Showing results for "The Signal" in Literature & Fiction

Two astronomers have detected a strange, pulsing signal from deep space. Within hours, the US government goes into lockdown, restricting airspace and scrubbing scientific data. Was the signal an intercepted communication revealing alarming plans for an enemy’s military strike? Or has humanity at long last found proof of extraterrestrial life?

A lone narrator meets a railway worker who is confined to a cold, gloomy station in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance. This worker is a signalman, and it is his responsibility to give the green light for trains to pass through the area. These are slow, monotonous days. The signalman’s life is not marked by much, until the nightmares begin. Three times in a row, a ghost mysteriously appears before the signalman – and with each apparition, a tragic accident unfolds on the rail tracks. Although our narrator doubts the man at first, events soon make him a believer too.

Well known for his short stories, critically acclaimed author Ron Carlson has been featured in the New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, and Best American Short Stories. Carlson has also won a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, a National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Award, and the 1993 Ploughshares Cohen Prize. Here he captivates audiences with a compelling novel no listener will soon forget.

'The Signal' is the story of two peasants who work as track walkers on the railway, Semyon Ivanov and Vasily Stepanych. Semyon is grateful for his job and the hut and the vegetable patch which goes with it, but Vasily is discontented with his lot and constantly complains, including to his employers. This grumbling irritates the railway officials and eventually the situation escalates, driving Vasily to take terrible revenge on the state railway.

Recruited as a codebreaker of enemy ciphers, ex-debutante Osla Kendall spends her days translating Axis military messages and her nights reading mystery novels. When Osla gets her hands on Agatha Christie's most recent work, N or M?, a mysterious signal within its pages catches her eye, and she and her eccentric book club get in touch with the famous but reclusive writer. Osla's outreach is a welcome distraction for Agatha, who feels restless and underestimated toiling away in a London pharmacy.

"The Signal-Man" is a first-person horror/mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of an apparition that has been haunting him. Each spectral appearance precedes a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works. The signalman's work is at a signal-box in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance on a lonely stretch of the railway line, and he controls the movements of passing trains.

Commander David Bryce returned from his mission, successful, with a derelict alien ship that wasn’t as empty as predicted. With the assistance of an old ally, David is hell-bent on stopping the invasion before it begins. There’s just one problem; the Signal is hidden somewhere on Earth. Atlas Donovan is the only man capable of helping them, and it’s unclear whether he can trust the ORB employees. One thing is clear: Aliens have been to Earth, and from the looks of it, not just a single race. There were two.

A FREE werewolf romance audiobook delivered as a daily podcast. Genealogist Viv Rizzo must uncover the secrets of Slate Run—a perfect town hiding a monstrous truth. That truth is the Slate family and its enigmatic eldest son Kiernan: the town's protector, its future Alpha, and a werewolf who recognizes Viv as his fated mate. His duty is to stop her. His instinct is to claim her.Packed with enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, fated mates, and all the tropes you crave, this serialized werewolf romance audiobook delivers a new chapter of secrets, spice, and suspense every morning. No Audible ...

Layla Dupree has given up on love. She’s waded through all of the fish in the sea, each one more disappointing than the last. Apparently owning the bakery at Inglewild’s most romantic destination does not help one’s love life—despite her best efforts. All she wants is a partner who gives her butterflies, not someone who ghosts her at dinner and leaves her with the check. Good thing Caleb Alvarez has the perfect solution. After saving Layla from another date gone bad, he has a simple proposition: one month of no-strings dating.

From the writer of the #1 Podcast OUTLIERS and the new psychological thriller Podcast, GREETINGS FROM SALTON SEA. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, an enigmatic CIA operative investigates the source of a mysterious shortwave signal—generated either by Russian double agents/spies and their handlers or originating from extraterrestrial aliens/UFOs, or both—and systematically tracks the source in order to disrupt the possible activation of a thermonuclear “dead man’s switch.” At the same time, a plucky young woman fights to rescue her younger brother—who has the ability to see ...

