Modern Short Stories

Dark Matter is an anthology of estranged tales that were written for the fans of all things weird and bizarre. Some of the stories are recounted rumors of a forgotten past, while others are fortunes told of a distant and horrific future. All of the legends within this collection share a single common element: madness.

Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are. No one knows this better than Madame Marie d'Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de Fées - fairy tales - that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever.

COFFEE TALES ONE #.99c# Special introductory price for a limited time. #.99p# A collection of short stories and flash fiction ranging from one hundred to six thousand words. Tales inspired by the vagaries of the human condition, and our infinite capacity for both cruelty and kindness. Roddy’s family are pressuring him to settle down, become a cop, and make them proud. No way. He’s on the way to the Big Apple to hang out and have fun. Young Tom Buckley only watches quiz shows on television until the fateful day he realises there is a big world out there. A world full of onions. Joy is a ...

One Night. One Chance. One moment that changes everything. You know that saying... Every girl wanted him, and every guy wanted to be him. That's Hunter Collins, our small town's Allstar Quarterback, the most popular guy in school. And me... No boy wanted me. Yet Hunter Collins chose me as his partner during our freshman-year English project... A moment I never forgot. It's senior year, and while Hunter Collins may not think of me, I have wet dreams about him every night. Graduation is just around the corner. I've let high school pass by and it's time to step out of the dark and take a ...

Step into a world where the extraordinary becomes reality in "Tales of Imagination: Adventures Beyond the Ordinary." This collection of seven captivating stories takes you on an unforgettable journey through realms of whimsy, intrigue, and wonder: Fisc, the Fish who Wanted to Live in Dry Land Garry the Goat who Wanted to Marry a Cow Futuristic Food Battle: Exotic Culinary Competition The Ultimate Heist in a High-Tech World The Book of Shadows The Lost City of Nereus The Weather WhispererEach story in this collection offers a unique adventure, blending the magical with the mundane, the ...

With Grant Stanley dead, dragon omega Aiden Hunt is ready to settle down with his two alphas and raise their daughter Emma. He's finally found the love and family he's always wanted. But when vampires attack their secluded home, Aiden realizes Grant wasn't acting alone. Aiden's father is an asshole with lawyers. He sold Aiden's first heat to the highest bidder, and now he's trying to take Emma from her fathers--at any cost. Jordan, one of Aiden's alphas, is ready to spill some blood in retribution, but Zach Knight has the best lawyers in the city to fight back. Aiden knows a legal battle ...

Love Under the Big Top a Love Inspired Romance Circus life killed her mother will it destroy Tiffany's first love too? Readers who enjoy sweet love stories filled with romantic intrigue, family drama, and good old-fashioned jealous rivalry will be entertained by Roxanne's clean romance books. After the tragic death of her mother Tiffany blamed the circus and her father. Their relationship reaches the breaking point when she's shipped off to boarding school. Years later her father's illness forces Tiffany to leave school, return home and make life-changing decisions. Will Tiffany help her ...

Rise of Modern Machines: Dawn of Humanity is short fiction inspired by AI's dominance in the world today and in the future. In recent years, as I’ve worked with various AI tools, an uneasy feeling about the future of humanity has grown within me. This apprehension doesn’t stem from AI’s occasional mistakes or hallucinations but from the astonishing speed at which it is improving. Tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, Gemini, and Einstein have made remarkable progress, surpassing human error rates in many scenarios.

The Reality Beneath is a collection of short stories written by SULI Daniel Johnson. They are written in his distinct brand of science fiction that can be defined as stories that make you think. The Reality Beneath encompasses a good example of SULI Daniel Johnson’s unique style. He takes current topics and situations and looks at them from a new perspective. The genre is technically science fiction, yet quite often, it comes very close to reality broadening the perspective to look at things in a new way. It includes:

In *A Quick Lunch…The Date That Ended Before Dessert*, the narrator meets a man she connected with online. After several good phone conversations, they plan to meet at a restaurant, but an hour before, he changes the location to a bar he knows. Despite the awkward last-minute change, she goes along with it. At the bar, they wait over an hour for the kitchen to open, and just as the food arrives, he abruptly ends the date, paying the bill while she’s away for a brief moment.

