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Step into the golden age of imagination with Classic Science Fiction Short Stories, a powerful collection of visionary tales from the masters who defined the genre. Featuring works by Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Andre Norton, and E. E. Smith, this anthology explores humanity’s future, the limits of technology, distant worlds, and the nature of reality itself.

Fed up after 30 years of teaching, Deena has no idea she’s just traded in lesson plans for lethal weapons and report cards for ballistics reports. It’s been fifty years since her uncle disappeared without a trace, but when science and luck collide, a rookie sheriff’s deputy breathes new life into this cold case. And when Deena’s elderly grandmother asks for her help, how can she say no? After all, she’s just quit her teaching job and is looking for a new challenge.

Step into the sharp, idea-driven imagination of Isaac Asimov with this carefully selected collection of classic short fiction.

A chilling anthology in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is a seminal writer of horror and mystery fiction, whose legacy resonates globally today. Chilling, human, poignant, and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and listeners. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, brings together today’s leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STORY PRIZE Named a BEST BOOK OF 2022 by Oprah Daily, Vogue, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Electric Lit From a prizewinning author comes an “electric...stunning” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut story collection about women...

Perfect vacations or last resorts? In this collection of short psychological thrillers, bestselling authors bring trouble to paradise. Today’s itinerary: surfing, sailing, hiking, facing your worst fears . . . Most dream vacations never live up to expectations—but few cause this many nightmares.

They're soft, they're snuggly, they're adorable, and they're absolutely deranged! Welcome to the plush nightmares of Get Stuffed--a hilariously unhinged collection of short stories where teddy bears commit arson, attend Furry club events, infiltrate Wall Street, and sabotage doomed couples in remote cabins for kicks. These aren't your regular bedtime stories. They're blood-soaked, trauma-inflicting emotional roller coasters!

Eighty stories and over 40 hours of delicious sinful anal sex erotica, pumped straight into your ears in seductive tones from real women that’ll leave you gasping. This enormous erotica collection features younger brats, inexperienced women, older alpha men, rough handed brutes, damsel virgins, dominant hunks, and more!

Featuring 13 new stories by the award-winning author of There Is a Reaper, this wide-ranging collection is about fathers and sons, gods and demigods, and other assorted beings both macabre and sublime.

Join these women as their lives are intertwined through purpose and divine destiny. You'll meet the Pastor's wife Dora, the misguided teen Danielle, the prayer warrior Evangelist Koffee, and a host of other women who's stories will show you the power that one can find in living life as a witness to the true and living power of God.

This is a collection of twenty-nine short stories, highly diverse in character, and quick to read--none are longer than 4000 words. There are two comedic stories about a woman anxious to get her thirty year old son married. There are two murder mysteries. There is one about a man advertising to meet a woman and comes across his ex-wife, one about a woman complaining about her husband who has just left her--to go live with his sister--, and another about a man found watching pornographic movies right after the funeral of his wife.

Dark, profane, and hilarious, yet ultimately humane, these ten stories are the latest and best of Robin McLean’s reports from the eternal battlefront that is the United States. Ranging across the continent, from Alaska to Missouri, from the flatlands to the mountains, each tale is a snapshot of the political, racial, and sexual undercurrents roiling contemporary life, and each finds a way into the nerves and blood that pulse beneath the question of how to live a decent life.

Robo Muffin is just one match away from winning the Cyberpink Tournament, the precious sword, and the choice of trading it for her freedom. Will she win? What will she decide between fame and freedom?

Once upon a time, there lived a skilled businessman named Rajendra in a city called Vardhaman. The king was impressed with his knowledge and skills. He thought the businessman would be a perfect person to manage the administration of his kingdom.

"Till death us do part." Those words she’d sworn never to break. Jill didn’t want a divorce, but the violence had to stop. One way or another, her marriage was going to end. "How to Get Away with Murder" is one of seven sinister tales featured in this genre-hopping collection of short fiction from Frank J. Thomas.

As wealthy debutante Violet Beauchamp travels across country on Route 66, she finds a small dog hurt on the road. Unwilling to leave the dog, she stops at a small Hopi Indian souvenir stand, where she is advised to go to the Holbrook Wigwam Motel. She is also given an enchanted rock, and told that the next man she sees will be the man she marries. When she meets motel clerk Lee, although handsome and kind, she still believes she is destined to marry a wealthy man in California whom she has never met.

A piercing short story collection that explores the feverish hunger and dizzying pleasure of girlhood and queer coming-of-age in a small town, from an acclaimed emerging writer Set mostly in and around a small working-class neighborhood just outside of New York City, Clark’s stories explore...

This book is a collection of diverse stories similar to the author's first book - Stories to Entertain You... If You Get Bored on Your Wedding Night. Two stories are about slavery based on reviewing the narratives of ex-slaves compiled by the WPA in 1936-38. Stories are about recidivism, anger management and interracial marriage are related. Several stories are about relationships, many with unexpected endings. The author's entry into a retirement community gave rise to two stories and a fictitious one-year diary.

Discover the secrets of three gripping mysteries in this thrilling collection of novellas. Each novella in this collection is a masterful blend of suspense, intrigue, and mystery that keeps you guessing until the end.

From being a resident physician during the COVID-19 pandemic to living passionately in travel, romance, and heartache, Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon is a literary chef to an audience who did not realize their hunger—until served his Word Meal.