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Two Bible Bedtime Collections in One—For You and Your Child End every day wrapped in God's love, whether you're tucking in your little one or quieting your own racing thoughts. This 2-in-1 bundle brings together two faith-filled bedtime companions: one for adults seeking peace after stressful days, and one for children ages 7 –12 who need comfort and sweet dreams. Book 1: Bible Bedtime Stories for Adults For busy adults who lie awake with anxious thoughts, this collection offers a gentle way to end the day in Scripture—without heavy study.

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas – Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch – perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley. Three dark tales to read by the fireside in the cold winter...

Brought to you by Penguin. Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork... A truly unmissable set of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry...

Electrodomésticos is an elegant yet powerful depiction of the post Spanish Civil War era, where class divisions lay bare those who can afford to eat a decent meal and those who can not. Josu is an inexperienced electrician, tasked with installing an oven in the home of an upper-class Basque couple. He’s completely captivated. But the couple, though they seem to have it all, are in a prison of their own. Mesmerizing in its subtlety and sinister intimations, Electrodomésticos reveals the poverty and loneliness of this era.

From best-selling horror author Lee Mountford comes a terrifying short story collection that is certain to chill the blood. These short stories are guaranteed to have you sleeping with the light on. Dive into the perfect entry point to Lee Mountford's dark and twisted universe. An abandoned hospital that isn't as empty as it first seems. Two police officers pay a visit to an old industrial unit...and walk right into hell. A mysterious box that brings with it a terrible secret. A strange farm with an insidious past. These are some of the stories you'll find in this collection.

Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award winner-Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book’s hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word.

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths A short story and prequel featuring DCI Matilda Darke, star of Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid. It’s Christmas in Sheffield. But not everyone is...

From novelette to flash fiction, snippets of three novels to a final essay, from voices old and young, mixing the ethereal and actual in tales of misadventure, guilt, murder, bigotry, the thrill and angst of a one-night stand, poignant as the breath of evil or memory in ache to breathe, where...

Trenta crimini da risolvere. Delitti d'amore, d'interesse, di mafia, frutto di ambizione, di esaltazione, di esplosivo furore o di logorante quotidianità. Trenta indagini alla ricerca di una giustizia che il commissario Montalbano si sforza di perseguire nel cuore della Sicilia. Un uomo con un'esistenza ordinaria, da funzionario integerrimo, con un'eterna fidanzata lontana, in Liguria, e tre grandi passioni: il buon cibo, il buon vino e la letteratura.

On the night of the May Day riots of 1919, F. Scott Fitzgerald crosses the velvet ropes of a Fifth Avenue ball with the raw streets below. Gordon Sterrett, a spent veteran turned starving artist, begs a favor from his glittering Yale friend Philip Dean—and tumbles into a night of drink, bad...

Precedents in Piperock by W. C. Tuttle is a hilarious classic Western short story packed with cowboy humor, outrageous pranks, and small-town chaos. When Sheriff Magpie Simpkins attempts to organize a peaceful Fourth of July celebration, a runaway balloon, a disastrous baseball game, and the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Life is a hideous thing, and the story of the Jermyn family proves it. For generations they were a line of English baronets known for their brilliance, their strange looks, and their madness. It began in the eighteenth century, when Sir Wade Jermyn...

The Echo of HomeWhat happens when the people who remember where you came from can no longer see who you've become?Returning to his hometown in California's Central Valley, a man confronts the expectations, family narratives, and cultural memories that have defined his identity for decades. As an...

Fear Feednoun feer · feedNine bite-sized horror stories written in a fast-paced, cinematic style that feels like watching a late-night anthology show like Tales from the Crypt or The Twilight Zone.Horror that reads and bleeds like VHS.This collection features:The Marked OnesStalledSkin...

What if Boazthe beloved husband of Ruthwas also Ibzan, one of Israels forgotten judges?The Book of Judges gives Ibzan only three verses. He ruled Israel for seven years, had thirty sons and thirty daughters, and arranged sixty marriages beyond his own family. Jewish tradition preserves one...

A woman lives vicariously through videos of other people’s lives, unaware the feed is slowly consuming her...

Fear Feed: Bite Sized HorrorAn influencer takes "views" to a gruesome extreme by walking her audience through a step-by-step tutorial on how she finds, collects, and preserves the eyes of her victims...

Trapped on a deserted road in the dead of night, a man becomes the unwilling plaything of a malevolent spirit that toys with his senses and twists his reality. Another stalled car blinking in the distance suggests he isn't the first driver to be stranded here-and whatever found them may now be...

THE WATCHER SEES ALL. THE VAULT REVEALS LITTLE.Some doors should never be opened. Some secrets should remain buried. And some stories will follow you long after the final page.Welcome to Stories From the Vault, a chilling collection of eleven original horror stories presented by The Watcher...

The Son of Thunder: The Last WitnessThe Temple has fallen. The Apostles are dying. The darkness is closing in.From the salt-sprayed shores of Galilee to the golden marble of Ephesus, John has walked a path unlike any other. Once a hot-tempered fisherman known as the "Son of Thunder," he was...