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  The Music on the Hill; Cobweb;...

  Saki Saki

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  In this selection of some of Saki's best short stories, we enter a fictional world in which the Edwardian gently are pitched against the rude forces of nature and maiden aunts struggle unsuccessfully to contain the merciless antics of children in their charge.  Saki is perhaps the ultimate master of writing complete stories in just a few pages and his sublime craftsmanship is accompanied by a wicked black humour.  The combination of sharp comedy and precise technique is quite unique and completely irresistible.  These stories are read for you by Richard Mitchley who has worked in theatres throughout Britain as well as the BBC and ITV together with his own Mayfly Theatre company and Eve Karpf  who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.  She is widely experienced both as a reader of audio books and as a BBC radio actress.

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  Mississippi Noir

  Ace Atkins, Jimmy Cajoleas,...

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  This anthology of Mississippi crime fiction “has produced a unique, delicious flavor of noir” with stories by Ace Atkins, Megan Abott and more (New York Daily News).   From poverty to state corruption, Mississippi has a well-deserved reputation for trouble. Could there be a connection between its many misfortunes and its rich literary legacy? Mississippians from Tennessee Williams and Eudora Welty to Richard Ford and John Grisham certainly know how to tell a good story. Now Mississippi Noir offers “a devilishly wrought introduction” to a new generation of “writers with a feel for Mississippi who are pursuing lonely, haunting paths of the imagination” (Associated Press).   Mississippi Noir includes brand-new stories by Ace Atkins, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Michael Farris Smith, Andrew Paul, Lee Durkee, Robert Busby, John M. Floyd, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, and Mary Miller.

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  The Alligator and the Jackal

  Mary Frere

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  Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) was an English author of the first English-language field-collected book of Indian folk tales. 
  "The Alligator and the Jackal" is the story of a jackal who narrowly escapes being eaten by an alligator on the banks of a river. Following this incident, the alligator is determined to catch the cunning jackal. The Jackal is equally determined not to be eaten. A series of close escapes escalates the feud until the dramatic finale.

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  An Amish Christmas and Family...

  Anna Schmidt, Patricia Davids

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  This Amish romance anthology pairs a mysterious holiday tale with a delightful story of family, faith, and old-fashioned ice cream. 
   
  An Amish Christmas by Patricia Davids 
   
  When Karen Imhoff finds an unconscious man by the road, she doesn’t hesitate to help. “John Doe” needs a place to stay, and soon the handsome Englisher proves invaluable around the family farm. But as his presence begins to wreak havoc with her emotions, can Karen remain true to her Amish upbringing while giving her heart to an outsider? 
   
  Family Blessings by Anna Schmidt 
   
  Pleasant Obermeier’s four stepchildren are thrilled about Jeremiah Troyer’s new ice cream shop. But the handsome man is a bit too sweet for a woman who’s been wounded by love. Jeremiah was convinced that family life wasn’t for him. Yet something about the Obermeier family moves his heart. If he can win Pleasant’s trust, then he may gain the ultimate blessing: a lifetime of love.

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  Cuibhle an Fhortain

  Mòrag Law

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  An Dàn – caochladach, dìomhair is uaireanan gu math cruaidh.
  Cò nar measg nach do dh' fhuiling buaidh An Dàn air ar beatha?
  Bho fàsaichean Àstrailia gu na h-Innse Gall, bho taigheadas seann dhaoine gu casino anns a' bhaile mhòr tha an cruinneachadh seo a' sealltainn dhuinn làmh An Dàin ag obair ann am beathannan agus anns na dàimhean caochladh charactaran. Buidheann sgrìobhadairean ag ionnsachadh leasan ùr iongantach , cupall a' dèiligeadh ri laigse na h-aoise.  Pàrantan  a' strì ri thuigsinn inbheachd ùr an nighean ,fear a' dèanamh bargan nach eil ag obrachadh a-mach ann an dòigh san robh dùil aige. Ann an cuid de na sgeulachdan bidh caractaran a' tachradh ris An Dàn ann an cumadh strainnsear no neach-tadhail aig nach robh dùil aca. Tha sgeulachdan ann far a bheil An Dàin a' tighinn am follais ann an tachartasan sònraichte agus cuid eile far a bheil caractaran a' feuchainn ri cothachadh leis a' bhuaidh 's a tha An Dàin a' fàgail orra bho na làithean a dh'fhalbh.
  Gu tric bi iad gar fàgail le ceistean mun àm ri teachd, ' s iad uile a' cuir cuideam air dè cho mi-chìnnteach 's a tha beatha mac an duine, far nach eil fhios aig duin' againn dè tha air thoisich oirnn.
  
  Fate – fickle, mysterious and sometimes very cruel.
  From the outback of Australia to the Hebrides, from a city casino to the confines of sheltered housing, this collection of stories shows the hand of Fate at work in the lives and relationships of a wide variety of characters. There are the members of a writers' group who learn a new and surprising lesson, a couple coming to terms with the restrictions of age, parents forced to acknowledge the growing maturity of their child, a man who makes a bargain with unforeseen results. In some stories, the characters encounter Fate in the guise of a stranger or unexpected visitor, or while experiencing significant – sometimes life-changing – events. In others, the characters are facing up to the effects of a fateful experience in their past.
  All the stories will leave you with as many questions as answers and make you think anew about the effect of Fate on all our lives.

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  The Debt

  Edith Wharton

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  Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928, and 1930.The Debt is the story of the relationship between an eminent Professor of Biology and a young but highly talented student. The great Professor Landfear adopts the bright but socially awkward Galen Dredge as his protegé and future successor, preferring him even over his own son Archie.But when Dredge succeeds to the Landfear Chair of Evolution and becomes Director of the state-of-the-art Landfear Laboratory after his patron's death, he embarks on a series of lectures which seem to be designed to demolish Landfear's life's work. In the face of such treachery and ingratitude, Archie Landfear resolves to confront Dredge.

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