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Beth and Jean and three other girls at No. 16 Chestnut Terrace are spending a cheery Christmas together opening presents that came in the mail, since none could go home this year. Beth remarks that Miss Allen, an older woman resident of the boarding house, is apparently alone this year. Though Miss Allen is not widely liked by the girls, they agree that no one should have to spend Christmas alone. Thus, a Christmas Inspiration is born.
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For one retiree, the past can never be packed away.
"Joren Falls" by Laird Barron is one of 27 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology.
Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today,...
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Spacefaring researchers disturb an ancient horror. An enchanted object curses a grieving widow. A haunted reel torments a film student. A murder trial hinges on a chilling testimony.
In Howls From Hell, sixteen emerging horror writers pave the way for the future of the genre. Fans of dark and macabre fiction will savor this exhibition of all-original tales born from one of the fastest-growing horror communities in the world: HOWL Society.
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The trap has been set. What terror awaits those who stumble across it?
"The Cabin" by Brian Evenson is one of 27 short horror stories.
Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from...
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An assault at a Kolkata party awakens a deadly curse. Who can escape its vengeance?
"You Will Survive This Night" by Indrapramit Das is one of 27 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology.
Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth...
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Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the next installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of genre luminaries including Laird Barron, Indrapramit Das, Shaun Hamill, Daniel M. Lavery, Matthew Lyons, T. Kingfisher,...
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"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
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SLEEPING WITH YOUR BOSS – CAN ANY GOOD EVER COME OF THAT?
Dana Daniels considers herself to be the consummate professional and she would never, under any circumstances, mix work with pleasure. She's got the reputation of being the 'office bulldog' and has killed the hopes of many an interested male co-worker. But when her kindly boss is replaced by a rigid block of stone, that's when she knows that she's in trouble. Because the man who now runs...
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"Taaqtumi" is an Inuktitut word that means "in the dark"-and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. A family clinging to survival out on the tundra after a vicious zombie virus. A door that beckons, waiting to unleash the terror behind it. A post-apocalyptic community in the far North where things aren't quite what they seem. With chilling tales from award-winning authors Richard Van Camp,...
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A god overlooks the world he created with restless dissatisfaction, and contemplates ending his misery.
A young painter sees a dazzling woman from across the coffee shop and quickly falls in love, but her past brings him unspeakable shame.
A gambling addict hides his debts to save his marriage, until a shady executive demands her money back or she'll squeal.
Computer Love is a collection of stories about people who have experienced a profound sense...
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This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century authors Irène Némirovsky and Nobel Prize winner Anatole France and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday, spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers,...
12) A House to Let
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In this short story by four great Victorian authors, a woman's fascination with an abandoned house reveals mystery and intrigue within. Written by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter, "A House to Let" tells the story of an elderly woman who moves to London for a change of scenery. Fascinated by signs of life emanating from a supposedly abandoned house, she entreats two rival helpers to investigate. On their...
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Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No faces-no eyes. Not if you want to survive. But, Riley wants to look.
Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions...
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A demon who runs story time at the local library. A robot that guards nuclear waste. A vampire who gives relationship advice. Death's personal lawyer. The Strange Garden and Other Weird Tales is a collection of stories that mix the mundane and bizarre, that both disturb and delight. From the creator of The Stench of Adventure comes a set of mystifying stories with an undercurrent warmth and heart.
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Growing up poor and biracial, Shannon never quite fit in. Not truly accepted by either side of her family, the confused teenager turns to the one thing that loves her back unconditionally-the streets. With a bottle of liquor at her side and a worthless mentality in tow, Shannon allows the local strip club and the pole to become her new family. When one of her best customers turns out to be her long lost brother, all hell breaks loose.
For Brionna...
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There's a saying that if you're from my part of town, you're from around the way.
Following in the footsteps of its successful predecessors, Around the Way Girls 7 showcases three popular Urban Books authors and their versions of some very tough, street-smart girls.
Nina and Mouse are a couple just trying to survive the hater nation. Only problem is Nina's a little paranoid when it comes to other women, and Mouse is usually guilty as charged. Fed...
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There's a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Around the Way Girls 10, like its predecessors, is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives.
"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger." For Katara, that statement is the furthest thing from the truth. Dealing with her mother's cancer, a special needs child, and a physically...
18) Full Figured 2
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Carl Weber brings together two popular literary divas to give readers what they've been asking for: stories about big, beautiful women. Age is just a number, and whoever said that full-figured women don't know how to bring fire to a relationship was sadly mistaken.
Symone Davenport is a 22-year-old college senior who has set herself up for a very secure future, but all her achievements feel more like a duty than a labor of love. Her true love is...
19) Full Figured 7
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Sassy, sophisticated and sensual are the three adjectives Sugar uses to define her personality, her style, and her shapely curves. Fiercely confident about her luxurious, full-figured body, Sugar sashays through Chicago's nightlife, belting high notes as a well-known singing sensation. Idolized by many, only few know her secret: she and her long-time manager Ace share more than a common passion for Sugar's career. They're lovers.
At Ace's insistence,...
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This groundbreaking multicultural anthology shares moving personal stories about the impacts of Alzheimer's and dementia.
An estimated 5.7 million Americans are afflicted by Alzheimer's disease, including 10 percent of those over sixty-five, and it is the sixth leading cause of death. But its effects are more pervasive: for the nearly 6 million sufferers, there are more than 16 million family caregivers and many more family members. Alzheimer's wreaks...
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