Clarice Lispector gilt neben Virginia Woolf als bedeutendste Schriftstellerin der Moderne. Zu ihrem 100. Geburtstag erscheint der zweite und letzte Band ihrer gesammelten Erzählungen in der gefeierten Neuübersetzung von Luis Ruby. Hannelore Hoger, eine große Kennerin und Verehrerin Lispectors, liest ihre persönlichen Lieblingserzählungen aus beiden Bänden. Mit ihrer markanten Stimme und einem tiefen Verständnis für die komplexen Gefühle, die hinter Lispectors nur scheinbar einfacher Sprache aufscheinen, verleiht sie dieser Prosa einen kongenialen Ausdruck.

What links a café in Antarctica, a factory for producing electronic tracking tags, and personal spacecraft? They're among the multiple venues where award-winning writer Tania Hershman sets her unique tales in this spellbinding debut collection. This audiobook, adbridged from the original collection, is read by the author, Tania Hershman.

He would do anything to keep her safe. Aaron has had his eye on his little next door neighbor for months. He's close to twice her age though, so he's been holding himself back from claiming her. That hasn't stopped him from watching over her and making sure that she's safe. When he finds out that someone else is trying to take her from him, he decides that it's time to step up and let the world know that she belongs to him. He's going to stake his claim and show that Annalise is his to protect. *Warning! This book alpha is over-the-top, head over heels in love with his girl. If you're ...

Rachel has it all: a thriving career, an impressive social circle, and the attention of Jacob, the city’s most eligible bachelor. Her life seems picture-perfect—until her older sister Leah, the quiet and overlooked sibling, steps into the picture. As Rachel and Jacob’s whirlwind romance unfolds, secrets simmer beneath the surface, threatening to unravel not only their engagement but also the fragile bond between two sisters. Leah, kind-hearted and selfless, has always lived in Rachel’s shadow. But when she and Jacob form an unexpected connection, Leah is forced to confront her ...

In den Tiefen der Materie legt Maeterlinck eine erfrischende Leichtigkeit an den Tag, innerhalb derer gesellschaftliche, historische und künstlerische, aber auch allgemeine und spezifische Gegenstände mit prosaischer Eleganz und schmunzelndem Lächeln abgearbeitet werden. Man ist sich nicht immer sicher, ob dieser Art Wechselspiel von Erkenntnis und unmittelbar folgender Relativierung die Absicht zu Grunde liegt, die Realität möglichst vieler Perspektiven zu verdeutlichen: vielleicht ja, vielleicht nein, vielleicht teilweise.

“The Most Dangerous Game” (1924) is the Richard Connell short story that continues to fascinate readers with its suspense and action. This is the original story—only word order and difficult vocabulary have been updated. Biographical information, end notes, and analysis of the major themes follow the text. AR Quiz No. 8634 EN Fiction Upper Grades - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1.0. For other short stories in easy to understand modern English search the web for “George Lakon.”

“The Tell-Tale Heart” is the Edgar Allan Poe gothic short story that continues to fascinate readers with its murder, beating heart, and insanity. -The language of over 170 years ago has been updated making Poe’s difficult language easily understood by today’s readers. -Every effort has been made to keep the story as close to the original as possible--only word order and difficult vocabulary have been changed. -End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text. -Biographical information on Edgar Allan Poe is included.-Accelerated Reader AR Quiz No. 7946 EN ...

I'm a man in my thirties, and she can't be more than twenty years old, but that doesn't stop me from wanting the little college student who's selling admission tickets at the zoo for the summer. As a zookeeper, my days are lived in solitude. It's just me and the animals, but Sabrina has me ready to brave the jungle of the real world for her. I'll do whatever it takes to protect her, even if it means keeping my distance and watching her from afar. Because Sabrina is mine, whether she realizes it or not. Obsessive, possessive and over the top, these men will do anything to get the women they ...

A collection of modern-day fairy tales, including "Sleeping through the Beauty", "Hearts on Fire", "The Beauty in the Beast", "The Magic of Snow Magic", and "Falling for Cindy Fellars".

Many of O. Henry’s stories describe cultural issues of the day, and many incorporate themes relevant to our modern times. This anthology was specially selected for this purpose. It includes the story performances and introduces the telling of each story by describing its relevance and explaining some of the references that might not be familiar to modern-day audiences.