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In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces, international bestselling author and legendary creator of From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and other modern classics, Alan Moore, presents nine stories full of wonder and strangeness, each taking us deeper into the fantastical underside of reality.

It can't get much worse than finding your fiancé banging his secretary over the back of your couch, right? Wrong. Try discovering your unforgettable, dirty talking, arrogant as f--k one-night stand is your new boss. The same man that you hate with a fiery passion but your traitorous body refuses to read the memo. I'll admit, Liam Maxwell's cockiness is not unwarranted - in the bedroom or the boardroom - but I'm a professional. I refuse to let an inconvenient attraction affect my career. I'll just have to do what I do best: Manage the situation objectively.

This collection contains six haunting tales of witches, monsters, magical tunes, and black cats—everything a person needs to sit back and enjoy the Halloween spirit.

Un anatomist olandez din secolul al şaptesprezecelea descoperă tendonul lui Ahile secţionîndu-şi propriul picior amputat. Inima lui Chopin călătoreşte clandestin spre locul odihnei veşnice, dusă la Varşovia de sora lui preaiubită. O femeie trebuie să se întoarcă în Polonia natală ca să-şi otrăvească iubitul din adolescenţă. Un tînăr simte că o ia razna cînd soţia şi fiul lui dispar misterios în timpul unei vacanţe, apărînd apoi ca şi cum nimic nu s-ar fi întîmplat.

A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men. With her trademark humor, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans embrace their animal selves and animals talk like humans.

This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness.

Un circo representa una última función que acaba en tragedia, un periodista busca la historia que jamás podrá permitirse contar, una vaca argentina vislumbra el instante antes de que todo cambie para siempre, varios niños desaparecen en un pueblo alemán, un hombre trata de recrear el momento más feliz de su vida....

A schoolgirl catches the eye of the future leader of Nazi Germany. An aspiring playwright writes to a convicted serial killer, seeking inspiration. A pair of childhood sweethearts reunite to commit rape and murder. A devoted Mormon wife follows her husband into the wilderness after he declares himself a prophet. The 12 stories in The Love of a Bad Man imagine the lives of real women, all of whom were the lovers, wives or mistresses of various ‘bad’ men in history.

A Cottage in Cornwall: Spring is in the air in Cornwall. Julianne's next event is a favour to her employer: coordinating the wedding of Lady Amanda's friend and mentor. But Julianne is distracted by personal matters. Her long-distance romance is on the rocks, and when Matthew returns to Cornwall, he brings news. Can she help Lady Amanda to pull off the perfect surprise wedding? And will Julianne and Matthew have their happily ever after?

If someone had told Noah Donovan he was going to be stuck in an elevator with a very beautiful, slightly odd bartender and her fluffy packrat, he never would have believed it. Fortunately, the quirky brunette leaves the very cuddly rodent behind. Unfortunately, she’s married. In Lexi Allison’s job, she’s accustomed to warding off unwanted advances with a fake wedding ring. So when she meets a tatted-up hunk in an elevator, she’s quick to revert to her default tall tale. This guy certainly knows how to push her buttons, but the thing is, they’re the right buttons.

Cuentos cortos, emotivos, profundos y universales, para todas las edades.

Antioquia es el escenario de nueve historias ficticias pero con situaciones y perfiles muy reales: una estudiante paisa recién llegada a otro país habitado por depredadores sexuales; la niña víctima de un profesor de Religión drogadicto; esa «amiga» de la familia, chismosa y libertina; tías malvadas; el tío borracho; la artista renuente a trabajar; una despechada suicida; una gorda ladrona y alcohólica; y una cuarentona admiradora de Lou Reed.

En una casa aislada rodeada de tierra, iluminada por los rayos de luz que atraviesan las vidrieras de la parte más elevada de los pasillos, una mujer le pide a otra que ejecute por ella el mayor acto de amor posible, con la idea de que, a partir de entonces, podrá llevar a la práctica todos sus proyectos. Su deseo le será concedido, pero no siempre es una bendición que los deseos se cumplan.

Cuentos cortos, emotivos, profundos y universales, para todas las edades.

Welcome to the world of cursed objects and demented morticians, a spectral realm where living shadows traverse the darkness of your bedroom at three in the morning—the Witching Hour. This terrifying collection of horror shorts will torture your fearful mind with the sound of claws scratching the floor beneath your bed and the nightmarish figure of a milky-eyed corpse reaching for you with ghoulish intent.

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.

Aquí dentro hay un escritor que colecciona tornillos, un enfermero peculiar, trabajos en hoteles y aserraderos, mujeres que se licúan en sangre y en agua, novios súbitos, hombres perplejos, una planta, un gato y un pájaro, todos importantes. Está el olor de Lima y está el aire transparente o acuoso de las temperaturas bajo cero en el paradero de Øvre Hunstadmoen, en el extremo norte de Noruega.

Una antología que concentra todo el potencial fantasioso y onírico de Gaiman: historias de terror y de fantasmas, ficción especulativa y cuentos de hadas, fábulas perversas y versos sorprendentes.

Cuentos cortos, emotivos, profundos y universales, para todas las edades.

Nuestras vidas digitales e hiperconectadas tienen al alcance milenios de conocimiento, pero ¿qué sabemos del mundo de los fantasmas? Nosotros hemos cambiado, pero ellos no: simplemente se han adaptado y han encontrado innovadores caminos para abordarnos. Habitan en nuestras aplicaciones informáticas y deambulan por el metaverso del mismo modo que antes se escondían en casas tenebrosas, empeñados en difuminar los límites entre la vida y la muerte y siempre a la caza de nuevas formas de comunicarse, de rondar nuestros recuerdos, de vengarse o de asumir el control de nuestra vida.