1860, Wimborne, Dorset. Rebecca Tullidge, miserably married to her callous husband, is having an affair with a railway officer, John Bedloe. Much to her distress, she trips over her lover's dead body on the railway tracks. Determined to win votes for the upcoming election of mayor, Mr Feltham calls for Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Lemming to solve the hideous crime, which takes longer than anticipated.

Night Signal is a fiction thriller anthology. Each episode is a tight 26–28 minute suspense story set in familiar urban spaces, stairwells, lobbies, security rooms, where one rule, one clock, and one object tilt the night. Expect grounded audio drama craft, clean chapters, and clues that hide in plain sound design. Think locked-room pressure without gore, mystery without monologues, choices with a cost and endings that echo. Start anywhere. New episodes weekly.

Step away from the bestseller charts and into the undiscovered. This curated collection of podcast episodes focuses exclusively on the "sleeping giants" of the literary world—books that possess massive narrative power but haven't yet detonated in the mainstream.We bypass the celebrity book clubs and marketing hype to feature deep dives from literary scouts, indie critics, and industry insiders who are championing the underdogs. These are the novels, thrillers, and memoirs that the algorithm missed, but are destined to define the next cultural moment. Listen to this playlist to find your next...

Signal 20 is a spine chilling storytelling podcast where every episode delivers twenty minutes of pure dread. Step into the static and hear voices from the dark, ghost stories, urban legends, and original tales that feel like they are being whispered through a haunted radio. Each story is designed to pull you back into that eerie campfire atmosphere, reminiscent of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, but with a darker, more unsettling edge.Whether it is the crackle of an old broadcast, the shadow that lingers too long, or the sound of something moving just beyond the trees, Signal 20 tunes you into ...

The Silent Signal is about a mysterious signal from deep space. A psalm fragment buried in ancient stone. A voice shaped by worship, but never heard by God.

The Unlicensed Signal is a forbidden broadcast leaking through the static. Part philosophy, part satire, part survival guide for living in fractured times. Sometimes profound, sometimes absurd, always resonant. Inspired by pirate radio, conspiracy airwaves, and experimental audio dramas, the Signal blurs the line between story and transmission. Tune in. Listen well. Resonance is resistance.

"This trilogy gets better with each book." —Library Journal When technology stopped working, the world as they knew it ended. In a secluded cabin, John and his loved ones have survived. He should feel grateful. But his family is in his face 24/7, he has to watch his best friend, Arden, and...

Dein Freund stirbt, und du musst dabei zusehen! Eine grausame Mordserie erschüttert Berlin – das neueste Opfer, ein Mann, wird zerstückelt in einem Müllcontainer gefunden. Das ist selbst für die abgebrühte Kommissarin Lepper nur schwer zu ertragen. Die einzige Spur auf den Täter, ein weißer Lieferwagen, ist nicht mehr als die Nadel im Heuhaufen. Die Freunde Lev und Thomas berührt die Mordserie wenig: Der eine betreibt einen Handyshop, der andere stiehlt routiniert jungen Frauen, die er datet, die Handys, um sie zu Geld zu machen.

We are the North. With ground-breaking new authors, a thriving independent publishing scene and vibrant grass-roots networks, the North is driving a revolution in new literature. This anthology showcases the best of its talent, from every corner of the region and across all its vibrant genres. Some contributors are well-known established names, others are newcomers - all of them are part of the new northern writing scene.

1917. American boys have joined the Great War in Europe. On the homefront, mysterious occurrences like ships catching fire and factories blowing up have people wondering: is this German sabotage? Hilda Lessing's family has been split apart due to the death of her father, and her uncle has found her a job doing housework on a friend's farm. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz and their workers are German and a young train engineer whom she befriends on the way to the farm jokingly warns her to "Watch out for spies!"