Showing results by publisher "Author's Republic" in Short Stories

¡Uy! Pues es difícil de explicar, porque tú tocas muchos temas — le contesto. Y se me queda mirando fíjamente, porque es obvio que está esperando más. Así son los libros.

In a world very much like ours, there are those who listen to music, and then there are those who truly listen to music. Since the dawn of the Classical period, these people have called themselves "Music Masters"; those who gain fantastical powers from the sound of music.

The opening story in this collection follows Vinny, Kevin, and a mourning family from Liverpool on a journey to Wales. What should be a simple trip turns into something much darker. A cross between Roddy Doyle and Ken Follett, this political storytelling meets you wherever you are on life’s journey, and stays with you.

In Vietnamese: Nguyen Cong Hoan was cultivated in love with literature, cultivated with patriotism, protested against unjust oppression, and his eyes were full of splendor. When he started to write, he did not write poetry, but went straight into prose, as he thought prose is just as common as words. From the beginning, he sought to write in a simple, bright, easy to understand way. Due to reading poetry, he had a vision of life with a poet's soul, all of which has created his own style.

Twelve + Twelve More is two audiobooks in one! This collection combines Twelve and Twelve More to bring you 24 short stories by australian author David Farrell. In Twelve, the stories focus on the themes of love, passion, and legacy. In Twelve More, the stories feature deception, infidelity, and the supernatural. This collection includes stories of lost love, supernatural curses, murder, hypnosis, inspiration, and things that transpire in motels and public bathrooms.

If you long to leave the real world behind for a dose of danger and the supernatural, then this collection of three tales - "Carnival", "Only the Moon", and "Strange Sushi" - is for you. Authored by best-selling author, Lea Ryan, Dark Dreams and Troubled Souls is a series of short fiction based on horror and dark fantasy genres.

Where Dragons Lie, is the first series in the continuing saga of stories chronicling events in the history of the world of Calasia. Follow the Chronicles of Calasia, beginning with, Where Dragons Lie, a tale of tragedy and triumph, and the birth of a life long journey of personal definition for the Hollow Man, on his quest to uncover the elusive secrets of his nightmares filled with the suffering of dragons, and lost memories that may lead him down a path of no return.

Rowan and his small team of mercenaries have been plucked from obscurity by the now-disgraced Lord Kael D'Alquid. Through his leadership, the group has risen into one of the most sought after teams in Tyr. Their latest mission seemed straight forward enough: plunder a caravan of its gold from the crazed Cult of Yuanti, worshipers of disease and rot. But when the promise of vast wealth turns up empty, Rowan learns that their leader, Kael, may not have told them the whole truth behind the mission....

In diesem Band 32 Kurzgeschichten, wie das Leben selbst sie schreibt. Sie führen den Leser über Deutschland in die Schweiz, nach Kamerun - ja selbst bis in das ferne Indien und gar Tibet. Einige heiter, manche traurig, doch alle unterhaltsam und geeignet zum Nachdenken. Der Autor bemüht sich um eine gefeilte, gehobene Sprache und ist weit entfernt vom eutigen, leider oftmals gebrauchten 'Telegramm-Stil'.

Drawing on the rich complexity of the American Midwest, Kim Suhr peoples her debut book of fiction with characters that we know, carved out of the Wisconsin landscape and caught between expectation and desire...Personal and powerful, Kim Suhr's Nothing to Lose shows us a region filled with real people: less than perfect, plagued with doubts, always reaching.

Beyond Soul is a collection of late 20th century poems and short stories deeply influenced by societal observations, spirituality, and nature. The audiobook depicts a stream of consciousness connected by the view points of animate and inanimate narrators, discussing the matters of life and transitioning.

Have you ever considered whether the outfit you'll die in is in your wardrobe right now? Did you ever wish you could experience a romantic evening from both points of view? Why is there a dead man in the flower shop? What would you do for fame? Was it a zebra crossing? What if your first love wanted to make a sex tape? And what's in those yellow pills Trudy is taking?

Fat People is an entirely unique fictional look at the emotions and experiences of those who live to eat: the estrangement, loneliness, embarrassment, fear, defeated sexuality, unresolved anger, but also the simple pleasure of food.

A true collection of original short stories: Open your eyes to life in West Africa! Like the many rivers that drain into the Gulf of Guinea, these stories will spark your curiosity in the West African culture and its many characters whose innocent, unfiltered, and organic, spirited dialogue will arouse your senses and give you insight and appreciation of this rich and fragrant land, and its people.

After reading The Song of Songs, a short story by Sholem Aleichem, I was moved to see his original story from a different point of view. This short story retells his autobiographical tale from the point of view of the woman of that failed romance. The story examines the consequences of taking our obsessions seriously and of not saying the things that must be said because we are not allowed to say them.

The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London, was the first example of a post-apocalyptic fiction novel in modern literature. Set in a ravaged and wild America, the story takes place in 2073, 60 years after the spread of the Red Death, an uncontrollable epidemic that depopulated and nearly destroyed the world in 2013. One of the few survivors, James Howard Smith, alias “Granser”, tells his incredulous and near-savage grandsons how the pandemic spread in the world and about the reactions of the people to contagion and death.

Rufus is an observer of life, his own, quadruped, and human. He loves his life and he knows his place in the world. From solving a murder to confronting a crab, from time with good friends to saving a life, Rufus is the kind of person you would like to spend some time with. If your dog biscuits suddenly go missing, Rufus will solve the mystery. If you need a new home but you don't realize it, Rufus will quietly solve the problem. He will remember you when you are gone and he will share his wisdom with you while you are making your way in the world, but he will steal your heart.

Award-winning crime novelist Rob Riley takes a sharp turn into dark, psychological territory with his new short story, The Do-Over. Bill Simons, a man who needs to change his life and location, moves to New York City to begin again - in many ways. A professional and a gentleman, he is off to a fine start, when he meets and begins a relationship with a beautiful woman. The past oozes into and pollutes the present, and the changes he is forced to make bring a do-over of the nightmare from which he had escaped.

These are a few of the author's favorite chapters from the dark humor thriller by Todd Curry and Christopher Abbott. The voiceover characters in this audio version were actually performed by the authors themselves.

Adam Sphere wanted to touch the stars. Listen to the story of a young boy who dreams of being an astronaut and a cruel world that distorts this ambition.