Modern Short Stories

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 ...

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 ...

Desperate to keep her teenage daughter from running with the wrong crowd again, Elsie Anderson makes the painful decision to leave Seattle for good. For her, solitude is a small price to pay for keeping Sophie out of trouble. Love is the last thing on Elsie’s mind, especially in a small town like Smithfield, Virginia. Alex Becker is the star of Smithfield's firefighting department. He may be a hero, but at night he sees a broken man in the mirror. There was a time when he believed in love, but that all disappeared after he unexpectedly lost his wife late last year. They both need a second...

We never forget the stories we were told as children. Even when they are not on the top of our mind, they lurk like palm prints on the drying cement foundations of our understanding of the world. We absorb the pluck of children in the face of adult perfidy, cheering the heroism of Hansel and Gretel or Beauty and the Beast. Counterpoised by the wickedness and cruelty of parents, stepmothers, and wolves in sheep's clothing, children's wiliness usually leaves them unharmed, if not heroic. As adults, we keep returning to them again and again in film, in theater, and in books.

In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, a mental patient tries to get help from a rabbi to smooth over family problems his manic episodes cause.

Some guardians protect with armor. I protect with chains around my heart. I've spent years building an empire while keeping my promises to the man who saved me—including protecting his granddaughter, Natalie. But living under the same roof with her is pure torture. She's no longer the kid I once knew; she's a fiery, ambitious woman who challenges my authority at every turn. And God help me, I want her. After one passionate night together, I did what I do best—I ran. But when a suspicious accident brings me racing back to her side, I'm forced to face the secrets of my past and the depths...

Das Flugzeug, aus Rom kommend, landet auf der Piste vor Venedig. Die Maschine ist spärlich besetzt.

There once was.... A woman who loved her husband's cock so much that she began taking it to work in her lunchbox. A man who made films without a camera, which transfixed his estranged daughter. A couple who administered electric shocks to each other, to be reminded of what love is. A world where you wake up one day and notice that, one by one, people are turning blue. Startling, wry, beguiling and emotionally charged - the stories in Modern Times might be reminiscent of Lydia Davis, Angela Carter and Daisy Johnson, but they are also unlike anything you've heard before.

Em "Um suplício moderno", Monteiro Lobato tece uma crítica à máquina administra de seu tempo, à burocracia, bem como à política em sua totalidade. Nele, conta-se a tragicômica história do estafeta Izé Biriba, que a tudo e a todos "sim senhor!" dizia. Achava que um emprego público seria sua salvação, mas logo descobre que não.

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.

Ce sont trois contes écrits par Valérie Bonenfant, lus par Fabienne Prost. Le conte J’habite une flaque d’eau est illustré de façon sonore par Julien Jammes, designer sonore. La mer a des boutons : Alerte ! La mer est malade, elle est pleine de boutons blancs sur son eau de surface, mais que lui arrive t-il ? Elle n’est pas bien du tout. Peut-on la sauver ? L’oiseau et le sac : Un conte, où parfois le vent fait voler de drôles d’oiseaux. Vous n’en avez jamais vus ? Mais, si, ils sont colorés, transparents et pas toujours propres.

Bristle Rey just moved to town. She's trying to find a fresh start and leave behind a crappy home life. She's landed in Valor, WY and has found a job. Now she just needs to find an apartment and she'll be all set. Instead, she finds Wild. Becket “Wild” Wilder got his nickname as a joke. He’s never been reckless, never been crazy. Until he lays eyes on Bristle Rey. Then all bets are off. Let’s get Wild. This month 24 of your favorite short and steamy authors have come together to bring you a new motorcycle romance each day! The Men of Valor are more than ex-military bikers – they ...

A Modern Lover was written by D H Lawrence in 1909. A young man returns home to his first love to declare his feelings for her but the moment is lost when the girl will not give herself sexually. This theme was to be explored fully in Lawrence’s novel, Sons and Lovers.

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.

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 ...

h2>Unpredictable Romance a clean and wholesome romantic suspense story. Jilted fiancée schemes to win her man back but does she go too far?! Do you enjoy romantic short stories? Then you’ll love Roxanne’s modern love story shorts. After being dumped Connie flees to the solitude of a mountain retreat only to come face-to-face with the other woman on the snow covered trails of Lake Placid. The peaceful surroundings of her winter wonderland are shattered when tempers flare, and angry death threats are made. Connie uses Shawn the local ski bum to make Tori jealous, but her plan backfires ...

What do you do when you see children whose lives are so bad it breaks your heart? One woman took a risk. What she saw was none of her business. But to love...was her business. From the author of a Top-100 Free eBook for Kindle, "Killing of Train-Man Brown" and "The Christmas Mirror: Santa's Last Letter to a Wonderful Child" (number-one in two categories in both the US and UK).

>"Modern Man Is Ultra Quick" is a short-story about ugliness and beauty in our surroundings - and about attachment and alienation, about trying to find one's place. We experience Leicester through the eyes of Krystof, a hardworking East-European immigrant, but as it turns out, he is not the only one feeling estranged and disenchanted. Litcast is selected short fiction.

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 ...

"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.