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Laugh till you cry in this new collection of stories from the “Serena Williams of humor writing” (New York Times Book Review) about raising babies and trying to learn how not to be one. Called a “comedic Godsend” by Conan O’Brien, and “the Stephen King of comedy writing” by John...

Welcome to the Nightside. It's the secret heart of London, beating to its own rhythm, pumping lifeblood through the veins of its streets and alleys hidden in eternal darkness, where creatures of the night congregate, and where the sun is afraid to shine. Tales from the Nightside presents ten macabre mysteries that shine a dim beam into the neighborhood's darkest corners to reveal things that should never come to light. Take a walk with such deadly and dangerous denizens as Razor Eddie, Dead Boy, and Larry Oblivion as they encounter things far more inhuman and inhumane than them.

Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist. This first volume contains the short stories : "The Book of Blood," "The Midnight Meat Train," "The Yattering and Jack," "Sex, Death, and Starshine," and "In the Hills, the Cities,"

Following the enormous success of 2004 bestseller and critics' favorite Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke delivers a delicious collection of ten stories set in the same fairy-crossed world of 19th-century England. With Clarke's characteristic historical detail and diction, these dark...

What made Sherlock Holmes a household name and cultural icon? This very first collection of stories featuring the astute sleuth and his loyal assistant, Dr. Watson. In these twelve ingenious mysteries, Holmes is embroiled in betrayal, abduction, thievery, deception, and murder. Relying on logic, driven by instinct, and employing his uncanny powers of observation, Holmes cracks the cases that elude Scotland Yard. This Baker Street dozen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is all the evidence listeners will need to understand why Sherlock Holmes is an enduring legend in detective fiction.

One of the world’s greatest novelists, Leo Tolstoy was also the author of a number of superb short stories, one of his best known being “The Kreutzer Sonata.” This macabre story involves the murder of a wife by her husband. It is a penetrating study of jealousy as well as a piercing complaint about the way in which society educates men and women in matters of sex - a serious condemnation of the mores and attitudes of the wealthy, educated class.

From Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben - come two electrifying novellas and three gripping short stories published in book form for the very first time. Fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James will not be disappointed.

Ein Mann kehrt in das Dorf seiner Kindheit zurück und beschwört die Erinnerung an einen dunklen Sommer herauf. Damals machten er und seine Freunde auf der Mülldeponie eine schreckliche Entdeckung... Ein junger Mann glaubt, alles erreicht zu haben: Rodney hat eine hübsche Verlobte und einen guten Job bei der Bank. Bis ein Überfall alles zunichtemacht... Ein Junge verirrt sich und findet auf einer abgelegenen Farm Zuflucht. Terry ist heilfroh, bei der freundlichen Mrs. Perrin unterzukommen. Doch da beginnt der Albtraum erst.

Este libro reúne los mejores y más celebrados escritos de Simón Elías: piezas breves y bravas, escritas, en muchos casos, a veinte grados bajo cero, y que dan cuenta de sus pareceres sobre la vida en general y de sus andanzas por los caminos en particular. A medio camino entre la crónica...

Frühling. Kleine Frühlingsgeschichten über die erste Jahreszeit. Ein Buch über Licht, Vogelgezwitscher, Schneeglöckchen, Blumenwiesen und Marienkäfer. Betrachtungen zum Verliebtsein, Spazierengehen und Eisessen.

Winter - Kleine Wintergeschichten über die weiße Jahreszeit. Ein Buch über Schneeflocken, Eiskristalle, Weihnachtsmärkte, Winterspaziergänge und Kälte. Betrachtungen zum Lesen, Schlittenfahren und Eisbaden. Dieses Buch ist für Sie geeignet, wenn Sie auf der Suche nach wunderschönen Wintergeschichten sind, die eine winterliche Stimmung zu Ihnen nach Hause bringen, nach einem tollen Geschenk für Menschen suchen, die den Winter lieben und gerne lesen und Ihren wintersüchtigen Lieben eine kleine Freude bereiten wollen.

A gripping narrative from the master of the race against time thriller. Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl. She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can’t speak English. She is clearly running away from someone. Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends’ lives - and your own - in terrible danger?

Dieses Buch ist für Sie geeignet, wenn Sie auf der Suche nach wunderschönen Herbstgeschichten sind, die die herbstliche Stimmung zu Ihnen nach Hause bringen, auf der Suche nach einem tollen Geschenk sind für Menschen, die den Herbst lieben und gerne lesen, Ihren herbstsüchtigen Lieben eine kleine Freude bereiten wollen, den Herbst lieben, gerne Pilze sammeln, spazieren gehen und tiefgründige Betrachtungen darüber lesen möchten, auf der Suche nach seelenfrohen, positiven und emotionalen Herbsterzählungen sind, gerne Essays mit Tiefgang lesen, die mit Herz und Seele geschrieben sind.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sleeping in the Ground comes this brilliantly nuanced short story collection of twenty stories—most never before published in the US, and one of them an Edgar winner—which also features three Inspector Banks tales. Peter Robinson pens thrilling...

Hercule Poirot is joined by the mysterious problem solver Harley Quin in the pages of The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories—a collection of ingenious short masterworks of mystery and suspense that showcase the legendary Agatha Christie at her very best. A grand treasure for fans of the...

An exquisite new collection of short stories from award-winning author Simon Van Booy. Over the past decade, Simon Van Booy has been listening to people’s stories. With these personal accounts as a starting point, he has crafted a powerful collection of short fiction that takes readers into...

Der forensische Anthropologe Dr. David Hunter wird an die Küste von Dorset gerufen. Dort sucht die Polizei nach einem vierzig Jahre alten Grab. Es scheint unmöglich, in der sich ständig verändernden Dünenlandschaft, die seit mehreren Jahrzehnten Wind und Gezeiten ausgesetzt ist, noch sterbliche Überreste aufzufinden. Als die diensthabende Polizistin Reddy zu unkonventionellen Mitteln greift, nimmt der Fall eine düstere Wendung.

The second immortal volume in this dark and fantastic series, Fangs is a scintillating and sinister collection of vampire stories and part of the now legendary vampire archives. Including Clive Barker, Anne Rice, Arthur Conan Doyle, and many, many, more...Featuring: Bloody fangs, dark and foreboding crypts, mysterious nighttime apparitions, and languid ladies.

One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

Round the Fire was the title of a series of 12 mystery and suspense short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, published monthly in The Strand Magazine between June 1898 and May 1899. The series was popular with contemporary readers, and while some of the individual stories, such as "The Brown Hand", have been regularly anthologised for many years and are well-known, there are some overlooked gems here, too.