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"Memory" is a flash fiction short story by American horror and science fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1919 and published in May 1923 in The National Amateur. ""Memory"" uses many of Lovecraft's common images and ideas, such as relics of the deep past and things ""without name"". Also, his fondness for vast, monolithic ruins (a favourite with many other Cthulhu and horror writers) is evident in the intricate description found in this page-long story."

This story takes place in the ancient valley of Nis, in vegetation-covered stone ruins described by Lovecraft in great detail. These crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under. Interspersed in the ruins are large trees that are home to little apes. Through the bottom of this valley runs the great, slimy red river called Than. "Memory" involves only two characters: "the Genie that haunts the moonbeams" and "the Daemon of the Valley".

Join Mark Twain as he remembers his earliest attempt at poetry, which was a piece of writing that won no favor with his father. Then again many sons will have tackled a project with the same good humor and savage sarcasm.

In a valley in which the remains of structures are overrun with postapocalyptic plants and animals, two entities wonder what creatures built these crumbling things.

As the young student of the cruel, brilliant artist Vincent Rushkin, Isabelle Copley discovered that she could paint images so vividly real they brought her wildest fantasies to life. Now, 20 years later, Isabelle must come to terms with the shattering memories she has long denied and unlock the slumbering power of her brush. And, in a dark reckoning with her old master, she must find the courage to live out her dreams and bring the magic back to life.

Callie Bates’s debut novel, The Waking Land, announced the arrival of a brilliant new talent in epic fantasy. Now, with The Memory of Fire, Bates expertly deepens her tale, spinning glittering threads of magic and intrigue into a vibrant tapestry of adventure, betrayal, mystery, and romance...

Após a morte, Brás Cubas decide contar todos os detalhes de sua vida de altos e baixos com digressões filosóficas, críticas a sociedade oitocentista brasileira e um sarcasmo ácido próprio da fase realista de Machado de Assis. Por meio de suas aventuras, o narrador revela as contradições de um reino escravocrata sob a ótica da burguesia.

Leonardo, filho de Leonardo-Pataca e Maria da Hortaliça, é malandro e travesso. Ainda jovem, foi entregue aos cuidados dos padrinhos ao ser abandonado pelos pais na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Apesar da educação religiosa para que tornasse padre, Leonardinho não parece estar interessado em seguir as regras da sociedade, e entre amores e brigas, ele traça a trajetória que o levará a formação de sargento.

L'Immoraliste est un roman sulfureux et complexe qui explore les profondeurs de l'âme humaine. Souvenirs de la cour d'assises d'André Gide, c'est bien plus qu'un simple récit de procès. C'est une plongée profonde dans l'âme humaine, une réflexion sur la justice et la société.

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was a writer, critic and journalist. His novel, Chita: A Memory of Last Island, is about a young girl, Chita, who survives a devastating tropical storm. Last Island, a holiday resort in the Gulf of Mexico, is destroyed by the hurricane that kills Chita’s mother and leaves her adrift at sea. Chita is saved and adopted by a Spanish fisherman, Feliu, and his wife, Carmen, a religious woman who perceives the baby as a gift from God.