Resultados para "The Hole" en Antologías y relatos breves

18 Holes is a unique collection of short stories; one for each of the 18 holes that make up a round of golf. The stories reflect the fact that golf is far more than a game. From death and glory through to love and valor, 18 Holes captures life itself as much as a sport that challenges and delights so many.

A young man awakes to find a hole to another dimension in his arm. A couple discovers a painting is more than the simple portrait it appears to be. A woman whose cat ate something it definitely shouldn’t have. These are just a few of the unfortunate souls you'll meet Through the Mole Hole in the 28 terrifying, twisted, and thought-provoking tales. Do you dare take a peek at the worlds that lie on the other side of the mole hole?

Als ich die Christtagsfreude holen ging, Erzählung von Peter Rosegger: In meinem zwölften Lebensjahre wird es gewesen sein, als am Frühmorgen des heiligen Christabends mein Vater mich an der Schulter rüttelte: ich solle aufwachen und zur Besinnung kommen, er habe mir etwas zu sagen. Die Augen waren bald offen, aber die Besinnung! Als ich unter der Mithilfe der Mutter angezogen war und bei der Frühsuppe saß, verlor sich die Schlaftrunkenheit allmählich, und nun sprach mein Vater: »Peter, jetzt hör, was ich dir sage.

Conceived during a fog-drenched car ride with nothing beyond the windshield but a horizon-less void, Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid created the acclaimed Tales from Beyond the Pale, audio theater inspired by the vintage radio shows of Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles.

So unverzichtbar für Weihnachten wie "Dinner for One" für Silvester. Alle Jahre wieder müssen wir uns an Weihnachten mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft rumschlagen: die nervige Tante, der geizige Onkel, der streitlustige Schwager, die Cousinen unklarer Herkunft, die Youtube-süchtigen Nichten und Neffen. Opa, der sein Handy nicht versteht. Und Oma, die schon alles überlebt hat und darauf jetzt mal trinken will. Was soll man diesen Menschen schenken? Na, am besten dieses Hörbuch!

This first of two short stories is a prequel to a novel that delves into the world of big utilities, big coal, and the battle for green energy. It begins with a young coal miner from Kentucky who is taken under the wing of a wealthy industrialist who repays a long-overdue debt of gratitude to the young man's father. The transformation of the boy from a poor coal miner to a successful executive juxtaposes corporate bottom lines with his original Eastern Kentucky roots of humility and honesty.

The extraordinarily evocative stories depict the generation born in a small-town America during the Depression and growing up in a world where the old sexual morality was turned around and material comforts were easily had. Yet, as these stories reflect so accurately, life was still unsettling...

Book one of Veronica Christopher’s short story selection series is The Rabbit Hole. The Rabbit Hole is a collection of four short stories dealing with life’s tests, madness, and the unknown. In “Three-Leaf Clover”, 14-year-old Eve has lots of secrets to bear...but can she handle it? Next, go to 1950 Korea during the war, where Ah-seong and her little brother, Jae-hyun, take refuge under a bridge and bid “Goodbye from Nogunri". Then see RJ’s battle as he wanders his afterlife “Via Tranquilla” while confronting the pinnacle moments of his life that have shaped him.

Once upon a time, Sarah Fader wrote a blog post called "Three-Year-Olds Are Assholes". It went viral on HuffPost Parents, with over 400,000 shares on Facebook. This book tells the story of three-year-old Samantha, who is determined to make a rainbow.

Alis was a quiet librarian at the campus library of the School of Spells & Magic - that is, until the sword wielding buffoon Cahan had the audacity to battle a dragon in her library! Now she's following him off on some foolhardy adventure. As they try to save the university from the mysterious Formless, she fights an equally important battle - to maintain her self-respect!

Der Österreicher Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918) war bekannt für seine Heimatgeschichten aus der Steiermark. Leiser Humor und erzählerische Schlichtheit prägen diese Geschichten, die von der ländlichen Heimat und dem kargen, aber innigen Familienleben berichten. Als ich die Christtagsfreude holen ging ist ein besonders schönes Beispiel dafür - die Geschichte des jungen Peter, der auf den langen, mühsamen Weg in die die Stadt geschickt wird, um die Zutaten für das Weihnachtsmahl zu beschaffen.

Holmes and Watson are handed the challenge of solving the London Tarot Murders, a dark episode which, to quote Dr. Watson's in his memoirs, "occupies a lofty place in the annals of all black deeds ever committed in the long memory of the ancient, regal city, higher even than the infamous affair with the Ripper."

Thirteen short stories detailing completely different scenarios will keep your attention in the final collection of the Rabbit Hole series.

Feel the slices in book three, Papercuts. Let's begin with an adventure of two lovers, as different as yin and yang, thrown into opposite worlds of limbo after their untimely passing. Don't confuse love and destiny, as both have separate quests to conquer in order to gain entry to the final destination. Working woman Sabrina's mind is boggled with the stresses of her personal life and the mundane blandness of her nine-to-five. Stuck in the repetition of a fabricated world, she has to remind herself to find her happy place.

Hush begins with “Back Alley Broadway”, where Dasha is unwillingly part of a VIP show aired live on the darknet by a ring of psychopaths. From country girl to slave, she is subject to indescribable torment by her captors. Her long-anticipated performance in "The Killer Circus" takes you to the blackest black. It delves into the truths of human trafficking and the consequences of deranged curiosity. Next, two sisters struggle to keep their bond after one is responsible for the death of the other's "miracle baby".

George R. R. Martin and science fiction's top authors delve into the adventurous superhero universe, Wild Cards, in the sixth book of this fan favorite series. Since a strange alien virus created the superhuman beings known as Aces and Jokers four decades ago, they have struggled for respect and...

Classic warped and wonderful stories from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller. Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Etgar Keret’s stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best writers of...

Then you're in for a treat. Volume three of our popular anthology series is sure to scratch that questionable itch. With stories by Michael Knost, William Joseph Roberts, Philip K. Booker, Christopher Woods, D. Raymond Smith, David Badurina, H.P. Holo, James Palmer, Jason Cordova, Lee Ellis, M Leigh, Michael Morton, Michael Craig, and Guest Editorial by Faith Hunter.