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Ruskin Bond is a master of the short story. This pitch-perfect collection brings together the very best tales he has written in the 21st century. The book starts with the title story, ‘Song of the Forest’, which has never been published before, and includes extraordinary pieces of fiction like ‘A Man Called Brain’, ‘Rhododendrons in the Mist’, and ‘Miracle at Happy Bazaar’. Dazzling, comic, and gripping, Song of the Forest is the latest masterpiece from India’s most beloved writer.

In Balewood Forest, einem einsamen und unberührten Wald nahe Earlsraven, wird Irene Stevens tot aufgefunden - ermordet mit einem altertümlich wirkenden Speer. Hatte es jemand auf die junge Frau abgesehen oder war sie einfach zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort? Und warum dieser ungewöhnliche Speer als Mordwerkzeug? Nathalie und Louise fahren an den Tatort, um dort nach Hinweisen auf den Mörder zu suchen. Doch ungeheuerliche Dinge spielen sich in diesem Wald ab.

A couple brimming with the hope of a new pregnancy. A woman coming to terms with the truth behind her adoption. A husband trying to save his marriage from the despair of infertility. These are just a few of the stories in All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, a book about the lengths we’ll go to for the love of our children, our spouses, our mothers, our daughters. 

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction. 'The Treasure in the Forest' is the tale of two treasure hunters, Evans and Hooker, who have murdered a Chinese man to steal his map, which locates a buried stash of gold ingots. The Chinese man had boasted that he had ensured the safety of his secret hoard. But what can he have meant by this?

Fifteen linked stories chart a true course through the lives of families, farmers, loggers, former classmates, and the occasional stripper. In the richly imagined town of Renata, Oregon, a man watches his neighbor's big-screen TV through binoculars, an errant son paints himself silver, mysterious electrical humming emanates from an enormous barn. In A Simplified Map of the Real World, intimate boundaries are loosened by history - and high above the strife and the hope and the often hilarious, geese seek the perfect tailwind. Stevan Allred's stunning debut deftly navigates the stubborn geography of the human heart.

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas – Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch – perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley. Three dark tales to read by the fireside in the cold winter...

Akutagawa fue un escritor japonés de corta pero notable trayectoria. Es uno de los autores más problemáticos, inquietantes, versátiles y discutidos de nuestro siglo, no sólo bien conocido en Japón, sino también en Occidente, en donde hace ya bastante tiempo que muchas de sus obras han sido traducidas y presentadas al público.

This everlasting tale of the first Christmas tree follows the monk Winfred as he journeys to lands far and wide to teach others about Christianity. During his adventure, he happens upon those who believe in the ancient thunder god Thor and teaches them the way of Christ.

In "The Caretaker," an original short story from bestselling author Paul Doiron, Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch tracks down a sinister prowler turning a couple's dream vacation home into a nightmare. New owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine lake find themselves taunted, then menaced by...

숲속 사우나에 요정이 산대요! 핀란드 사람들은 숲에서 나고 자랍니다. 숲은 누구에게나 열려 있고, 그 누구도 숲에서 누리는 자유를 막을 수 없습니다. 사우나와 얼음 호수를 오가며 짜릿하게 쉬고, 완전한 쉼을 위해 기꺼이...

Stefan Zweig es, sin duda, uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX, y su obra ha sido traducida a más de 50 idiomas.

First published in The Saturday Evening Post, "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a humorous short story written in 1910 by O. Henry. A pair of con men kidnap and attempt to ransom a prominent Alabama citizen’s son. Immediately they find themselves at the mercy of a particularly spoiled and clever boy who begins driving them mad. The ironic ending remains the story’s most enduring feature.

According to an LA Times, May 14, 2014 article, the following entry came from a notebook of a gold-seeking prospector, Samuel Clemens, in 1864. "Coleman with his jumping frog - bet stranger $50... - stranger had no frog & C got him one - in the meantime stranger filled C's frog full of shot and he couldn't jump - the stranger's frog won." Little did Clemens know that this would be the source for his short story that would launch his career as one of America's greatest authors.

Written in 1843, "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a dark and eerie tale of a man's unhealthy obsession that leads him to commit murder. Will his paranoia get him caught? This is one of Poe's finest and most memorable short stories!