Showing results for "Wise" in Anthologies & Short Stories

A lush and elegant collection of tales—many having appeared in various “Best Of” anthologies—teeming with frightful and tragic events, yet profoundly and intimately human. These chilling tales will engross and enthrall. For listeners of Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado, and Angela Carter, this is a must have collection of ghostly tales set to deliver a frisson of terror and glee.

A story from the collection FOR THE RELIEF OF UNBEARABLE URGES, a work of startling authority and imagination–an audiobook that is as wondrous and joyful as it is wrenchingly sad. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Taut, edgy, sharply observed. . . . A revelation of the human condition.”...

Enemies become lovers, rivalry turns to romance, and convenient marriages create true love in these 12 addictive tales. Featuring Olivie Blake, Kelley Armstrong, Katherine Arden, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Tasha Suri, Melissa Marr and more. A gorgeous collection of 12 original fantasy romance...

FALLING FOR THE AMISH RIVAL On the farm, they’re enemies… On paper, they’re falling in love. Amanda Stoltzfus would love to get married, but most Amish men aren’t interested in a woman who prefers farmwork to housework. Good thing her secret pen pal L.D. values her for who she is, unlike...

Two girls born to very different families become spoiled and rotten, though in very different ways. A wise and powerful woman visits each of them and offers them a look at their true self, at how others live, and at how to grow and change. This powerful story dissects parenting, privilege...

Set on a distant planet, this is a gripping tale about a colony that believes in "appropriate technology adoption". When a heavily armed clan arrives at the colony, while it's being visited by off-world anthropologists, events spiral out of control, and the colony's beliefs are put to the test. The story is told from the viewpoint of a young woman - who soon learns just how high the price of wisdom can be.

Henry van Dyke shares a wonderful morality tale in his 1895 The Other Wise Man, as a metaphor for the life of a true Christian. Telling the story of a fourth king who saw the signs but never reached the Christ child in time, van Dyke introduces us to the values of good deeds and charity while searching for the path to Jesus. Because as Jesus keeps eluding the fourth king, he unknowingly gets closer to him with every righteous act he performs.

In early 20th Century England Hamilton James Macaulay relates the tale of how he found himself in a Scarborough Bric-a-brac shop. The owner of the shop has 13 long playing records that each contain a hidden track at the end, that tell strange tales of future times. These 13 tales of terror will change Hamilton James Macaulay's life forever and he will leave the shop a murderer. Thirteen is a portmantaeu audio anthology, harking back to the classic horror albums of the 1970s.

Cette seconde partie de la série du zodiaque, regroupant des nouvelles érotiques pour chaque signe astrologique, présente 6 nouvelles sous le signe du Sagittaire. Insouciants et joueurs, les Sagittaires sont les spécialistes des aventures d’un soir et savent se perdre dans le feu de l’action. Leur désir de renouveau et leur curiosité brûlante leur confèrent un goût prononcé pour les actes interdits. Élément maître de cette collection, le feu chasse le froid et l'ennui pour ouvrir la voie à une douce sensualité et un désir exaltant de la première à la dernière ligne.

Appoggia i piedi al suolo e spegne il motore, e quando all'improvviso si sfila il casco e scuote i capelli biondi che gli arrivano alle spalle, è come se qualcuno mi avesse ipnotizzata. Un brivido mi corre lungo la schiena. L'impulso di alzare gli occhi e guardarlo in faccia è troppo forte per resistervi ed è quello che faccio. Quando i nostri sguardi si incrociano, un'onda elettrica mi attraversa il corpo. Mi dimentico completamente di respirare ed è solo quando i miei polmoni cominciano a protestare che ansimando riprendo fiato.