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Tarquin of Cheapside - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). This short story is told in narrative style. As the story opens the invisible narrator and reader are in the home of Wessel Caster. Wessel is reading The Faerie Queen when he is suddenly disturbed by frantic pounding at his front door. When Wessel opens the door he finds a man exhausted and frightened.

Jack London's The Master of Mystery is set in a Native American fishing village in Alaska. A woman has lost her most valuable possession: the blankets of a deceased Englishman. The culprit must be found, but what makes matters more complicated is that the local shaman has fallen out of favor, forcing a feared shaman from outside the village to come to their aid.

Конотопська відьма Григорія Квітки-Основ'яненка — гумористично-сатирична повість, у якій висміюється неосвічена частина козацької верхівки. Замість того, аби займатися важливими справами, вони гають час на інтриги, на вишукування відьми. Сюжетна динаміка, промовисті прізвища роблять твір насиченим, смішним — і цікавим для читання.

Mr. Icky - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). Mr. Icky is a whimsical and lighthearted play written by F. Scott Fitzgerald centered around a man named Mr. Icky. In a quick and droll manner, interactions between the cast summarize several pivotal moments in Mr. Icky's life.

At the Farmhouse by Edward Frederic Benson tells the story of a landscape painter, who after twenty years of hideous marriage to an abusive and drunken local woman who is rumoured to be a witch, sets off to murder her. In his pocket is a ball of strong twine with which he will strangle her, and a box of matches with which he will set light to the farmhouse to destroy the evidence of his crime. After that he will be free... What happens when he reaches the farmhouse is gruesome, uncanny and totally unexpected.

May Day - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). Published as a novelette in The Smart Set in July, 1920, May Day relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year, during the "general hysteria" which inaugurated the Jazz Age. The story uses the May Day Riots of 1919 as historical backdrop. During these events, as the lower-class is fighting for certain causes, a group of privileged Yale alumni meet for a dance.

The Terror by Night is a short horror story published in 1912. The Terror by Night is a part of a short story collection The Room in the Tower and Other Stories also published in 1912. In the story, the first-person narrator and two others experienced a series of odd sensations, ultimately suggested to have been caused by a ghost. One of these proves more severe than the others.

Caterpillars is a short story by Edward Frederic Benson about a man haunted by dreams of enormous caterpillars. In the beautiful Villa Cascana on the Italian Riviera, all is not as it seems.

Edward Frederic Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories. Among the most significant works Edward Benson is the The Wishing Well (1929) and many more.

The Sanctuary, a story of Satanism. "There was a thump on the ceiling overhead as if someone had fallen, and without a word we ran upstairs into Francis's bedroom. The door of the wardrobe where the vestments were kept was open, some lay on the floor. The panel was open, too, but within it was dark. In terror at what might meet our eyes, I felt for the switch and turned the light on..."

The Jelly-Bean - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). This is a Southern story, with the setting laid in the small Lily of Tarleton, Georgia. Fitzgerald wrote that he had "a profound affection for Tarleton, but somehow whenever I write a story about it I receive letters from all over the South denouncing me in no uncertain terms." Written shortly after his first novel was published, the author also collaborated with his wife on certain scenes.

Wacky, crazy slices of life we all see but often never relate. Have fun and enjoy some quirky tales of ordinary people! Have a laugh...Maybe find yourself in these tales?

En los últimos días de la Gran Guerra, Poirot y Hastings se hallan cenando en el Carlton cuando se encuentran con un viejo conocido, el capitán Vincent Lemesurier, quien se encuentra allí con su tío Hugo Lemesurier, cuando de repente llega un primo suyo, Roger, avisándoles de que el padre de Vincent ha sufrido una seria caída mientras montaba a caballo y apenas le quedan unas horas de vida. Vincent y Hugo se marchan corriendo, y Roger les habla entonces de la antigua maldición de los Lemesurier, según la cual ninguno de los primogénitos de la familia podrá heredar jamás.

Durante un festival de flores, una anciana en silla de ruedas se acerca a Poirot, le da una bolsa de semillas vacía y le pide que la visite al día siguiente. Al llegar, el detective descubre el cadáver de la mujer, que ha sido envenenada.

Life is meant to be an adventure rich in love & laughter. Eight very different little girls going off on adventures that most children can only dream and imagine. Be it traveling to another world straight out of an RPG game or a Fantasy anime. Or becoming superheroes, protecting their home while struggling to find the balance of a college student. Or going off to discover the urban tales that had been passed down for generations.

Welcome to Autumncrow Valley, where every night is Halloween. Enjoy your stay! But first, a few words of warning: Stay out of the forest. Never venture out after dark. And don't stare too long into the shadows . . . you may not like what you see. Have a pleasant visit. We hope it won't be your last.

13 Gedichte der bekannten bildenden Künstlerin Franciline: Neumond im Wassermann. Sternennacht. Dialog mit der Angst. Eine neue Reise. Liebeserklärung an dich Selbst. Wer bist du? Meeresrauschen auf Costa Rica. Eindrücke von der Karibik. Envision. Pazifikküste Costa Rica. Gnothi Seaton. Abschied. Tiefe Reise.

Characterful dark short stories with unexpected twists!

Humour fun and quirky. Tales with tiny twists. Good commuter listens or listens in a tea-break. Sit back and enjoy these little short stories with lovely character portraits.

Whether you’re in an airplane seat or railroad berth, on the beach, at the lakefront, or in a deck chair, a story a day provides nine days of wonderful listening. While each is a story unto itself, they stitch together into the larger romantic (mis)adventures of Michael Rhodes, world traveler, bon vivant, creative writer. However you describe him he’s nothing if not interesting subject matter. Although, as the writer, he is in control of the narrative.