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A terrifying collection of classic Victorian short stories about ghosts, werewolves and vampires. The Wolf Book by Henry Chapman Mercer. Number Ninety by B. M. Croker. Ken's Mystery by Julian Hawthorne. The Piano Next Door by Elia W. Peattie. The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Frederick Marryat. The Horla by Guy de Maupassant. Absolute Evil by Julian Hawthorne. Mrs. Amworth by E. F. Benson.

En esta antología publicamos una serie de relatos que abordan desde diferentes perspectivas los mitos de los vampiros.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love comes in many forms, many shades and many hues. There is one though that society wants more than any other and it is now part of our culture. Yes, the Happy Ending.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Human beings are, in the main, social animals, they like to gather, to herd together, to share experiences. But some do not. Either through choice or exclusion their way forward is difficult. In this volume our authors and their characters share their stories.

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. If you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, that feeling that in an empty house we are not quite alone and that sometimes the sharp, sheer shock of what just happened is upon us then look no further than ‘The Victorian Ghost Story’ for your reading and listening pleasure.

Within this decade are writers of incredible ability who are able to fashion gem-like stories that astonish our ears and brains across many genres; a literary culture that seems to endlessly build and create new paths for the restless human imagination to tread.

After the visit of a missionary in Tim’s Sunday school, Tim decided that he wants to be a missionary. Grandma Mary has an idea and Tim wants to make it work, no matter what. No obstacle is too big for him to overcome. This is a great book if your child thinks they must do something extraordinary to serve the Lord. It is an excellent way for parents to clarify that you can serve the Lord, no matter how small you are and no matter where you live. The Little Missionary is backed up with scripture to clarify how important it is to be a light, no matter where you are.

For the first time, Tim and Suzy are allowed to go on a shopping trip on their own. They would love to buy some gum with the rest of the change. But they know for sure that Mom would not be happy about it. Are they going to listen to their consciences and be obedient? In this edition in the series Life on Willow Lane, young listeners will see an example of how to be faithful in little things in everyday life situations. The Shopping Trip is backed up with scripture to clarify how important it is to be able to be obedient as a Christian.

Christian, Tim’s neighbor, destroyed Tim’s huge sandcastle. Tim is angry! Mom reminds Tim of a biblical story and explains to him the importance of forgiving. Will Tim forgive Christian? In this edition of the series Life on Willow Lane, young readers will develop an understanding of how to forgive others. This is a great book if your child is struggling to forgive others or to clarify and explain for future experiences. The Sandcastle is backed up with scripture to clarify how important it is to be able to forgive as a Christian.

It is a very exciting day in the house of the Millers. Suzy’s cousin, Deliah, is visiting them. She brought her lucky charm along so it will protect her. Grandma Mary explains to Suzy and Deliah with the scripture what God thinks about lucky charms, and compares it with a story from the Old Testament. This is a great book if your child is struggling to trust God with all their heart and will show them what putting yourself in God’s hands could look like. It explains what lucky charms are and how they can be no help to us.

'Tis the Season is a collection of stories inspired by the beloved characters of Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice.

This chilling collection includes: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" by Henry James, "The Shadow" by E. Nesbit, "Monsieur Anastasius" by Dinah Maria Mulock, "John Granger" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and more.

A selection of 17 classic stories of horror and the supernatural by some of the greatest writers in the genre. This compilation includes a mix of well-known classics by authors such as Charles Dickens and M. R. James, alongside several unjustly overlooked gems by less familiar names who were hugely popular and prolific in their day.

Interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement. A production of Passive House Accelerator.

Unabridged readings of four spine-tingling stories. This suspenseful anthology collects together four gripping tales of gruesome scientific experiments and chilling supernatural events - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 18 hours of electrifying listening, tracked by chapter, these classic tales will have you on the edge of your seat.

The historians of ancient Greece were pioneers of a new literary craft; their work stands among the world’s most enduring and important legacies and forms the foundation of a major modern discipline. This easy-to-follow edition includes new and newly revised translations of selections from Herodotus - often called the “father of history” - Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch, the four greatest Greek innovators of historical narrative. Here the listener will find their most important, and most widely taught, passages collected in a single volume.

Her life has been wonderfully fictionalized on the hit PBS TV series, Mercy Street. Here is Mary Phinney's real life in her own words, long prized by historians as a source about Civil War medicine. American Mary Phinney was ahead of her time. A rebel against the restrictions placed on women of her day, the sad death of her husband, the Barron von Olnhausen, proved to be the real beginning of her life. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, this remarkable woman enlisted herself in the care of sick and wounded soldiers. Working with Dorothea Dix and other notable women of the Civil War, she tirelessly worked to improve the sanitary conditions, medical care, and morale of shattered young men.

There's nothing like really hot explicit erotica to get the blood pumping, and with Digismith Naughty Nightingale, our erotica is always exciting, hot, and sexy. This collection is filled with hot anal sex. With rough first anal sex, reluctant first anal sex, first anal sex with a stranger, anal sex at the office, and more, how could it be anything than very, very hot?

When I saw him at the bar, I thought he was an asshole, and I put him in his place by drinking him under the table. Boy was I surprised the next day when I arrived at my consulting appointment only to discover that he was my client! He was an asshole in the bar, but he was a remarkable businessman at the office, and better than that he recognized my abilities and worth to the company. He extended my consulting contract, and that evening I felt pretty damned excited about it.

In this 15-story collection, horny women experience threesome sex for the first time. Fifteen sexy scenarios are explored.