting opportunity—I’ve been working on ...
( Category: Occult June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-02 | Author:Georges Simenon

5. The hotel was a tall, narrow building, full of strong smells. Maigret climbed to the fourth floor and knocked at the door which had been indicated to him, with ...
( Category: Murder June 15,2020 )