Showing results for "Smile" in Anthologies & Short Stories

"Smile" is one of Lawrence's shorter pieces, a thumbnail sketch of an idea. A man is relieved that his wife is dead and struggles to hide his relief when confronted with his wife's body. The relief breaks out into a smile, which he struggles to excuse. How much better it would have been, Lawrence seems to be saying, if he had just laughed out loud!

On the death of a cruel man, the terms of a secret are demanded from him to no avail. When the facts are finally revealed his true evil has changed everything.

Sir Hugh takes his secret to the grave with a vicious grin on his lips–a devious grin that is somehow contagious.

Forbidden love in name baronial estate. An evil man dies with an evil smile upon his face believing his evil secret is going with him to the grave. And there it remains until the lovers creep into the crypt shortly after the stroke of midnight. An erie tale certain to creep you out and keep you in suspense.

Spannend. Magisch. Schillernd. "Sie töten dich, wenn sie herausfinden, was du bist." Bereits als Dreijährige erkennt Shaia, dass sie anders ist. Sie versteht die Sprachen der Tiere, kann Krankheiten heilen und DAS FEUER entfachen. Nach einem schrecklichen Unfall wird sie von ihrer Familie verstoßen und schlägt sich fortan allein durch das altertümliche Ruwandien, in dem magisch Begabte wie sie verfolgt und getötet werden. Doch immer wieder trifft sie auf Menschen, die ihr weiterhelfen – und verliert sie wieder.