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Wedding bells are ringing for Thomas and Mikah! After over a year of missed connections, secrecy, lies, and outright peril—such is the nature of romance with a secret government agent—it’s finally time for Mikah’s happily ever after. Why does getting married have to be so hard, though? Between nightmares about Thomas being killed at the altar, Rachel’s overzealous planning, and Caleb’s idea of a blowout bachelor party, the road to “I do” seems endless and fraught with stress.

A spiky, edgy collection of five wickedly funny stories spotlighting clear-eyed and “difficult” women who are navigating their identities as workers and women in contemporary Japan—a feminist, anti-capitalist modern classic published outside Asia and in English for the first time. The Dilemmas of Working Women is Fumio Yamamoto’s darkly witty look at modern Japanese women who are ambivalent about their lives and jobs

Nine tales of terror from the acclaimed author of Maneater and Skarlet. A police officer is forced to search for two missing tourists in a cursed wood where nothing seems alive - except for the trees... A property assessor becomes the plaything of terrifying entities that lurk in an abandoned tower block.

Featuring the Triptych of Death, plus stories about the ancient gods, why the stars are annoyed, the origin of the Moon, the Aurora Borealis, Memory, Music, Dust, the Hidden People, Time, the Land of Dreams, and much more.

A mother is driven into madness and will stop at nothing as she battles for a place in her son's life. Mature themes are present in this story. Therefore, listener's discretion is advised. This short story is a part of The Mindset Elevator book series.

He’s a famous photographer in search of his muse. She’s a star-struck design student on a bachelorette weekend. Can they be each other’s inspiration for a happily ever-after?

He’s an ex-military bouncer out on his night off. She’s a single mom letting loose for the first time in four years. Tonight was supposed to be a one-night thing, but can he get her to give him a lifetime instead?

Troy: I did a damn good job of falling into obscurity two years ago, so I can’t believe, of all the women to walk into the Last Stand Saloon, that it’s her. I don’t believe in coincidences, but I do believe in fate. And what could be more fated than the woman of my dreams walking into the one place outside of the rodeo circuit that has ever felt like home to me?

Happy wife, happy life; unhappy wife with certain, shall we say, “connections”? …

He’s a billionaire game designer. She’s the Las Vegas showgirl. With their ten-year high school reunion coming up, can he prove to her they belong together?

Corey: Dawn’s been my best friend since high school, the one constant in my life, and the only woman I’ve ever been myself with. She’s also way out of my league, but I’ve realized over the last few weeks I love her. And while I don’t want to lose our friendship, no other woman will ever come close, and I’ll never be all in on a relationship while the what-if with Dawn hangs over my head. So I have to deal with the what-if.

Each story will plunge you into a whirlpool of TERROR, leaving you gasping for breath and begging for more! Your perceptions will shift, and every moment will crackle with suspense. So, TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, plug in your headphones, and let the madness envelop you. But Remember! Once you dive in, there’s NO ESCAPE from the nightmares that await!

Fifteen horrific tales explore vast landscapes of terror, whether it’s the woods at the end of the street or the icy reaches of space.

"قربان بشري" ليست مجرَّد رواية بل هي عشرة قصص طويلة او عشرة رواياتٍ قصيرة يجمعها خيطٌ واهن لن تشعر به سوى في النهاية لتعود إلى البداية من جديد !!

La riqueza temática y narrativa de estos relatos no restringe su versatilidad teórica ni conceptual. En la superficie, nada más aceptable y familiar que los relatos de Yamila Bêgné: el ejercicio de control parece haber sido llevado al máximo y conjugado a la perfección con las tramas. "Conjugado" es la palabra que se me ocurre porque instruye acerca de la impresión que da este bello juego y simulacro: un arte de la conjugación y la combinación, acaso como el que le gustaba a Raimundo Lulio.

கல்கி' என்ற மூன்றெழுத்தினை அறியா தமிழர் இலர் எனலாம். சரித்திர நாவல் உலகிலும். நாவலுலகிலும், சிறுகதைகளிலும், கட்டுரை வளத்திலும், நகைச்சுவை உணர்விலும், கலை இலக்கிய உலகிலும் விரிந்த பார்வையுடன் வளம் வந்து தம் படைப்புப் பணியை தொடர்ந்தவர்.சிறுகதை உலகில் புதுமைப்பித்தன் தொடக்கி ஜெயகாந்தன் காலம் வரை அவர்களுக்கு இணையாக தம் படைப்புகளை தந்து நிமிர்ந்து நின்று அனைத்து தரப்பினராலும் பேசப்பட்டவர்; விமர்சிக்கப்பட்டவர்.

In the title story, Nanamori and Mugito, two university students appalled by society’s gendered roles, rebel. Refusing to interact with other people they use stuffed toys for emotional support. Unlike Nanamori and Mugito, their fellow plushie society member Shiraki does not talk to plushies. Pragmatic, she accepts the status quo that boys sometimes make nasty jokes; she believes their behavior resembles the real world.

All the stories in this collection from Stephen King are related to the Vietnam War. King fans will recognize echoes of The Dark Tower series in the collection's first story, "Low Men in Yellow Coats." As the characters develop over the next four stories, King's version of the Vietnam War becomes one of his most frightening tales ever.

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. 'The Three Dogs' tells the story of a shepherd who trades his three sheep with a stranger for three dogs with magical powers. The dogs are able to help him slay a dragon and win a princess.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of over 120 of Twain's inventive, humorous, and most-loved short stories.