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  • The Gift of Broken Things
    Jade Ulatoski
    Some stories are meant to change your life and these stories will do just that. Are you looking for hope and inspiration? This book is it. Inside these pages are stories about homelessness, brokenness, detours and unseen miracles. Change your life one story at a time. These are the stories of those who cannot tell them and the voices of those who cannot speak. ...
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    28,18 €

  • I’ve Done This Before
    Ryan Major / Velox Books
    'Major’s writing will transport you to wonderful-and terrifying-places.'-Travis Brown, author of How to Build a Haunted House Prepare for a journey through the terrifying corridors of déjà vu with I’ve Done This Before, the first collection from NoSleep rising star Ryan Major. A demonic assassin turns a man’s life into a deadly game of Groundhog Day. A strange job recruiter off...
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    19,79 €

  • Hunting by the River
    Daniel Carpenter
    It feels like this whole place is infected, like someone buried something here and its roots were rotten and dead, and it’s coming up, and it’s growing. Soon enough it’ll sprout, and then we’ll be breathing it in.A builder unearths a hand, buried on a building site; a woman with a unique way of speaking to the dead comes across her toughest client to date; a young man returns t...
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    12,85 €

  • The Greedy Grove
    Quin Freshley
    Dive into the thrilling world of Sequoia and Meena, an unlikely two broke hood chicks who find themselves meeting high-stake people who have what they’re looking for. As the story unfolds, they reach another level, and they deal with drugs, jail, jealousy, betrayal, hate, and envy, while their lives unfold. Sequoia and Meena both experience twists and turns that will keep you o...
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    19,38 €

  • 13 KURZE GESCHICHTEN
    Cathy McGough
    Aus dem Vorwort:'Diese Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten enthält sechs Favoriten meiner Leser und sieben neue Kurzgeschichten, die ich während der Pandemie geschrieben habe.Man sagt ’raus mit dem Alten und rein mit dem Neuen’, aber ich sage, lasst uns die ganze Sichtweise betrachten.' Autorin Cathy McGough ...
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    19,16 €

  • Where All Things Flatten
    John Mauk
    In the heart of the Midwest, Lead Belly’s, a rowdy Toledo bar, becomes an unlikely sanctuary for a group of wayward servers, cooks, and carousers, as they grapple with their own desires for stability and purpose amidst a backdrop of hardcore revelry, secrecy, and struggle. 'Where All Things Flatten' is a gripping novel-in-stories that spans twenty-six years, shedding light on t...
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    11,37 €

  • The Belle of Sleepy Hollow and Other Untold Stories in Classic American Tales
    Susan Lohafer
    The Belle of Sleepy Hollow contains nine tales, each tied to a classic American short story. The new stories are implicit critiques and interpretations of the old ones, but they are also tributes to some of the most beloved works in American literature. Referencing the same characters, settings, and events, these tales are situated within a time gap left by the original, or pla...
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    16,11 €

  • Shards of Glass
    Dorothy Alter
    When Richard Green visits his friend Jean-Claude in Cannes, he is surprised by a chance meeting with Jean-Claude’s cousin, Louise. Richard is instantly smitten, and despite his friend’s warnings about Louise’s struggles with mental illness, he pursues her relentlessly, eventually asking her to marry him. Little does Richard know that marrying Louise will turn his once stable li...
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    7,46 €

  • What Happened Was
    Katharine Haake
    In Katharine Haake’s new eco-fable, What Happened Was, emissaries from the post-world return to us with accounts of a future that spools itself out because we’re not paying attention. In it, everything looks a lot like now, only a little different. Intimate, precarious, often beguiling, sometimes hilarious, and never free of political context, these reports are haunted by loss....
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    21,23 €

  • Pequeñas historias de grandes momentos
    Marisa Pinta García
    Los hechos suceden y se suceden marcando las épocas y al narrarlos a menudo nos olvidamos de que en el corazón de cada acontecimiento hay, hubo y habrá personas involucradas de forma tan directa que pueden contar el suceso desde un punto de vista muy diferente al que ofrecen las noticias desde dentro. Esto es lo que Marisa Pinta nos ofrece: una visión de cada ola desde su núcle...
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    15,00 €

