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In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying. Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. Is he the guardian angel he seems? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond all time and space?

It takes some gumption to claim to be the best tea shop in the city of Kansar, where five ancient roads meet and everyone is selling something. But Yala’s shop has been in her family for three generations and is famed for its brews among warriors and wizards alike. When the Imperial Spell Company claims a monopoly on all magic in Kansar, Yala tries to convince a company henchman that her teas are nothing but ordinary leaves and water.

Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory. Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal.

All she wants is a secure life for her son, all he wants is to claim the family he never knew he had… Teagan is the perfect woman. We spent three amazing days together and one unforgettable night. Then she disappeared. That was nine agonizing months ago. Nine months… When I track her down, she’s got a baby, and a fiancé. Some man is prancing about with my woman and my son. I want to do the right thing by Teagan, but damned if I’ll sit by while another man raises my son and plays house with my woman. This Christmas I’ll show Teagan what it means to step up and claim my family, I ...

American Myths and Legends is another collection of folklore from author Charles M. Skinner, whose exhaustive and expansive work in the field popularized many of these stories in the public imagination. It is intended as a follow-up work to his multivolume magnum opus, Myths and Legends of Our Own Land. This is the first of two volumes.

For the past twenty years, Lee Child has been one of the bestselling authors in the world, thanks to the popularity of his iconic and instantly recognizable hero Jack Reacher. But even at the height of Reacher's fame, Child's short story writing was not confined to the series; throughout the course of his career, he published tales about a range of characters on both sides of the law, including assassins, a body guard, CIA and FBI agents, gangsters, and more.

There will never be another Western writer like Louis L’Amour. A legendary author and indisputably the greatest storyteller in his genre of all time, L’Amour captivated millions of readers and has sold well over three hundred million copies of his works, which includes nearly ninety novels and countless short stories. Mistakes Can Kill You highlights an essential selection featuring nine of L’Amour’s earlier short stories, sometimes written under the pen name Jim Mayo, that exemplify the rugged morality of the best Western writing.

We are all haunted in some way or another. From the warnings we did not heed, to the 'might have beens', to the ghosts who stalk us on the way home, it is rare we end our lives without a spirit in our periphery. Join me as we dive, yet again, into the dark and disturbing realms of the mind. It is time to speak To Those Who Haunt You.

In this quirky ghost story, a woman endures jury duty by observing the many characters in the room, including a TV crew filming a paranormal presence in the courthouse, a service-dog-in-training, and a man with a "ghost box," a radio to try to communicate with the beyond. As humorous chaos ensues, our protagonist unexpectedly needs to confront the truth about the secret crush she’s been harboring.

He's estranged from his family. But when he meets her, he starts to remember what's important in life. All I want is to buy a Christmas tree on Black Friday. Is that too much to ask? But the Christmas tree lot is deserted, and I can't carry a tree to my vehicle alone even if someone was around to sell it to me. All of a sudden a hunky mountain man shows up. Turns out, he's part of the family who owns this property. When he offers to help me with the tree, how can I resist? And how can I ever leave town, knowing the man of my dreams is here? Mistletoe Kisses with the Mountain Man is an OTT ...

Melanie Jenkins, newly single and desperate for change, swaps her ER scrubs for a stethoscope and a one-way ticket to Crazy Town. Her destination? The mansion of Rhonda Miltmore—hypochondriac extraordinaire and self-appointed Cupid. Enter Brent Miltmore: Wall Street titan with an emotional portfolio in dire need of diversification. When he takes a tumble (literally), guess who becomes his reluctant caretaker? Yep, his childhood nemesis.

"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger...." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922", the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.

Lucas will nichts als seine Ruhe in einer Welt, die ihn einfach nicht in Ruhe lässt. Eine Kurzgeschichte vom internationalen Bestsellerautor Fredrik Backman Videospiele, Wein und Pad Thai – das ist der perfekte Abend für Lucas. Andere Menschen? Muss nicht sein. Warum denn, wenn er auch alleine glücklich sein kann? Als der dreiköpfige Vorstand der Bewohnervertretung überraschend an seiner Tür klingelt und eine Inspektion seiner Bratpfanne verlangt, ist Lucas alles andere als begeistert. Doch Abwimmeln ist nicht.

In a cyberpunk future where water is scarce, rice is one of the first casualties. The recipe for printing natural-tasting, healthy, synthetic rice is a closely guarded corporate secret that a young hacker seeks to steal, for very personal reasons.

From the Thurber Prize-winning author of New Teeth, hailed as “a triumph of sustained humor” (Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review), comes a hilarious and powerful collection of short stories chronicling the plight of aging millennials. ​

In the near-future, there might be detox centers for people addicted to technology. This short listen asks: What if a teen snuck her phone in? And what if everything in the outside world has changed…or gone silent? For fans of Station Eleven.

Blackwood’s writing covers many aspects of the Supernatural, including Nature Gods and Goddesses in “The Touch of Pan” and “Initiation,” psychological horror in “The Occupant of the Room” star-crossed lovers in “The Tryst” and “A Desert Episode,” and a truly wholesome story involving a young lad and his ghostly grandfather in “The Other Wing.” This collection of eerie short stories also includes “The Wings of Horus,” “Cain’s Atonement,” “An Egyptian Hornet,” “By Water,” “H.S.H.,” “A Bit of Wood,” “A Victim of Higher Space,” “Transition,” and “The Tradition.”

The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser.

The first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago, Everything's Eventual includes one O. Henry Prize winner, two other award winners, four stories published by The New Yorker, and "Riding the Bullet", King's original e-book, which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade. Intense, eerie, and instantly compelling, they announce the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time.