Showing results for "Afterlife" in Anthologies & Short Stories

Don't get me wrong, waking up to discover my ex-husband finally killed me wasn't fun. Finding out I had to get a job and pay Afterlife taxes about 10 minutes later? Let's just say, this wasn't exactly the eternal reward I was hoping for. But beggars can't be choosers, and being a demon sure as hell beats my last occupation. I’m well on my way to retirement behind the pearly gates when the impossible happens. The Risk Witches have a vision.

A fantastic short story collection from critically acclaimed, and bestselling author, John Updike...

A short story six-pack! Six tales of life, death, and the road less traveled. Includes "As the Crow Flies", "Max Velocity", "Fortunate Brave", "Offerings", "The Devil Wears Combat Boots", and "The Truth According to Margot Williams".

A high school girl nearly drowns during a bicycle "tour for the cure" for breast cancer. A father checks his mentally ill son into the emergency room. A lawyer reexamines his past and present in light of a horrific car crash that killed three high school classmates. These long and short stories all focus upon events which transcend the characters' day-to-day existences, events which move them toward new states of understanding or being, toward new lives which will emerge to take the place of the old.

Each story is from the perspective of four different people, males and females. Though there is also dialogue from other characters. A collection of ghost story that are not the typical horror genre.

Book of the Bloodless, Volume 1: Alternative Afterlives is a collection of imaginative short stories filled with vivid characters and twists of fantasy. Death is the common theme, explored in a dry, humorous style. This is the first volume of the Books of the Bloodless series. More will follow.

El diablo, Junto a un muerto, San Antonio, Cuento de navidad, El miedo, Un ardid, Un parricida, Loco?, Confesiones de una mujer, Sueños, El ciego, El repartidor de agua bendita, La madre de los moustros, Aparicion. De entre su obra destacan títulos como El Horla o Bola de Sebo, además de La máscara, La Vendetta, La casa Tellier o La mano desollada. En las últimas décadas, la figura de Maupassant ha sido recuperada en forma de numerosas antologías, tanto de terror como de su faceta erótica.