  • Corazones de mármol
    Jesús Román Martínez Álvare
    Un buen relato es sabido que tiene que ser certero como un disparo. No caben en él florituras ni páginas perdidas y, por el contrario, tiene que llegar directamente al corazón del que lee.Corazones de mármol es un título robado a Cervantes quien, por boca de Sancho, se quejaba de aquellos que no hacen honor a sus amigos. En esta época, en la que el desdén y la falta de empatía ...
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    14,00 €

  • The Greater Massapequas
    Richard Daub
    49 short stories from the legendary hamlet of Massapequa on Long Island, New York... tales of 1980s suburbia, divorce, being the new kid, bicycles, shoplifting, local mafia figures, standup comedians, actors, classic rock concerts, dysfunctional families, friendship, loneliness, a sexy English teacher, the mall, girlfriends, strip joints, porn sets, cruising for chicks in parki...
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    16,93 €

  • The Greater Massapequas
    Richard Daub
    49 short stories from the legendary hamlet of Massapequa on Long Island, New York... tales of 1980s suburbia, divorce, being the new kid, bicycles, shoplifting, local mafia figures, standup comedians, actors, classic rock concerts, dysfunctional families, friendship, loneliness, a sexy English teacher, the mall, girlfriends, strip joints, porn sets, cruising for chicks in parki...
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    15,76 €

  • Mia’s Words, A Captured Selection of Writings from Mia Coomber
    Mia Coomber
    Mia’s Words is a collection of poems and short stories by first-time novelist Mia Coomber. The book showcases Mia’s ability to connect with the material profoundly. Her sense of humor, and wit shine, as she displays a range of styles, themes, and subjects.  ...
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    15,53 €

  • Something Earned
    Chiquita Dennie
    Enjoy this steamy forced proximity work place romance.....Kianna has worked hard and knows she deserves a promotion at the radio station, despite what all the naysayers in her life say.Caleb has gone above and beyond to prove he can handle taking on more responsibilities at work. What he’s not sure he’s ready to handle is competing with Kianna for a job.A promotion is up for gr...
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    11,82 €

  • Ephemeral City
    Simon Groth
    The character of every city is organic and evolving, built over time by generations of stories that are never meant to last, but nevertheless endure. Ephemeral City is set in Brisbane from the 1930s to the 2010s. Its eight stories and nine pieces of ephemera weave in and out of significant events, told by people from the margins of history, all linked in direct and circuitous w...
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    15,14 €

  • subspace
    Stuart Stromin
    subpace, a collection of kinky tales and stories, dares to explore the deepest, darkest desires of the human psyche.from the power dynamics of dominance and submission to the tantalizing allure of kleptomania and the raw exposure of exhibitionism, each story is sensually crafted in a high literary style.encounter characters who surrender to their most forbidden fantasies and fe...
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    15,91 €

  • The Unshatterables
    Miranda Faye Dillon
    'Miranda Dillon has mastered the art of dialogue. . . . I am hooked!' -Bob Kunzinger, author of The Iron Star: A Father and Son in Siberia and A Third Place: Notes in Nature'Miranda writes from a truthful and honest place, connecting us right where we’re meant to live . . . the heart.' -Don Andreasen, writer, adjunct associate professor at Pratt Institute'Miranda Faye Dillon ha...
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    15,88 €

  • The Unshatterables
    Miranda Faye Dillon
    'Miranda Dillon has mastered the art of dialogue. . . . I am hooked!' -Bob Kunzinger, author of The Iron Star: A Father and Son in Siberia and A Third Place: Notes in Nature'Miranda writes from a truthful and honest place, connecting us right where we’re meant to live . . . the heart.' -Don Andreasen, writer, adjunct associate professor at Pratt Institute'Miranda Faye Dillon ha...
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    21,56 €

  • How to Get Along Without Me
    Kate Axelrod
    How to Get Along Without Me is a collection that summons the perversity and poignance of twentysomething dating lives from a bracingly wry and honest new literary voice. In a world designed for couples, the protagonists of these interconnected stories have easy access to acquaintances with benefits but no paths to emotional intimacy.'Surprising, funny, and painfully true. How t...
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    14,90 €

