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Nobody likes being on agricultural rotation, and with this heat wave, it’s almost more than Ester can take. She’s itching for something she can’t put words to—something she has no memory of wanting. But then, she can’t remember much beyond the past couple of years. She’s sent to the husband archive for a cure, but the man she checks out comes with baggage: stacks and stacks of paper he calls “books.” What they teach each other may prove hard to forget.

Dive into four delightfully quirky short stories by the brilliant Fritz Leiber, including Nice Girl with 5 Husbands, A Pail of Air, The Last Letter, and A Bad Day for Sales. Each tale is uniquely engaging and filled with Leibers signature wit and imagination. Enjoy a captivating listening experience narrated by Phil Chenevert.

Myong Lina is an outstanding, career-driven woman from the 22nd century, and the epitome of success. However, there is one thing she lacks: LOVE. With numerous failed past relationships, and almost hitting the big 3-0, she decides that maybe she should ask a fortune teller to help her with her love life, as crazy as that sounds. Perhaps her problem doesn’t lie in the present, but in the past?

"The Mermaid's Husband" is a poetic short story by Lord Dunsany, a writer known for his contributions to fantasy literature in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a mermaid and her husband, exploring themes of love, longing, and the complexities of relationships across different worlds. The narrative presents the mermaid as a creature of beauty and the sea, caught between her oceanic home and the world of humans. The husband, who is a human, represents the terrestrial life that clashes with the enchanting but perilous allure of the ocean.

Myong Lina is an outstanding career-driven woman from the 22nd century, and is the epitome of success. However, there is one thing she lacks: LOVE. With numerous failed past relationships, and almost hitting the big 3-0, she decides that maybe she should ask a fortune teller for help with her love life, as crazy as that sounds. Perhaps her problem doesn’t lie in the present, but in the past?

“A pure delight . . . Romantic, poignant, and spellbinding.”— REBECCA ROSS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals “Fiercely feminist and deeply romantic, Psyche and Eros has the allure of an old fable and the epic quality of ancient myth, tinged with a provocative, modern...

In this episode, Mina discovers her troubled husband Jonathan’s diary. What secrets will she find within, and will her life ever be the same again?

Третий лишний рано или поздно, а находит четвёртого—я в этом убежден. И тем более не намерен ни с кем делить свою жену. Неважно, что она не считает себя ею—я докажу ей обратное. И не позволю Дане отказаться от меня. Попасть в другой мир, выйти замуж и вдруг оказаться свободной от брачных уз? Легко, если вы—я. Бывшая официантка Дана, которая в одночасье обрела и потеряла титул супруги повелителя Крайнеса, но вот сам "супруг" потеряться не пожелал.

Мы, сестры Дорин: частный детектив, участница отбора невест для принца Тысячи островов и заложница эльфийского корсара, ответственно признаемся — все-таки связали себя нежелательным обязательством. Но кто сказал, что на этом все самое интересное закончится?

When husband and wife Eve and Patrick Gantly discover a shocking secret from Patrick's past, they make the difficult decision to use the old lantern once again to return to 1885. They hope to save his child from a tragic future. Although they try to plan for every possible contingency, something goes wrong. They lose each other and end up in a different time! Nothing goes as planned. They struggle to save Patrick's daughter from certain death, even as they search for the lost lantern that will return them to their own time.

Eve and Patrick Gantly are living a normal life in 2019 New York, preparing to celebrate the Christmas season. To their delight, Eve is three months pregnant. Despite their happiness, Eve is having premonitions that something dreadful is about to occur. Concerned about the future and the safety of their child, she insists that they destroy the time-travel lantern.

После гибели мужа я хотела одного - забыться. И это желание стоило мне свободы. Теперь же я часть эксперимента. Жестокого и порочного. Боль от потери заменил страх перед механическим существом с безжизненными глазами. Ведь стоит ему найти меня, и этот ужас повторится.