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  Ghost Stories

  M. R. James, Hume Nisbet,...

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  A spine tingling selection of classic short stories to keep you awake at night including stories from the superlative M R James and the king of thrillers Hume Nisbet

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  The Picture Of Dorian Gray

  Oscar Wilde

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray" is Oscar Wilde's classic tale of the moral decline of its title character, Dorian Gray. When Dorian has his portrait painted by Basil Hallward and wishes that he would stay young while his picture changes, his wish comes true. In exchange for this Dorian gives up his soul and as he ages the bad deeds that he commits are reflected in his painting and not him. "The Picture of Dorian Gray", arguably Wilde's most popular work, was considered quite scandalous when it was first published in the late 1800s in Victorian England

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  Ponies - A Short Horror Story

  Kij Johnson

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  Winner of the Nebula Award for Short Story"Ponies" is a short horror story by Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Kij Johnson, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire. If you want to be friends with The Other Girls, you're going to have to give something up; this is the way it's always been, as long as there have been Ponies.Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an audio-only horror anthology of 35 short stories from Nightfire Books, a horror imprint of Tor Books. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of bestselling genre luminaries including China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Richard Kadrey, and Victor LaValle; Shirley Jackson Award winners Paul Tremblay, Priya Sharma, and Sam J. Miller; Nebula Award winners Brooke Bolander, Alyssa Wong, Kij Johnson; and many, many more.

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  Once Upon a Campus

  Karen Kingsbury

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  The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Baxter Family novels shares an inspiring short story about campus life at Liberty University.   Ever wonder what it would be like to be a student at an evangelical Christian university? Inspired by her time as a visiting professor at Liberty University, Karen Kingsbury decided to write a short story series set on its beautiful campus in Lynchburg, Virginia.   In part one of Once Upon a Campus, readers can sit with incoming freshmen at convocation—the largest Christian student gathering in the world, cheer with them from the stands on a football Saturday, and feel their hearts pound as romance and lifelong friendships begin.    

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  Words from a Glass Bubble

  Vanessa Gebbie

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  This passionate new book gathers together for the first time many of Vanessa Gebbie's award-winning stories. Described by Maggie Gee as 'a prodigiously gifted new writer', this is a natural storyteller; her narratives unfold with a deceptively light touch, exploring with compassion what it is to be human and flawed. 'Words From a Glass Bubble' is about coming to terms with the cards we are dealt. The stories pivot around the recognition that those who seem powerless can prove to be the strongest catalysts for change, both in themselves and in others. Vanessa Gebbie never shies away from difficult subjects, creating an intensely emotional and at times distressing world, but it is never totally dark or despairing. Sparks of the unexpected and flashes of humour light the whole collection with an indefatigable optimism.
  
  This is a writer with a boundless imagination, who breathes life into the most unlikely characters and events. Batty Annie fishes for her son's soul in a disused railway tunnel. Tom's grandmother flies on a circus trapeze. Spike relates to cacti better than people. Eva Duffy befriends a statuette of the Virgin Mary. Pepito pretends he is a priest and suffers the consequences. Shelly has a colonic irrigation to rid herself of the past. Billy hears stones when he shakes his head. Dodie from The General Stores falls for a man who teaches her 'to think', and Mikey mourns his wife through graffiti.
  
  From Ireland to Czechoslovakia to Wales to Alaska to Ibiza, from contemporary New York to a clinic in the future, this collection will take you on a journey. And Harry? He just goes fishing.

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  Absent Without Leave - And Other...

  Jessica Treadway

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  From the award-winning author of How Will I Know You?: “This powerful, unforgettable collection of ten short stories will mesmerize the reader.” —Library Journal   Two sisters meet for the first time after their father has killed their sister and himself; a man dying of cancer rescues a small boy from a closed refrigerator; an alcoholic, long divorced, shows up at his daughter’s wedding; a man who long ago abused his daughter realizes at last the full impact of what he has done.   These are among the situations described in Absent Without Leave, and they hit with a force that will shake you, disturb you, and teach you the truths you do not already know. The tales are clear-eyed but deeply moving; the characters spring three dimensional and alive from her pages; the stories are dangerous and fearless and thus not sentimental. We are confronting life here, made vivid by art.

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