  • The Mind of a Writer and other Fables
    Stephen Evans
    'a lovely collection, imbued with warmth, wit, and wonder' -BlueInk ReviewThe Mind of a Writer and other Fables collects the often playful occasionally charming always quirky tales, short plays, verse, and other inhabitants of the imagination of playwright and author Stephen Evans. ...
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    10,25 €

  • Echoes of the Arcane
    Cody D. Campbell
    Echoes of the Arcane is a collection of short science fiction and fantasy stories from Pacific Northwestern author Cody D. Campbell. The places and times range from ancient worlds of magic to distant dystopian futures. They have different perspectives and voices, different magic systems, and scientific frameworks, but many of them revolve around a common theme - loss.It feature...
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    11,98 €

  • A Plague of Cholera and Other Stories
    Jonah Rosenfeld / Rachel Mines
    With his intense, quickfire psychological fiction and consistent portrayal of characters’ subconscious minds, Jonah Rosenfeld is a standout among Yiddish authors of the early twentieth century. In his dedication to observing human psychology, he frequently confronted issues rarely dealt with by his contemporaries.In A Plague of Cholera and Other Stories, Rosenfeld confronts the...
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    47,03 €

  • Hodgepodge
    Kevin Cooper
    Hodgepodge is a beautiful mishmash of short stories and tales to stimulate your imagination. It is full of interesting characters from a broad spectrum of genres. The whole family can enjoy a story from Hodgepodge. This collection has something for everyone. If you like animals, you will love Hodgepodge. If you like Christian fantasy, you will love Hodgepodge, and if you like s...
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    6,35 €

  • Le coffre aux trésors des vertus
    Lila Rosewood
    Plongez dans un monde de merveilleux contes où chaque histoire est tissée avec des leçons de vie profondes et intemporelles. Ces récits captivants vous emmèneront dans un voyage émotionnel, mettant en lumière des valeurs essentielles telles que la gentillesse, le respect, la responsabilité, la sagesse, l’amour et les bonnes manières.Dans plus de 70 histoires captivantes, les pe...
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    22,55 €

  • Somewhere in Minnesota; Short Stories
    Jayna Locke
    With springtime in the air, a toddler chases a ball onto a melting ice-covered lake far beyond his parents’ reach.As the chill of Autumn comes to Minnesota, Max opens the door to find a grizzled drifter on the doorstep. Then Max realizes he knows the man.When Julie returns to her mother’s home on the shores of Lake Superior, she sees an odd shape tossed by the waves onto the be...
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    14,19 €

  • A Mind Unhinged
    Lawrence Dracut
    From the darkest depths of the mind of the author comes this small collection of stories. They are a representation of his nightmares, theories on the origin of religion, his concerns about the environment, and a fear of the horrors the future holds for humankind. Plus, maybe, a couple of too many gin and tonics!! Enter his world if you dare . . . . ...
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    11,34 €

  • The Fragile Blue Dot
    Ross West
    Climate change, food insecurity, carbon footprints, environmental justice, global warming-questions of staggering consequence that inflame emotions, generate fierce debate, and resist quick fixes and easy answers.West tackles these complicated issues through fifteen timely and thought-provoking tales that explore how the problem affects everyone-from businesses and industry to ...
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    15,80 €

  • Forest of the Dead
    Diane Wing
    Welcome to Willow Ponds cemetery, or, as the locals call it, Forest of the Dead, a secluded 500-acre forested paradise occupied only by the spirits of those laid to rest there. Hidden within its magnificent trees are their stories. Samuel Jones finds himself on an unexpected expedition through Willow Ponds to fulfill the requirements of his late mother’s will and pay his last r...
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    10,99 €

  • Heart Burn
    Brendan Rubin
    Abe, a young man in the forever-moving city of Montreal, is suffering with a destroyed mental health, and battles his way through rock-bottom. With a range of barriers preventing him from moving on, Abe finds himself questioning his next move throughout his journey. Does he win, or is the pressure just too much? ...
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    14,21 €