Showing results for "Elias" in Anthologies & Short Stories

Richard lebt zwischen Einsamkeit und Sehnsucht – gefangen in der Stille seiner Tage. Bis er eine Stimme entdeckt, die sein Herz berührt. Aus einem harmlosen Gespräch wird eine Verbindung, die alles verändert: leidenschaftlich, heilsam und gefährlich ehrlich. Eine Liebe, die keine Regeln kennt. Eine Nähe, die Grenzen sprengt. Eine Geschichte, die bleibt.

Elias B. Hopkins, aka "The Parson", is a new reverend at Jackman's Gulch, a small miner village in Australia. In the local bar, swearing and blasphemies are not uncommon. That's why he decides to recite the Bible aloud for each bad word he hears. So much that he who swears is now frowned upon by his peers for breaking the atmosphere.

Ruby has always had a big imagination and a love for adventure. When Ruby decides she wants to write a book, she enlists her aunt, Lora, who is a journalist, to help her write it. She comes up with a story about a principal who is really mean, inspired by her own life—sort of. Meanwhile, her teacher Mr. Goodwin is quitting school for a reason that only Ruby knows, and Aunt Lora has been getting mysterious calls from her work that she doesn't want Ruby to know about.

Beirut is a city of contradiction and paradox. It is an urban and rural city, one of violence and forgiveness, memory and forgetfulness. Beirut is a city of war and peace. This short story collection is a part of a vibrant, living recovery of Beirut. Beirut Noir recovers the city once again through writing, through the literary visions of its authors....