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From the author of The Loser Fandango and Van Boorean’s Hill There’s a serial killer loose in Atlanta and the only man who suspects it is a washed-up cop on his way out. Fighting against the clock, fighting against apathy, he’s on his own, on his last legs, and down to the wire. social satire at its best. Unrue deftly skewers the genteel south and gets away with it

Continue Jack's struggle. He never seems to make the right choice, but watching him make the wrong one is usually fairly entertaining. Alcoholism, drug addiction, and mental illness plague him and dog any efforts he makes to improve his lot. Watching Jack is like watching a fly buzzing around a window, banging into it again and again, never understanding that there's glass there. A fly doesn't even have a concept of "glass." Similarly, Jack is ignorant to the ins and outs of being human. How long will you watch him buzz around and smack into the glass? Transgressive author Christopher J. ...

Marco Etheridge is a writer of fiction, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His stories have been published in more than eighty reviews, journals, and magazines in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. Power Tools gathers twenty-one of his best short stories into one collection. An elderly woman sets out alone on a journey into a new life. Two soldiers in a bunker share candy and memories. A widower takes on the Supreme Court with a robot. Grief is sung over the cobbled streets of Valletta. Two old heroes question their purpose. These ...

30 very short stories from the even cheaper seats

Пугающая реальность этой фантастической повести родилась из доведенного до абсурда понятия "демократии" - когда каждый индивидуум живет по своим законам и борется против всех и все другие борются против него.

With a three-year prison sentence, Jack had begun his final slide downward. Had he learned anything? Jack fell out of the world for years, off the map, unseen by everybody. He never knew if he was going to wake up in a cozy refrigerator box in a downtown alley or a chilly steel bunk at the county lockup. He'd become a junkie and hardened chronic criminal. His antics had long since ceased to be amusing to those that had used to shelter him. Society no longer deemed him a wayward youth, worthy of a second chance, but instead considered him a hopeless and irredeemable plague on society. During...

AN AMERICAN PHOENIX: ELECTION, BOOK 2 IN THE ALRIGHT SELLING SERIES IS NOW OUT! "The characters are multi-dimensional, and Mr. Savana truly throws in a cross-section of American personalities from every end of the racial, social, and political spectrum. He not only presents them… but he has them down. From the right to the left, from Rapping YouTube 'influencers' to Big Ol Belt Buckle Country Boys, I could SEE these characters, and I couldn’t help to start ‘casting’ this movie as I read." - Amazon Review Reality and Ridicule Collide in "An American Phoenix: Unity" Welcome to Houston...

The Sven Chronicles: Synergy, Sausages and Spuds Wisdom Nobody Asked For – But Here We Are Are you tired of self-help books that tell you to wake up at 5am, eat chia seeds, and achieve inner peace while riding a a monocycle? Meet Sven. He’s not here to optimise your workflow. He’s here to remind you that it’s okay to accidentally walk into the Gents’, eat cake in your knickers and find meaning in a potato. Inside, you’ll find: - A prophetic potato who speaks in starch-based riddles - A dog named Biscuits who has mastered the ancient art of Doing Nothing With Purpose - Golden ...

A story that pertains to the lives of all human beings conflicted by the constant bombardment of information. In an era where information capitalism assaults us with algorithms that track every careless click, a heartbroken man plunges into an empirical quest for certainties.

Marco Etheridge is a writer of fiction, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His stories have been published in reviews, journals, and magazines in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. Broken Luggage gathers twenty-four of his best flash stories into one collection. A man's life condensed into the broken luggage that will contain it. A young woman alone in the Sonoran Desert. Memories of dangerous eggs, thunderstorms, and a gunshot man. A character tours his self-made hell. Another steps from between the pages. Parables of sand and ...

Sexy Southern Belle embarks on an adventure to New York City to make money for medical school and fulfill her foodie passion. She finds herself working in a brand package design firm in a cesspool of irritating co-workers with a boss, who is a lecherous old coot. Her only sanity is the dreamy Spanish God who is a co-owner of the business, a sexy Brit, who is a graphic designer, and her best gay guy friend. She unexpectedly gets caught in a love triangle. She finds herself being torn between her desires and being true to herself.

