Showing results for "Hell" in Short Stories

In "People in Hell Want Ice Water" - an eerie and suspenseful short story about connection, trust, and self-preservation - a random hookup amidst the COVID-19 pandemic brings two lonely people together when they need it most. Colin is an immunocompromised software engineer living alone in Los Angeles when he meets Martha on an early morning walk. She’s irreverent and mysterious, and although Colin knows better than to invite a stranger into his house, it’s been over 40 days since he’s been touched, and he can’t resist the temptation.

A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men: Of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans. In this new short-story collection, Brian Evenson envisions a chilling future beyond the Anthropocene that forces excruciating decisions about survival and self-sacrifice in the face of toxic air and a natural world torn between revenge and regeneration.

In the title novella, a third-rate American playwright named Landau attends a literary conference in Prague, where an organized group excursion to a former concentration camp degenerates into a battle of wills and an exercise in egomania and public humiliation. Nina, the heroine of the second novella, "Three Pigs in Five Days," is sent to Paris to write an article for her lover's travel journal - a dizzying, erotic pilgrimage that forces her to see how sex has distorted her view of the world.

"Prey for the Daughter of Hell" is a captivating short story by Conrad Kimball that combines elements of horror and romance. The story revolves around a 12-year-old girl who becomes the victim of a curse imposed by an Asian mystic. The mystic hypnotizes her, making her believe that her love life will mirror that of a female praying mantis, where she mates with males and then consumes them.

Als die hellen Nächte waren, Erzählung von Peter Rosegger: Der Sommer war heiß gewesen. Das Moos des Waldbodens war fahl und spröde geworden, und zwischen den Halmgerippen der Gräser sah man auf den grauen Erdboden. Neben den dürren Nadeln des Waldbodens lagen tote Ameisen und Käfer. Die Steine in den Betten der Bäche waren trocken und weiß wie Elfenbein. Wo dazwischen noch ein Tümplein stand, da starb darin eine Forelle oder ein anderes Tier des Wassers.

Howard es, junto conJ.R.R. Tolkien uno de los más influyentes escritores de la fantasía heroica moderna. De su obra de horror, la más destacada es Palomos del Infierno.

Quiroga fue, quizás, el más importante creador latinoamericano de relatos breves.