Short Fiction Collection

In the third installment of his acclaimed anthology series, master of crime fiction Lawrence Block has gathered together the best talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology of short stories based on masterpieces of American art. Among the star-studded lineup of writers you'll find Jerome Charyn, Jane Hamilton, Christa Faust, John Sandford, Sara Paretsky, Walter Mosley, Charles Ardai, Barry Malzberg, and Janice Eidus.

What’s Cooking? It Must Be Romance. Three romances. One common ingredient: baking from the heart. The Heaven-Inspired Romance Bridal Collection—Bakers Edition features three spirited heroines who blend faith, baking, and a touch of matchmaking to discover the sweet taste of love. A Baker for Bear: A shy debutante with a passion for pastries and a widowed blacksmith with two daughters must learn to rise above their differences. Shoo-fly Pie by Selah: A mail-order bride faces unexpected challenges in her husband’s perilous profession. Can love be the secret ingredient to bring them ...

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Mark Twains's greatest works: 12 novels; over 120 of his beloved short stories; Chapters From My Autobiography; 5 pieces of short non-fiction; and 6 pieces of his groundbreaking, wide-ranging travel writing.

Four classic science-fiction stories: 20 hours of great listening. This collection of classic Wells tales includes The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The War of The Worlds, and The Island of Doctor Moreau.

THE DARK ROUTES A young boy’s best friend disappears into a fast-food restaurant playland ball pit never to be seen again. Something is stolen from a secret government lab that will quite literally change everything. Donned in a trench coat, a disgruntled youth grabs a bulky duffle bag and drives into the fierce storm of his destiny with an unwanted passenger. Two cowboys are tasked with finding the rustlers responsible for missing cattle. What they find in the harsh Wyoming mountains is anything but a rustler. Two boys run into a dark evil on the back streets of a Jamaican tourist town. ...

In this collection of sports romances, you will find Most Valuable Playboy, Most Likely to Score, A Wild Card Kiss, Plays Well With Others, The Good Guy Challenge and Two a Day. If you love a strong sexy football hero who falls hard for the woman of his dreams, this is the collection for you! It's got all your favorite tropes—fake romance, brother’s best friend, forbidden romance, workplace romance, runaway bride, the one that got away, age-gap, friends-to-lovers, lessons in dating and more!

Love, faith, and courage collide in a town on the edge... winter 1887, and the flu epidemic is sweeping through the rugged frontier town of Unity, Texas. Nurses are desperately needed, and Diane Hart answers the call—traveling west to meet her mail order beau, Ethan Lewis, a hardworking smelter manager with a steadfast heart. But nothing is as simple as it seems in Copper Canyon. Bandits threaten the town's safety, illness runs rampant, and Diane and Ethan’s blossoming romance is put to the ultimate test. As hardship and heartache strike, only their deepening faith in God—and each ...

In this exclusive collection, Audible presents six of his most-celebrated short stories, chosen and performed by Richard Armitage. Richard, whose interest in the work of Chekhov was sparked by his appearance as Astrov in a stage production of Uncle Vanya, also introduces the collection with a brief overview of each of the stories and his thoughts on why Chekhov’s short stories are not to be missed.

Heart-pounding suspense. Slow-burning romance. A story of grace, grit, and God’s perfect timing. She’s running from danger. He’s sworn to protect his land. Neither expected to find love in the heart of Wyoming. Stella Cassidy’s world shatters the moment two strangers attempt to abduct her to silence her father’s testimony. With her life in danger and nowhere to go, the aspiring singer is placed under protective custody far from her comfortable city life—on a remote, working ranch in western Wyoming. Colt Remington, the oldest of three rugged brothers, never signed up to be a ...

Novel Collection Two, Books 6- 10 all in one Box Set! by bestseller and Kindle All-Star author Katie Wyatt! Bandits. Natural disasters. Secrets long hidden. Small towns struggling to survive in the face of the winds of change. Brave, independent women heading out west to find true love and forge their own destinies on the frontier of America. With them, they carry the legacies of their past, their faith in God, a strong belief in their own strength, and the knowledge that better days lie ahead if they’re willing to endure the storms of life. Join these courageous frontier brides as they ...

Teach your child patience !!! "You forgot the mail?!?!" The king yelled at the snail. But the snail stayed as calm as could be. He was not afraid of the king, you see. He knew where the gift was; he knew what to do. The monsters learned that patience pays off too. We are all familiar with the phenomenon of children wanting everything "here and now". This story describes just such a situation. I hope you and your children will enjoy it and learn from it. The forest monsters woke up & there was a sign on the tree. They had been invited to the Monster King’s birthday party. Everyone would ...

Short.Sharp.Shock is a collection of one hundred micro stories from G. W. Thomas, who used to edit a daily micro-fiction newsletter called FLASHSHOT. Here are strange and unusual tales of Horror, Humor, Fantasy and Science Fiction told in only one hundred word bursts.The story-fest ends with an article on "How To Write Micro-Fiction" in case you want to try it yourself.

When your boss is a lesbian dominatrix, you can bet your bare behind that you're going to be punished if you misbehave! Things are a little different at WLW Technology. The pay is good, the employees are dedicated, and the bosses, well... they're a little different too. It's not unusual to hear the sounds of someone being bent over a desk for a good hard spanking or to catch a glimpse of a coworker squirming from the aftereffects of a paddle. Or a flogger. And sometimes a punishment from a dominant boss can have a very happy ending. You might not be a lesbian when you start there, but if ...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a British writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary critic. Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, several plays, plus 4,000 essays and newspaper columns. He was a columnist for the Daily News and The Illustrated London News.

Three deeply unsettling stories. One world where monsters wear human faces, shadows whisper secrets, and legends aren’t just bedtime tales. Each story grips you quietly… then drags you into darkness. Inside this chilling mini-anthology, you’ll discover: psychological dread, haunted homes, urban legends, and survival against impossible evil.Stories Included: Smile In a cold and cruel future, people are forced to smile through unimaginable pain or die trying. One mother watches helplessly as her son dares to resist… and pays the ultimate price. Lady in My House After moving back into ...

In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first. For fatefully observant Adeline, growing up carries an ominous warning from her adulterous mother: don’t say a word. Adeline vows to never speak again. But that’s not her only secret. After her mother takes a housekeeping job at a lighthouse off the tip of Cape Ann, a local woman vanishes. The key to the mystery lies with Adeline, the silent witness.

There are stories that burrow. Inside this volume lie twenty grotesque tales of body horror, cosmic dread, and splatterpunk depravity. From hollow-eyed dolls that stitch children into the walls, to corridors that breathe and birth spider gods, to astronauts rewritten by cosmic hunger—each story drags you deeper into decay. Featured in this collection: • The Rag Girl – A malformed doll-child stalks abandoned homes, sewing her victims into wallpaper or peeling them into new playmates. • The Eighth Corridor – A hallway that stretches into unreality, where spider-human hybrids prepare...

In this chilling collection, five acclaimed authors invite you into a world where the supernatural hides in plain sight. Look closely, and you’ll find it: lurking within an ancient tree, stalking an idyllic beach, and whispering through a friend’s letter. Your curiosity is exactly what it’s been waiting for.

Barsoom Series Collection: 7 John Carter Stories is an audiobook collection of seven novels/stories of John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It will transport you to a fascinating new world unlike any other. Join John Carter as he finds himself on another planet beyond his deepest imagination - Mars, with almost a complete lack of resources.

For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward. Featuring stories by Andy Weir, Amor Towles, Veronica Roth, N. K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch; with narration by Evan Rachel Wood, David Harbour, Jason Isaacs, Rosa Salazar, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar.