Psychological Anthology

A collection of three gripping new stories: 3 Days to Live - A CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned—leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge. Women and Children First - When a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days. The Housekeepers - A Los Angeles doctor trusts her two housekeepers, but when she's murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, the pair of grifters vie to control their former employer's estate.

Deep space exploration ramped up. Though governments search the black with top-notch scientists running expensive robots and drones; corporations cornered the market. Contracting their staff for little more than room, board, and a promised portion of any find, they fling ships into the universe. The frontline Suicide Squad explores with little to live for and often expire before their contracts.

An amphibious aircraft crashes in Maine, a young girl skinny-dips with her elders, a distraught cruise ship dancer boards a water taxi in Grenada, and travelers to Dubai and Abu Dhabi long for familiar oceans; back in New England, small-town artists try to smudge out their tedium with seaside transgressions. Amphibians celebrates home in a cross-cultural way, and the sensation of feeling not quite right in one's own skin, on land and near water, at home and abroad.

The Dissonant Collection is a series of seven short stories, each exploring one or more mental health issues and the struggles people endure. Ryan and Sarah find a connection after a near-fatal incident at a country train station. Charlie quickly regrets his lack of honesty, even with himself. Sam just wishes he remembered the past, while Peter wants desperately to forget it. Jack and Ana lose track of time. Torey has a toxic celebrity crush, and Dominic is convinced he’s seeing things.

This is a collection of short stories based on the theme "trapped". Some of these stories are based on actual events. I leave it to you, the listener, to decide which.

Ehe Patricia Highsmith durch ihren ersten Roman "Zwei Fremde im Zug", "Tiefe Wasser" und "Der Talentierte Mr. Ripley" über Nacht berühmt wurde, schrieb sie psychologische Stories. Über entwurzelte Einwanderer, tapfere Liebende, wissende Mädchen und Jungen und vom Leben gebeutelte Menschen. Damals erschienen ihre Stories nur verstreut in Schul- und Frauenmagazinen. Nun dürfen wir sie neu entdecken.

Life doesn't go smoothly for most of us, and Tom Wilson had his share of heartache. This is the story of a good man's battle against the demon drink - and his attempt to start a new life in Thailand. Tom thought he had found paradise - he forgot there's always a snake in paradise.

Maupassant fue admirador y amigo de Gustave Flaubert al que conoció en 1867. Flaubert lo tomó bajo su protección, le abrió la puerta de algunos periódicos y le presentó a Iván Turgueniev y Émile Zola. El escritor viajó a París tras la derrota francesa en la Guerra Franco-Prusiana de 1870 y trabajó como funcionario en varios ministerios, hasta que publicó en 1880 su primera gran obra, Bola de Sebo. Esta publicación permite a Maupassant adquirir notoriedad en el mundillo literario.

"Fue durante los primeros días en Fiji, cuando John Starhurst se levantó en la casa de la misión en Rewa Village y anunció su intención de llevar el evangelio por todo Viti Levu. Ahora Viti Levu significa la "Gran Tierra", ya que es la isla más grande de un grupo compuesto por muchas islas grandes, por no hablar de cientos de pequeñas. Aquí y allá, en las costas, donde vivía la mayor parte de la gente en precariedad, había unos cuantos misioneros, comerciantes, pescadores y desertores de balleneros."

Este relato de Henry James es una fantástica puerta de entrada al autor victoriano. James teje la historia de un hombre enamorada de la esposa de su mejor amigo, y su resistencia hacia sus propios sentimientos.

Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is of the best "macabre" tales ever written. It is presented here in its entirety along with eight other incredible tales.

Mark is the perfect man. He's caring. He's thoughtful. He buys his wife flowers. He's a sensual lover. But when an impromptu outing turns sour, Mark realises he must take action. He wants to protect his wife, but his actions could mean it's his last Christmas as a free man. His hatred has remained hidden, until now.

When you're a fast-failing organic farmer in New Hampshire, with a known termagant for a wife, an event like this - digging up a human hand in your potato patch - can be devastating to your small profits when the news gets out, especially since that ancient hand has peculiar "qualities." This discovery sets off a chain of inexorable events that lead Leonard Johnson to rash action resulting in a terrible kind of justice. A balance must be restored and a lesson learned.

La soledat té arestes punxegudes, cares fosques o lluminoses, però també és l’àmbit des d’on es té la necessitat, potser l’obligació i tot, de donar respostes a tot el que ha estat i és la vida, i també al que hauria pogut estar. Els protagonistes d’aquests deu relats, gràcies a la destresa argumental i narrativa de Mercè Foradada, es miren al mirall amb ànims ben diversos: la dolçor d’una vellesa assumida, l’aspror d’un desengany que no s’accepta, l’amargor del rebuig, l’enveja del prepotent, la rebel·lia de qui vol ser recordat, la creativitat de l’inconformista o l’aïllament d’una sequoia de Califòrnia que ha pujat massa amunt.

El doctor Templeton había viajado mucho en sus tiempos juveniles, y en París se convirtió, en gran medida, a las doctrinas de Mesmer. Por medio de curas magnéticas había logrado aliviar los agudos dolores de su paciente, que, movido por este éxito, sentía cierto grado natural de confianza en las opiniones en las cuales se fundaba el tratamiento.

La felicidad es evanescente. Al momento la sientes como una explosión y, al otro, puede transformarse en desazón o simple tristeza. Bertha lo tiene todo: es joven; ella y Harry, su marido; siguen tan enamorados como el primer día; tienen un bebé hermoso; viven en una casa amplia con jardín; y sus amigos son gente moderna e interesante. Pero la sensible Bertha siente que no encaja y que su felicidad es frágil.

"Markheim" es un relato sobre un motivo constante en la obra de Stevenson: el demoniocomo forma depurada de la presencia del mal en el mundo. Markheim, sin embargo, le mira como a un ser "que no procedía ni de la tierra ni de Dios", pero, de cualquier modo, ligado al mal.El demonio acude al asesinato cometido por Markheim, como buitre a su carroña. El protagonista de la obra rechaza la ayuda "No haré nada que me ligue voluntariamente al mal". El mal de Markheim, su pecado, es el de una naturaleza humana contradicha, el de un hombre, como otros, a quien la vida "lleva a rastras", porque es "el pecador que no quiere serlo".

This story is told as a series of journal entries from a woman who is on forced rest as a treatment for hysteria following the birth of her child. As was common in the time, she is forbidden from any work or "strenuous" tasks and is left to sit alone most of her days without mental stimulation, trapped in a room and a marriage that are not fulfilling her. The woman's isolation and mental state cause her to believe that there is a woman stuck in the wallpaper of her room.

From award-winning writer/director/producer George Zarr comes a five-story anthology of suspense and mystery. Each tale features a full cast, engaging sound effects, and original music.

An aging fisherman senses a coming storm, but his eyes reveal no such danger. Forced to choose between his eyes and his gut, his decision becomes one that sends him into a downward spiral of madness as the full brutality of the sea is revealed.