Maison d'édition: MB Cooltura
'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.´ This collection brings together several of superb short stories including The Kidnapped Prime Minister; The Lost Mine and The Veiled Lady. Poirot and Captain Hasting will make the most of their little gray cells to solve these cases.
Hope is the light that burns brightest when times are dark and breathes life into what is best within us. Here are 24 stories that will make you laugh, cry, question and ultimately believe in better tomorrows. The writers met on Zoom during COVID and are all members of the same writing Meet Up Group. Contributors: 1. Alien on the Run Andrew Akratos 2. Life Cell Kam Austine 3. The Future We Choose to Live Anais Bethuel 4. The Boy Who Dreamed of Understanding the Whole Universe James Clarke 5. When Hope is Stuffed Sean Edward Daly 6. Death is in the Air Conchita CarSantiago 7. Lessons by a Ginger Cat Irina Gladushchenko 8. You Couldn’t Make This Up Teresa Goudie 9. Kappl Dorf Rex Hatton 10. The Great Drought Andrew Head 11. A Suitcase Full of Hope Anita Jane 12. Hope in a Note An Ngo Lang 13. Don’t Forget, Me Too Ash Lee 14. Cherry Blossoms Joel McFarlane 15. Call Me Rose Swagatika Mahapatra 16. Collaroy Club Amy Morse 17. The House of Many Welcomes Leigh O’Regan 18. Which Way Forward for Planet Earth? Joseph Owolabi 19. One Step at a Time Annabelle Peters 20. Escape from Mystery Island Veronica Sands 21. Baby Hope Liz Shaw 22. The Athlete Joanna Trilivas 23. Life or Death John Walsh 24. Hellhole Matt WalshVoir livre
The Top 10 – The European 19th Century – an Introduction A century of change. Some catastrophic, some fantastical. Europe reaches out its national tentacles in a global grab for Empire. At home, revolutions erupt and decay. Literature gains a widespread audience through advancing technology. Here, in this volume, authors absorb and then reveal their wondrous stories. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 1 - Top 10 - The European 19th Century 2 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov 4 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat' 5 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 6 - The Story of B24 by Arthur Conan Doyle 7 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 8 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 9 - A Legend of Old Egypt by Boleslaw Prus 10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 11 - The Bundle of Letters by Moritz Jokai 1 - Top 10 - The European 19th Century 2 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov 4 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat' 5 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 6 - The Story of B24 by Arthur Conan Doyle 7 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 8 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 9 - A Legend of Old Egypt by Boleslaw Prus 10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 11 - The Bundle of Letters by Moritz JokaiVoir livre
Charity Styles has been wandering the Pacific aimlessly aboard her beloved sloop, Wind Dancer, and only recently returned to the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. Entering a secluded cove in the Sea of Abaco, in the Bahamas, she runs into an old acquaintance and the woman’s young daughter. The two have a few things in common, not the least of which are four men’s bodies at the bottom of a 600-foot-deep blue hole on Hoffman's Cay. The reunion is fraught with “what ifs.” What if Charity had enjoyed a normal childhood like her friend’s young daughter? What if her mother hadn’t abandoned her as a child? What if her father hadn’t died when she was in college? What if Victor hadn’t been murdered? Just as Charity begins to relax and truly enjoy the companionship of a good friend, disaster strikes. In an instant, she's faced with a terrible choice that will push Charity to her limits. Her action could mean the difference between life and death for both mother and daughter. When Charity’s two worlds collide violently, a drug running operation is exposed, as well as a slick southern lawyer. Will Charity handle things in her usual way?Voir livre
Return to Shifting Sands Resort in this sizzling collection. Reunite with some of your favorite characters on a tropical escape to a luxury resort for shifters only. Meet new shifters (and one confused human) who find love and family on the mysterious island of Shifting Sands. In Her Hellhound Bodyguard, cat shifter—and cat burglar!—Christy has to navigate the Mexico City airport, find a missing shifter elder, and avoid getting killed. Hiring her mate for protection wasn’t part of her vacation itinerary... In Fake Fur, a group of clueless human furries are accidentally booked at Shifting Sands, to the amusement of the real shifters. But wolf shifter Calvin isn’t laughing when he realizes that the beautiful woman in faux fur fox ears is his mate. In A Hoard of Their Own, Darla returns to her ancestral home and claims the hoard from the memories that taint it...with Breck’s expert help. In Run, learn the tragic secrets of Gizelle’s parents as Janine and Evan go on the run from the enemies who threaten their freedom...and their daughter. Also, find out how Bastian came to Shifting Sands, what Tex’s first exciting day was like, and witness Scarlet’s first hint that something was terribly wrong on her island. Join Saina and Lydia for a dance lesson, witness Gizelle’s wedding, go on a cruise with the staff, and get a tantalizing look ahead at what’s coming next for Shifting Sands... In these seventeen short stories, ranging from flash fiction to standalone novellas, discover all the in-between events of the beloved Shifting Sands Resort series. From hilarious to heartbreaking, this collection is a must-read for fans of the series, or anyone who wants a sampler plate of shifter shorts with adventure, romance, magic, found family, slice-of-life vignettes, and humor with heart.Voir livre
Richard Barham Middleton was born on the 28th October 1882 in Staines, Middlesex. His education was primarily at Cranbrook School in Kent before he began work as a clerk, in 1901, at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in London. There he struggled with constraints and boundaries and by night he took to a bohemian lifestyle. Middleton moved into rooms in Blackfriars and joined the New Bohemians club where his literary contacts grew. He became an editor at Vanity Fair where he told a fellow editor, the notorious Frank Harris, that he wanted to pursue a career as a poet. Shortly afterwards Harris published Middleton’s poem ‘The Bathing Boy’. As an author he is most remembered for his short ghost stories. Richard Middleton died on 1st December 1911. He was 29.Voir livre
"We have your wife and daughter," a man said over the phone to magician Max Starfire. Who sat alone in his dark dressing room in his theatre. "Max! why so serious?" said Blake Fire doing a Joker impression seeing his worried face as he walked in the room. Blake was his partner in the magic act. "Shut up, Blake this is serious! Go away!" Max snapped back, "We can use him too," the voice on the phone said, "tell him to stay we will use him too,". "Blake please don't go! They need you!" Max said. "Who needs me?" asked Blake. "The people who say they have Astra and little Astry," Max burst out. "Have they any proof they have them?" asked Blake. "Nothing but their word so far," said Max, "Put it on speaker phone I'll close the door," Blake said. Max turned on speaker phone and Blake closed the door.Voir livre
