Showing results for "Sophie" in Short Stories

When travel writer Autumn Mitchell blows into Silverbrae, North Carolina, on a quest to uncover the perfect wedding destination, she expects scenic views—not a detour that changes everything. Enter Duncan Finley, a skilled craftsman as steady and rooted as the town itself.

For former pushover Janet, her Sophie curls appear to be a balanced and beautiful new addition to her magical, life-changing wig collection. She’s positively beaming, has smoothed out the wrinkles in her personal life, and is embarking on a philanthropic new business venture. Everything is ideal until the unthinkable happens and she has to stand on her own - with a final push from Lady Miss Jacqueline, of course!

Douze nouvelles drôles et romantiques pour un Noël magique. C'est le soir du réveillon. Audrey vient d'être emmenée au commissariat pour avoir manifesté contre un abattoir. Valentine est enfermée dans les toilettes d'un grand magasin parisien déguisée en Mère Noël. Pauline se retrouve en Toscane pour le travail, loin de chez elle, seule et célibataire. Le Dr Sam Miller se rend à un énième dinnerdate de Noël chez sa sœur. Lisa dresse sa liste des quarante-cinq trucs à faire à New York avant le 26 décembre.

Bloomsbury presents In White Ink by Elske Rahill, read by Sophie Jo Wasson. Motherhood, nurture and violence – these are the themes of Elske Rahill's remarkable first collection, In White Ink. Rahill brings to life the psychological and physical reality of mothering, pregnancy and childbirth...

In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together. Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the driving forces of humanity - love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence.

In this small but perfectly formed collection of supernatural short stories, Sophie Hannah takes the comforting scenes of everyday life and imbues them with a frisson of fear, then a gust of terror. Why is a young woman so unnerved by the presence of a visitors book in her boyfriend's inner-city...

From the opening story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single purpose in mind - to sleep with another man - Antarctica draws you into a world of obsession, betrayal and fragile relationships.

Everyday Kindness is a charity anthology of short, fictional stories of kindness, edited by LJ Ross. These uplifting tales of hope and of small, everyday kindnesses are intended to support wider, positive mental health goals and foster wellbeing through the act of reading tales of goodwill...

An anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy – featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many more! Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois’s (Rogues, Old Venus) acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to...

Die Frauen in Menomorphosen stehen mitten im Leben – und oft am Rand des Wahnsinns. Mit scharfem Blick, radikalem Humor und poetischer Wucht erzählen sie von Aufbrüchen und Abstürzen, der Abwesenheit von Sex, einem Übermaß an Gefühlen – und nicht zuletzt von der lust- und leidvollen Suche nach einem passenden Ich. Schauspielerin, Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin Jule Ronstedt zeigt schonungslos, was passiert, wenn Frauen nicht verschwinden, sondern sichtbar bleiben – wütend, wild, witzig.

Wir sagen euch an, den lieben Advent! Wir, das sind 9 frisch ausgebildete SprecherInnen aus Wien und Umgebung. Gerade zur Adventszeit erinnern sich doch viele an die Magie der Geschichten, die einen schon in Kindertagen in ihren Bann zogen. Sei es am Heimweg im Auto oder in der U-Bahn, oder auch abends mit den Kindern vorm Schlafengehen: Jetzt könnt ihr unkompliziert täglich Hörbuch-Kurzgeschichten abrufen und in die Weihnachtsstimmung eintauchen.

Infused with the keen insight of Joyce Carol Oates and haunting power of Kelly Link, a radiant collection of linked stories that explore the vulnerability, resilience, and hidden desires of women, following six girls over the course of sixty years, from their first semester at boarding school to...

Perfect for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link, Jo Paquette’s Stories I Told My Dead Lover contains eight searing tales of psychological horror that probe the darkest and most deeply buried parts of the human psyche. A child is forced to grow up too soon. A woman trusts her doctor too much. An abandoned woman isn’t as alone as she thinks. An idyllic holiday masks an unspeakable act of violence. Driven, desperate, fighting for the power to choose their own fate, Paquette’s characters dare to push back at the walls that hold them in.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of War by Roald Dahl, read by Dan Stevens, Cillian Murphy, Sophie Okonedo, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Stephen Mangan. In war, are we at our heroic best or our cowardly worst? Featuring the autobiographical stories from Roald Dahl's time as a fighter pilot in the...

Dark, profane, and hilarious, yet ultimately humane, these ten stories are the latest and best of Robin McLean’s reports from the eternal battlefront that is the United States. Ranging across the continent, from Alaska to Missouri, from the flatlands to the mountains, each tale is a snapshot...

For Solstice Shorts 2021 we invited writers to respond to the growing climate crisis. From an exceptionally strong field we chose stories and poems that respond to the floods and droughts and fires all around the globe with tenderness, compassion, fear, grief and rage. Gaia is represented in all ther power and glory, and butterflies and plants sow seeds of hope, while other writers ask:. How do we stop it? How do we survive it? And how do we live beyond the catastrophe on our horizon?

New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today’s top crime writers in this acclaimed collection of suspenseful stories featuring fierce women—including one never-before-published novella. “A first-rate collection, an obvious must for the legions of Lippman fans...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Only This by Roald Dahl, read by Sophie Okonedo. In Only This, Roald Dahl tells of a mother restlessly waiting for her bomber crewman son to return form a raid . . . Only This is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine...