Títulos en Antologías y relatos breves

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In a desolate, sun-scorched valley near Hampden, a lone wanderer comes upon a grotesque, twisted tree crowning a barren hill—and is gripped by a dread he cannot explain. When he photographs the strange oak, the developed images reveal not the world...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Manuel García, an aging bullfighter freshly out of the hospital after a brutal goring, refuses to accept that his time is over. Against the advice of everyone around him – a skeptical promoter, a weary picador friend, a contemptuous critic – he...

Do monsters have midlife crises? Because I’m pretty sure I’m having one…My kind bring trouble and chaos wherever they go. I can’t change that; it’s just the way things are. So rather than continue to watch the people around me being impacted by my curse, I did the only thing I thought I could, I stepped away from the world. I love my cottage. And my life. But it can get a little lonely. So when my friend mixes up a special coffee, one that could make my life a little more fulfilling, I drink it eagerly, ready for whatever life might throw at me.

In Beekman Place on the sedate eastside of Manhattan, Oliver, a film history major who is inspired by his favorite Hitchcock film: Rear Window, is an observer of life in the windows of his neighbors…all sorts of characters he gives nicknames to. He finds himself particularly captivated by the boyish blonde guy living on the fourth floor across the street. What starts as stolen glances through his apartment window becomes more real when he meets the cute guys sister one day walking her dog.

These provocative Pride and Prejudice 'what-if' stories include all the passion you might expect of worldly gentlemen violently in love with equally headstrong women, along with enough obstacles, mischief, and intrigue to keep you listening. Featuring: Book One: To Have His Cake (and Eat It Too): Mr. Darcy's Tale In this amorous, provocative, and at times tumultuous tale, Mr. Darcy is a wealthy young man of sense and education with considerable knowledge of the world. He is his own master. He enjoys his lifestyle and has no particular desire to marry at all.

Elin's across-the-street neighbor has gotten a little obsessive about mowing the lawn. Shadow Hill's HOA isn't that strict. Is there something darker going on? Or is Elin just letting her imagination run away with her?

Blush and Bone is an exclusive collection of dark fiction, horror, and extreme horror stories. With a haunting selection of flash fiction, extreme horror, and cosmically inspired short fiction, it is a delicious and dark sampling of the range of Candace Nola. “Nola’s ability to tell a story is unmatched. Each book proves she is well on her way to becoming a legend.”—Kristopher Rufty, author of OLD SCRATCH.

Construindo um cenário urbano denso e sombrio, João do Rio inscreve-se nesse conto O carro da semana santa no mesmo rol de gênios como Charles Baudelaire e Edgar Allan Poe. O narrador ouve de Honório, num bar onde outros homens se reúnem na noite da quinta-feira santa, a história de uma mulher que percorre, em uma velha carruagem, os entornos das igrejas nesta data, em busca de homens que satisfaçam ali mesmo seus desejos.

Lucille Walker has made a lifetime hobby out of minding everyone’s business but her own. From the preacher’s wild daughter to the women down at Pearline’s beauty shop, she sees everything… and judges twice as hard. But when Lucille’s world snaps in two, she finds herself trapped in a nightmare she can’t recognize.

In 1896 London, Elias Bell measures life by gears and silence —until Henry Ashford tumbles into his shop with a broken pocket watch and a ready smile. Their chance meetings, lavender sprigs, and shared quiet moments kindle something neither expected: a tender, patient love that slowly rewrites the rules Elias kept so tightly wound. As fog thins, they choose one another —not to fix the past, but to begin a life whose pace they will set together, one careful, deliberate day at a time.

In Enttäuschung schildert Thomas Mann die Begegnung zweier junger Männer während einer nächtlichen Wanderung. Im Gespräch offenbart einer von ihnen seine tiefe Ernüchterung gegenüber Liebe, Leben und menschlichen Idealen. Die Erzählung verdichtet sich zu einem stillen, philosophischen Dialog über Illusion und Wirklichkeit – geprägt von Skepsis, Einsamkeit und einer radikalen Sicht auf die menschliche Existenz.

Kurt Tucholsky war einer der brillantesten Publizisten und Erzähler der Weimarer Republik – ein Autor, der mit sprachlicher Eleganz, feinem Humor und politischer Klarheit die Widersprüche seiner Zeit auf den Punkt brachte. Diese Hörbuch-Edition vereint zentrale Werke seines literarischen Schaffens und zeigt die ganze Bandbreite seines Könnens: von leichten, ironischen Liebesgeschichten bis hin zu scharfzüngigen Satiren. Mit Rheinsberg und Schloss Gripsholm zeigt sich Tucholsky als feinsinniger Erzähler.

In Gladius Dei schildert Thomas Mann eine zugespitzte Auseinandersetzung zwischen religiösem Fanatismus und moderner Kunst. Ein asketischer, von missionarischem Eifer getriebener Mann empört sich über ein vermeintlich anstößiges Madonnenbild in einem Schaufenster und sieht darin den Verfall moralischer Werte. Mit feiner Ironie und satirischer Schärfe zeigt Mann den Konflikt zwischen ästhetischer Freiheit und dogmatischem Weltbild.

"O olfato, apenas o olfato. Sou como o escravo, o ergastulado do cheiro. Tudo é cheiro. É o cheiro que guia, repele, atrai, repugna, o cheiro é o condutor das almas." A estranha moléstia de Oscar Flores, espécie de hipersensibilidade aos cheiros, é explorada num diálogo entre ele e o narrador, em meio a um cenário urbano digno dos melhores textos de Baudelaire ou Poe.

In Vision entwirft Thomas Mann ein fein schattiertes Stimmungsbild zwischen Wirklichkeit und innerem Erleben. Ein sensibler Beobachter verliert sich in einer flüchtigen Wahrnehmung, die sich zu einem intensiven, beinahe entrückten Moment verdichtet. Die Erzählung spiegelt die Macht der Imagination und zeigt, wie fragile Eindrücke zu tiefen seelischen Erfahrungen werden können.

Se Olavo Bilac foi o "príncipe dos poetas", Coelho Neto foi tido como o "príncipe dos prosadores", tendo transitado por praticamente todos os gêneros literários em prosa. Além daquele que empresta seu nome ao título deste livro, o leitor encontra aqui reunidos: "Perna de pau" e "O mentiroso".

Two action-packed archaeological adventures filled with deadly secrets, relentless danger, and pulse-pounding thrills. If you love fast-paced, globetrotting romps with amazing characters, then you'll love Charlee's story! Charlee Flynn discovers that her parents aren’t really antiquities experts, they’re "black market acquisitions specialists." They're thieves! And now, after an old enemy forces them to flee their Costa Rican home, Charlee must become one too.

Os dois contos do tradutor e escritor mineiro Godofredo Rangel aqui reunidos trazem um retrato da sociedade brasileira do início do século XX. Em Os caprichos da sorte, Marcílio é roubado pelo sócio Aurélio e vai buscar consolo na casa dos amigos Severo e Etelvina. As aparências, contudo, escondem outra realidade. Já o conto O avô convida a uma reflexão sobre a morte, numa sensível narrativa em que o ponto de vista privilegiado é o dos netos.

Este conto de Olavo Bilac explora a relação entre senhor e escravo. Nele, é contada a história de Mãe Maria, escrava que cuidou do jovem Nhô Amâncio, desde que ele era criança. O menino deixou a fazenda, foi estudar na cidade, ficou adulto. E com essa mudança, também sua percepção da mulher que o criara mudou...

Em uma viagem fluvial rumo ao Atlântico, Alfredo busca isolamento e prazer a bordo de seu iate. Entre paisagens exuberantes e reflexões íntimas, o conto de João Marques de Carvalho mergulha nas fragilidades da mente humana, revelando desejos, obsessões e conflitos psicológicos.