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In stories like "A Night in the Cemetery," "Night of Horror," and "Murder," not only will Chekhov's dark humor and twisted crimes satisfy even the most hardboiled of mystery fans, but readers will again appreciate the penetrating, absurdist insight into the human condition that only Chekhov can bring. Whether it is the death of a young amateur playwright at the hands of an editor who hates bad writing, or a drunken civil servant who ends up trapped in a graveyard, these stories overflow with the unforgettable characters and unique sensibility that will forever make Chekhov one of the most fascinating figures in literature.

A collection of humorous, sexy, and highly neurotic tales about parenting, long-term relationships, systemic and interpersonal racism, and class conflict from the author of The Town of Babylon, The People Who Report More Stress deftly and poignantly expresses the frustration of knowing the problems and solutions to our society’s inequities but being unable to do anything about them.

Edgar Allan Poe fue un gran escritor romántico y precursor de simbolismos, decadentistas y estilistas, fue, al tiempo que un gran poeta, un verdadero iniciador. Aún hoy géneros literarios tan consagrados como la narrativa fantástica y de ciencia ficción, la narrativa policial o la novela de aventuras llevan su impronta inconfundible. Fascinado por la muerte y por todas las formas del terror, dio lo mejor de su talento en sus cuentos de misterio, manifestando además un vibrante interés por lo ridículo y absurdo.

The Rileys, of Bar Harbor, Maine, negotiate the changes in their family as they head to Ford's Theatre, in Washington, DC, for their son's violin performance. Sweet, comic, and exuberant, the novella also tells the story of a transgendered adolescent as she comes to terms with her family, world, and sexuality.

Bill Buford spends a wild night in the park; Jonathan Safran Foer envisions it as a tiny, transplanted piece of a mythical Sixth Borough; and Marie Winn answers definitively Holden Caulfield's question of where the ducks go when the park's ponds freeze over. There are bird sightings and fish sightings; Jackie Kennedy and James Brown sightings; and pieces by Colson Whitehead, Paul Auster, and Francine Prose. This vibrant collection presents Central Park in all its many-faceted glory, a 51-block swath of special magic.

Winter looms in this place of icy splendor near the top of the world-chilling a heart already frozen by hatred and cold dreams of revenge? Experience and adversity have made the storyteller Chakliux a wise and powerful hunter and a man of great respect. But a tender heart is his weakness. In his village lives the beautiful Aqamdax for whom he yearns, though she is mated to a cruel and dangerous tribesman she does not love. It is Chakliux she runs to under a clear, moonlit sky while the village sleeps.

Terry and Mike are cousins whose families are almost seamlessly intertwined. Raised as close as brothers and living happy childhoods, neither one thinks of what can go wrong. But the unexpected deaths of both their fathers catapult their lives in two very different directions. Terry finds trouble with the law, while Mike lives his life racked with guilt and sadness.

Il volume raccoglie 19 racconti e un poemetto in versi. Cinque sono apparsi nella piccola raccolta "I colpi dei sensi" (Fahrenheit 451, Roma 1993). In questa sequenza di racconti esiste un motivo conduttore: l'insistenza degli affetti e della memoria, l'ossessione di una felicità che trova condivisioni e coerenze e che prova di volta in volta a chiamarsi amore, comunismo, giustizia. Infatti, "Due non è il doppio ma il contrario di uno, della sua solitudine. Due è alleanza, filo doppio che non è spezzato".

Malgudi Ki Kahaniyan (Hindi) is a set of stories that are based in the fictional town of Malgudi. The town of Malgudi is a South Indian village created by the author and offers a valuable peek into the quality of rural life during the pre-independence era. The characters in these stories come from different walks of life, and each has a unique tale to tell. These stories have characters such as astrologers, postmen, doctors, beggars and priests.

Do you think people stop talking once they are dead? Then let this book change your mind. Here are four terrifying stories drawn from real-life events. Four supernatural tales about college days in India. Four surreal narratives that will twist their way into your nightmares.

