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LOCKDOWN FICTION Science Fiction adventure stories. A Whole New World by Amber M. SimpsonThe Tip of My Tongue by Bec LewisNewton's Law by Cecelia Hopkin-DrewerInvasive Species by Chris BannorTomorrow by D.M. BurdettEvelyn by Dawn DeBraalI Am Olaf by E.L. GilesFrom the Mouths of Babes by J.W. GarrettBlue Rain by Jacqueline Moran MeyerFolly in the Ark by Jo SeysenerSweet Time by Joanna Michal HoytObliteration by Jodi JensenArrival by Kimberly ReiMuse...
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Tom Morison is a reluctant freeholder in South Australia and unsuited to farming. But, Tom is redeemed, when his education in geology and chemistry, finally, gives the family their best Christmas ever, a 'golden' one. In this and eight other 'lost' stories of goldmining in colonial-era Australia, a colorful cast of characters star in stories of love and crime, loyalty and betrayal, spirituality and avarice. And, the eternal lure of gold and its corrupting...
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A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Brontë, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre.
The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him - one of the most celebrated lines in fiction - are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination.
A bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride...
84) New Haven Noir
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Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location with the respective city. Amy Bloom masterfully curates a star-studded cast of contributors, including Michael Cunningham, Stephen L. Carter, and Roxana Robinson, to portray the city's underbelly. Brand-new stories by: Michael Cunningham, Roxana...
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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
"Edwards's second winter-themed anthology in the British Library Crime Classics series is a standout. As in the most successful of such volumes, the editor's expertise results in a selection of unusual suspects, expanding readers' knowledge." -Publishers Weekly STARRED review
Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Father Christmases...
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Chosen by three editors and thousands of voters, from over seventy countries, these are the monthly champions, honorable mentions, and editor's choice selection from Purplewallstories.com. Featuring the work of Ben Cooper, Jeremiah Dylan Cook, Wil R.P. McCarthy, Paul M. Anderson, Carly Kapusinsky, Dutch Simmons, Cal Koyasu, Jacob Cohen, Mikhail Gladkikh, Ian Shea, Douglas Kolacki, Matthew McGuirk, Zanele Mailula, James Rumpel, Blessing Culver, Joshua...
87) Panji's Quest
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Panji's Quest is a love story set before the reign of King Kameswara of Kadiri (r. 1135-1185). It is a part of the only original Indonesian stories that have been widely disseminated for centuries and were later combined into the Panji Tales. On October 30, 2017, UNESCO included The Tale of Panji in their "Memory of The World" documentary series.
In Panji's Quest Panji, crown prince of the kingdom of Janggala and Sekartaji, crown princess of...
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"When I started RAW magazine in the '80s, there were mostly superheroes, a few children's comics, and the dirty, intentionally lowbrow, underground comix. And now, comics can tackle any topic."-Françoise Mouly, from the Introduction
FEATURING Charles Burns, Chester Brown, Joyce Farmer, Chris Ware, Gary Panter, Sergio Aragonés, Christoph Niemann, Adrian Tomine, Sarah Varon, and others.
This year with a sampler of comics for kids!
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Introduced by Sarah Perry, the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent. Uncanny. Mysterious. Eerie. Gothic. It draws us in with its air of mystery and repels us with its violence and darkness. But who were the first practitioners of the now-prevalent genre? This curated book collects the works of such masters as Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Rossetti and Mary Shelley, who with flickering candles, mysterious castles and chilling ravens first frightened...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things by Instaread Preview: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult is the story of Ruth Jefferson, an African American labor and delivery nurse who is charged with the murder of the newborn son of white supremacists. The novel is also the story of Ruth's public defender, Kennedy McQuarrie, who learns to confront the criminal justice system's racial prejudice. Twenty years into her career at Mercy-West...
91) Arising
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Darkness comes. A world hangs in the balances. The Time of the Prophecy has begun. Lorshin A cursed soul, wracked by guilt, plays a dangerous game with the Dark Cadclucan Hiding and hunted, the Guardian of the Stone of Existence is the last of his kind remaining in the world. Sgarrwrath He is the ancient evil relentlessly seeking the eternal object of his forbidden desire and the means to dominion. And a Disruption A Human whose face shines like the...
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Unidentified Funny Objects is a collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy. Packed with laughs, it has 29 stories ranging from lighthearted whimsy to the wild and zany. Inside you will find a zombear, tweeting aliens, down-on-their-luck vampires, time twisting belly dancers, moon Nazis, stoned computers, omnivorous sex-maniac pandas, and a spell-casting Albert Einstein.
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Could you commit the perfect crime? Is there such a thing as a "just murder" that costs the life of one person but benefits many others? Can rational considerations silence the human conscience? Fyodor Dostoevsky investigates these questions in his classic novel Crime and Punishment. The best-known work of this Russian author masterfully depicts the destitute student Raskolnikov's murder of an old pawnbroker and his subsequent agony of conscience....
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A collection of some of the best original fantasy and science fiction stories published on Tor.com in 2014.
Includes short fiction by Charlie Jane Anders, Dale Bailey, Kelly Barnhill, Richard Bowes, Marie Brennan, Adam Christopher, John Chu, A. M. Dellamonica, Ruthanna Emrys, Max Gladstone, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Nicola Griffith, Maria Dahvana Headley, Pasi Ilmari Jaskääläinen, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, Seanan Mcguire, Daniel José Older, Mary Rickert,...
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The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories-relevant to the moment and stunning in impact-from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.
Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series is packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as...
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Astounding Stories Of Super Science February 1930 features eight Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". Contents and short description: "Old Crompton's Secret" by Harl Vincent: Tom's Extraordinary Machine Glowed-and the Years Were Banished from Old Crompton's Body. But There Still Remained, Deep-seated in His Century-old Mind, the Memory of His Crime, "Spawn Of The Stars" by Charles Willard Diffin: The Earth Lay...
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A collection of horror short stories authored by Josh Schlossberg, Christy Mann, Archie Kregear, Juan Ozuna, Solomon Forse, Nick Carlson, Ian Neligh, Mitchell Tierney, Sabrina RG Raven, and G. Emerald.
No one is ever really, prepared for the unknown and it has become clear that no one is immune.
We now know that there is so much we don't know.
This collection of stories unveils some of those unknowns,
But, as revealing as they are, they barely claw...
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From the farthest reaches of our galaxy to the cozy-yet-mysterious spaces under beds and behind sofa cushions, from mystical realms of fantasy to the here-and-now and the very near future, the nineteen authors in this fourth collection of science fiction and fantasy by authors featured on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers offer readers a kaleidoscope of fantastical adventures in the company of unforgettable characters.
The editor of...
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