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One town. Four volumes. Endless nightmares. The complete Haunted Hollow collection—creepy small-town horror at its most chilling. Old houses unsettled by strange noises, nursing homes where old people terrify those who care for them, quests for Sasquatch that take horrifying turns. An assortment of chilling short stories await—bite-sized horrors told in a gripping, "true story" style that will make you question the quiet towns around you. Consume one per night... or devour them all at once. Ready for your next night in Haunted Hollow?

The long-awaited next collection by the master of short stories and author of the award-winning Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and wonderous are some of the many ways the fifteen stories in this collection will engage readers. Ken Liu continues to delight...

L'audiolibro, che presenta sette racconti brevi narrati da altrettanti valenti attori veneti, si apre proprio con la voce dello scrittore estratta da una vecchia intervista in cui spiegava cosa rappresentassero per lui i libri. L'audiolibro a lui dedicato, ideato e promosso da Stefania Carlesso e da Alessandro Zaltron, è un omaggio allo scrittore che aveva dato il suo entusiastico appoggio all'iniziativa prima della sua scomparsa.

This collection of short, business-themed stories is designed to help you improve your professional German through learning in context — one of the most effective approaches to German language learning for the workplace. Whether you need to communicate confidently in German business meetings, write professional emails, or simply hold your own in day-to-day office German, this course gives you the tools to get there.

Mit feinem Humor, liebevoller Beobachtungsgabe und einer unverkennbaren regionalen Stimme erzählt Peter Maibach von Begegnungen, die berühren, schmunzeln lassen und manchmal leise nachdenklich stimmen. Die Erzählungen kreisen um Menschen, wie man ihnen in der Stadt, im Quartier oder im eigenen Leben begegnet: eigenwillig, herzlich, manchmal verschroben – immer aber zutiefst menschlich.

Neste livro, Sandra Silvério aposta no formato de conto curto para mergulhar nas entranhas do envelhecimento. São 25 narrativas breves, ancoradas na precisão sensorial, como o “cheiro de ferrugem”, “a banha entalada no batente” e a “mão trêmula no post-it”. Nas atmosferas claustrofóbicas, permeadas pelo silêncio, os personagens se calam não por falta de voz, mas por um emudecimento gerado pelo luto, pelo orgulho ou pela falência cognitiva.

Maupassants Geschichten sind Momentaufnahmen des 19. Jahrhunderts – angesiedelt zwischen Paris und der Normandie, zwischen Salon und Schenke, zwischen Krieg, Liebe, Geld und Einsamkeit. In frühen realistischen Erzählungen wie Fettklößchen oder Vater Milon verarbeitet er seine Erfahrungen aus dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg und entlarvt Patriotismus, Moral und gesellschaftliche Heuchelei mit bitterer Ironie. In späteren Erzählungen wie Der Horla verdichtet sich Maupassants zunehmende psychische Zerrissenheit zu unheimlichen, fast visionären Texten.

From the surreal to the mundane, twenty-four stories that “show Murukami at his dynamic, organic best” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). "A warning to new readers of Haruki Murakami: You will become addicted.... His newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever." —San Francisco...

Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Her parents are gone, the family bookstore is all but bankrupt, and her sister, Sophie, will probably never speak to her again. But when a mysterious letter arrives in her mailbox, Isabel feels herself drawn to the past. After years of fighting for her independence, she dreads the thought of going back to the island.

Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.

La memoria de Shakespeare es el último libro de relatos de Borges, y sin duda una de sus obras más acabadas y exquisitas.

Réunies sous le titre Les Crimes de l’amour, ces nouvelles héroïques et tragiques sondent jusqu’au vertige les ténèbres du cœur humain. Dans l’enchaînement implacable des passions, la vertu chancelle et l’amour se mue en faute, puis en crime. Ironie cruelle, fatalité et lucidité morale se croisent dans des récits d’une rigueur classique, où la société se reflète dans ses ombres.

A young boy discovers a place where it’ s always autumn. The key is finding his way back. This short story is part of Ian Rogers' Every House is Haunted, a short fiction collection that explores the border-places between our world and the dark reaches of the supernatural.

An unsuspecting couple is treated to a luxury vacation by their deceased neighbor. After begrudgingly agreeing to volunteer at a nursing home, a middle school girl gambles over games of bridge with elderly residents. A single mother struggles to understand the unique bond between her autistic son and his dying grandmother. Four friends experience decades of highs and lows as pawns in The Game of Life. A professional gynecology patient runs into a high school flame while at work, undressed, on the job.

A quiet coastal inn waits at the edge of the dunes—its corridors warmed by lamplight, its rooms shaped by sea breeze and memory. In this gentle, atmospheric tale from the Before Your Dream series, a traveller steps into a sanctuary woven from soft textures, amber light, and the distant hush of the tide. Here, time moves slowly, and every object—an open ledger, a vase of daisies, a row of hanging keys—carries the whisper of lives passing quietly through.

Recueil de vingt-cinq nouvelles publié en 1917, Le bonheur à cinq sous dévoile, en courts tableaux, une diversité de destins et de situations, du fugace au mémorable. La première nouvelle donne son titre à l’ensemble et ouvre la voie à une suite de récits concis qui surprennent, émeuvent et interrogent. À travers ces histoires, René Boylesve offre une immersion dans un monde fait de détails et de nuances, où chaque épisode capte une vérité, un éclair d’émotion, une inflexion du réel. Une écoute idéale pour picorer ou se laisser porter, nouvelle après nouvelle.

Young Dominic DeMarcus finds himself a pivotal character at the prestigious Granyel University, where he is first-year representative on the student council. He becomes enmeshed in such matters as the student revolution-a dramatic attempt by the students to combat their draconian image-and becomes the target of a hostile student president. At the same time, he must thread the thorny field of friends and romantic interests, and the blurry lines in between.

Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23. Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey’s science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and fifteen additional stories collected here for the first time. “Glitch” asks what happens when a battle bot refuses to fight.

An autobiographical short story about finding one’s place inside a Kyoto geisha house. After meeting a geisha she admires, a young woman enters a world shaped by hierarchy and unspoken rules. Quiet and minimalist, the story unfolds through small, everyday moments. She sits on the tatami floor. She serves her maiko and geiko seniors. She waits before touching her chopsticks, and is repeatedly corrected on something that seems small: greeting. Over time, she begins to understand what greeting asks of her.

What About the Milk? is a raw and deeply personal collection of short stories exploring abandonment, memory, and the fragile threads that bind people to the past. Each story in this haunting anthology captures a different shade of longing: whether it’s the hope that someone will return, the ache of something left unsaid, or the small, strange miracles that linger after loss. Set in familiar towns and ghosted corners of childhood, the characters are patchworks of memory and silence.