Gloria lavora in una casa editrice. Quello che fa la appassiona. Quando ormai manca poco alle vacanze natalizie, il suo editore le assegna il compito di lavorare al romanzo di un autore appena acquisito, su cui la casa editrice ha investito molto, Orlando James. Gloria accetta ben volentieri, anche se sa che Orlando ha non poche singolari caratteristiche: è eccentrico, non ama le regole, cela a tutti la sua vera identità. Ma soprattutto – cosa che Gloria non immaginava – comincia a mettere in discussione tutti gli interventi di Gloria sul suo romanzo.

In January 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting all refugee admissions for 120 days and temporarily barring entry from seven Muslim-majority countries. Mass protests followed, and the order has since been blocked, revised and challenged by judges, politicians, activists and artists alike. But the battle is not yet over, and in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in the UK, Trump has renewed calls for the ban.

Extraordinary and diverse people inhabit this rich, ripe, occasionally raucous collection of short stories. Some are based on real people - Jeanne Duval, Baudelaire's handsome and reluctant muse who never asked to be called the Black Venus, trapped in the terminal ennui of the poet's passion, snatching at a little lifesaving respectability against all odds....

Modern stories for modern times, Crash Diet is at once brilliant and bitter, happy and heartbreaking. In 11 stories, acclaimed novelist Jill McCorkle tells the varied tales of today's southern women, the lives they end up leading, and the loves that distract them. Sandra knows that the best revenge is her ex-husband's credit card; Ruthie is stuck owning a motel that the highway has bypassed; Anna is a widow who goes to airports and looks in on other people's lives; Bunny waits eagerly for her absent sister's postcards for advice on how to live.

A failed actress takes a job as a Bigfoot impersonator. A botanist seeking a rare flower crosses path with a group of men hunting the Loch Ness Monster. A disillusioned missionary in Africa grapples with grief and a growing obsession with a creature rumored to live in the forest of the Congo. And in the title story, a young woman traveling with her scientist mother in Madagascar confronts her burgeoning sexuality and her dream of becoming a long-distance swimmer.

Drew Magary is a correspondent for GQ and columnist for Deadspin, as well as the author of Someone Could Get Hurt and The Postmortal. He lives in Maryland with his wife and children. Something has landed in Armie Puglian's yard. Something not from here. What is it? What's it looking for? And what happens when Armie decides to keep it?

A short story on forbidden love. The society may frown on their relationship, but sometimes we do not choose who we love.

Larvas es un salto hacia lo insólito donde todo parece ser lo que no es: animales de compañía se convierten en testigos y en verdugos, voces de aparecidos lo inundan todo, larvas surgen de lo más íntimo de nuestro cuerpo. Las historias de Tamara Silva Bernaschina son una deriva al territorio de lo inusual, porque quizá es ahí precisamente donde nuestra realidad tiene su explicación y sus últimas consecuencias.

Cuerpos con plumas y brillantina que bailan para olvidarse que todo alrededor es sed y polvo, un padre que rejuvenece sin piedad, un abuelo que se transforma en alien, niñas con la misión de traer al mundo al Hombre Nuevo, seres que brillan como el plancton enterrados a tres metros bajo tierra, mujeres que tratan de escribir y no recuerdan nada, mujeres rotas, mujeres enamoradas del fantasma de escritores rotos, mujeres con un corazón de zarapito en el pecho, mujeres muertas con los sobacos tiernísimos que todavía sueñan con volver a enamorarse...

En el Diccionario de americanismos de la RAE se define veneco como un adjetivo despectivo y popular para referirse a los venezolanos. Estos cuentos proponen un descenso y un laberinto por viajes, encuentros y desencuentros en orillas que se llegan a convertir en un diálogo fracturado. Aviones, aeropuertos, ciudades, personas… pequeñas y grandes historias que conviven con nosotros porque son parte de una épica cotidiana, o de un sueño propio de las películas.