Huesudo es un huesero que suele cargar su camioneta con restos de vacas de las carnicerías. Tiene una manera peculiar de hablar y filosofar sobre la vida en su país, Argentina. Siempre trabaja acompañado del Negro, amigo que siempre le espera para cobrar por su trabajo... y el Guacho, que cobra in situ sus honorarios de ser fiel en la cuesta de la vida. Cuento escrito con mucho lunfardo rioplatense, si usted no pertenece al cono sur, Argentina o Uruguay, es posible que no entienda mucho de la jerga cotidiana originada por la fusión (y deformación) de oleadas de inmigrantes llegadas en ...

"Al despertar Gregorio Samsa una mañana, tras un sueño intranquilo, se encontró en su cama convertido en un monstruoso insecto." Tal es el abrupto comienzo, que nos sitúa de raíz bajo unas reglas distintas, de La Metamorfosis, sin duda alguna la obra de Franz Kafka que ha alcanzado mayor celebridad. Escrito en 1912 y publicado en 1916, este relato es considerado una de las obras maestras del siglo xx por sus innegables rasgos precursores y el caudal de ideas e interpretaciones que desde siempre ha suscitado.

Un comune impiegato si risveglia una mattina con le gambe ricoperte da germogli di ravanello giapponese, il daikon. In preda al panico, si rivolge a una clinica dermatologica, dove viene operato d'urgenza da una misteriosa equipe medica. Mentre è ancora sotto anestesia, decidono di trasferirlo in un limbo al confine tra i due mondi... Il malcapitato protagonista inizia così il suo incredibile viaggio nel sottosuolo, a bordo di un avveniristico lettino d'ospedale in grado di essere mosso dalla forza del pensiero.

Alemania ha restringido el número de solicitantes de asilo y Europa ha bloqueado su acceso a través del norte de África. Más allá del Sahara, se están construyendo enormes campamentos donde millones de refugiados esperan, esperan y esperan. Cuando la presentadora estrella Nadeche Hackbusch visita el campamento más grande, el joven Lionel reconoce que tienen ante sí una oportunidad única: con 150,000 refugiados, la atención de la audiencia televisiva está garantizada cuando empiezan a marchar en dirección a Europa.

My best friend never warned me about a fake marriage and pregnancy as part of being her brother’s assistant. After a coffee shop spat with Logan Hunter, I realized at the interview that he's the grumpy man I'm meant to assist. Meeting his deep blue eyes and mischievous grin was a shock, but at the same time I wanted to see what was going on under that suit. As we worked together, our chemistry was magnetic. He asked me in to his office to clear the air about our first encounter… One thing led to another and this alpha billionaire’s skilled hands ravished my body and had me begging for...

I’m knocked up by my brother’s best friend. Who happens to be my new bosshole. Being forced to start fresh, my older brother gets me a place to stay and a job. I’m a PA for his best friend tech tycoon Warren Harrington. All I have to do is keep things strictly business. Simple, until I see him for the first time in 10 years. Same chiseled jaw and sea-blue eyes that can see right though my fake smile. Lucky for me he’s all sharp edges and grumpy in the office. Until one hot bed thrashing night when he shows me it’s all been a front. I want to hate him, but I feel safe in his ...

Alex would kill to protect her children; Vivien would kill to seize the fortune she expects from kidnapping them… Alex thought the nightmare was over. Her children are safe—for now. But Vivien, the woman behind their kidnapping, has vanished without a trace. Reinvented and living large at an exclusive resort, Vivien gets a call that changes everything. It's a new chance to settle the score with Alex once and for all. Determined to uncover who aided Vivien in abducting her children, Alex battles corrupt agents and a relentless, deceitful media set to tear her family apart. Lurking behind...

When toilet paper turns murderous, janitor Gary and his ragtag crew must fight swarms of vengeful rolls and face the monstrous Mother Roll. Armed with lighters, makeshift weapons, and questionable courage, it’s humanity’s most absurd battle for survival.

Ro is stuck. She’s just entered her thirties, she’s estranged from her mother, and her boyfriend has just left her to join a mission to Mars. Her days are spent dragging herself to her menial job at an aquarium, and her nights are spent drinking sharktinis (mountain dew and copious amounts of gin, plus a hint of jalapeno). With her best friend pulling away to focus on her upcoming wedding, Ro’s only companion is Dolores, a giant Pacific octopus who also happens to be Ro’s last remaining link to her father, a marine biologist who disappeared while on an expedition when Ro was a teenager.