Showing results for "The Twenty" in Magical Realism

London, 1927. On the morning of Friday 5th February, 1927, Miss Agnes Humphries – the landlady of the attractive, if-slightly shabby, white-fronted townhouse at Number 23 Burlington Square – has a decision to make. The rooms of the second floor lie empty, since poor Mr Blandford’s unfortunate demise, God rest his soul. And Agnes must make up her mind as to who will be her new lodger. Agnes must choose between them. But what will her decision lead to? One of the choices could result in scandal, one in devastation, and one could even lead to happiness. If only she gets it right.

The student witches are growing increasingly reckless, preying on the mundanes below the mountains as their tutors plot and scheme to take advantage of the chaos. And no one seems to know why. Emily is in no condition to intervene. But she cannot refuse. Heading to Laughter, Emily finds herself dragged into a world of schoolgirl games, staffroom politics, and a deadly plot aimed at the heart of the Allied Lands themselves.

At age 55, Meg's life is too filled with loss for her to remember what magic feels like. All she has left is a yard brimming with plants that are wilting in the scorching Iowa summer - and a bone-deep feeling that she's through with living. Meg has something else too: a bottle of mysterious pills, given to her years ago by an empathetic doctor. He promised that they would offer her dying mother a quick, painless end in exactly 20 days. Though her mother never needed them, Meg does. But a strange thing happens after Meg swallows the little green pearls....

On the eve of her fortieth birthday, a woman wakes up from a pickleball accident with the unexpected chance to relive her twenties in this sparkling novel from a fresh, new voice.

Группа студентов отправляется прослушать курс лекций одного уважаемого профессора психологии. Целью поездки была выбрана старая гостиница Амнея, переставшая выполнять свои основные функции лет десять назад, а сейчас служащая для профессора укромным уголком. Наполненная учебой неделя не предвещала беды, но с каждым новым днем атмосфера неумолимо менялась. Почему студенты вдруг начали странно себя вести? Что они скрывают? Главной героине предстоит разобраться в тайнах «Амнеи», иначе стены старой гостиницы не отпустят ее живой.

In this installment of the Jackson Stafford' series, the listener will come face-to-face with powers that govern the universe as we know it. The Transdimensional name La Tulipan, who is also Jackson Stafford's protector, has been called into the Council Chamber where he will be ordered to give an account of the progress in fulfilling his mission. Don and Nancy, NSA, have found out that the very head of our Government is involved in the cover-up and supports the Pandora Project.

Big Rosa rescues unhappy women of the Wild West to work in a helium mine, and Georgie Appleseed rescues his failing diner with the help of neon. A silicon son tries to make his gold dad proud, while a scientist tries to make a new St. Francis from calcium bone fragments. Obadiah Toad gives away all his peace with a nickel, but Mama finally gives away her heart on account of arsenic. These 20 stories explore the elemental forces that underpin all of life.