Showing results for "The Peace" in Anthologies & Short Stories

Heed the Slammers Battle Cry! A warrior's truth: "In the long run, everybody's dead. So screw the long run!" Patriotic hoo-ha may be well and good for recruitment parades, but David Drake's battle-hardened mercenaries know it takes tanks, guns, and grit to win when the real fighting flares. Yet peace brings its own problems to old soldiers - for killing potential enemies in battle is self-limiting, but once the killing starts in peacetime, there may be no end to the madness.

The Toys of Peace and Other Papers by "Saki" (H. H. Munro) is a collection of 33 "papers" or short stories, which were originally published separately in various journals and later issued in one volume in 1919, three years after the writer's death in the Great War. They are some of the most delightful of literary miniatures.

In the first anthology of its kind, Robert Olen Butler and Phong Nguyen assemble an astounding collection of stories that cause listeners to contemplate war, peace, and social justice in a new light. The fourteen stories featured in this volume explore the varied and often unexpected outcomes of violence. The authors explore the tragedies that occur closer to home—not on military battlefields but rather in places that are never meant to be battlefields, like schools and churches. The fiction reveals the violence that renders our most sacred and seemingly safest of places vulnerable.

The acclaimed author of Occupied City, Tokyo Year Zero, and The Red Riding Quartet now gives us a stunning work of fiction in twelve connected tales that take up the strange, brief life of the brilliant twentieth-century Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Haunting and evocative, brutal and...

Tavia is facing a tumultuous phase in her life and finds herself challenging her sense of morality and commitment. Struggling with personal hardships, she finds solace in the company of a man that should be considered off-limits. At the same time, her past seems to continue to lurk yearning to rekindle their romance, which she has no desire to do. Amidst all the chaos, she meets someone who expresses a genuine interest in her, but she isn’t feeling him as much as he is feeling her.

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories, known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and surprise endings. 'The Robe of Peace' is a story which explains the mysterious disappearance of New York's leading swell, the fashion king Johnny Bellchambers.

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

"Break - Modern Society" is a kind of take on the possibilities available for us when the pressure gets too much. You will see how it really works and is quite simple. Though at times we really do need to use our imaginations and adapt. Timing is all important and the kind of break you take sometimes reflects the situations and circumstances that you find yourself involved in. No one needs to know it can become a habit you do or from the outside a human being handling life.

The Alien is about a man who has an alien show up mysteriously in his bedroom uninvited. The alien makes demands for him to go on some errands like stopping at take away restaurants to order a large quantity of food. His appearances become more and more frequent and there are times when the man does get upset, though there are also some seemingly miraculous things that happen. After some time the alien grows on him and sees him as a friend.

"Drama School" is about a student who decides to enter the world of acting by applying for drama school. He successfully gets in and now he has to brace himself for the challenges to come. At first there are a lot of nerves and one has to do some things that one would not normally do in everyday life.

Treasure is about a man who meets a guy sitting on a bench and finds out that he has a map. The map is supposed to reveal the location of some sunken treasure that has never been found before. They team up and set about finding out if the treasure really does exist. Things go rather well at first, but later they encounter some trouble that they have to deal with. It looks like their dreams may in actual fact come true. They will have to play their cards right.

The Olympics is about a commentator who gets to be part of a truly great sporting event. He does the best he can even though at times he feels that he is mismanaged. However despite a little outburst he keeps his cool and remains professional to the end. We get to see a classy commentator in action one who is diverse and able to commentate on a variety of sports. Each day is different and he never knows the way it will turn out, but he always gives it his best shot.

The Man and his Bottle is about a boy who discovers that there is more to his bottle then meets the eye. As he grows up into a man it is clear that something extraordinary happens every time he drinks from his bottle. People are unaware on the most part what is going on. It seems as though he is the only one blessed with these special abilities.

"Down by the Harbor" is based on a true story. Looking at a man called Stuart and observing his day to day work experiences looking from the outside in. He is an everyday man and you may recognize some of the general characteristics within yourself. Nonetheless it’s about making the most of the day and taking care of the minor hiccups along the way. Not all of us get to work near the sea surrounded by beautiful mountains.

"Downtown" is about a man who loves going downtown to his favorite tea shop. He goes there often and at times feels embarrassed at his lack of variety in life, but he still wouldn’t change his life. Things start to get a little better as he meets a lady, but her advances are too strong for him and the excitement of getting a new scooter takes over.

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart.