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

Finding home in three short stories. An Afghan welcomes a young overseas worker. A daughter re-arranges her life to welcome an ailing mother. And a mother chooses to welcome her unexpected child. Each story is about 20 minutes long. All stories are written and narrated by Kate McCord, author, storyteller, and spiritual director.

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.

This collection is the first audiobook in a HorrorBabble series which focuses on classic Lovecraft tales that can be read and/or listened to in under 15 minutes.

Stell dir vor, du bist irgendwo weit weg von zuhause alleine unterwegs. Die perfekte Voraussetzung für ein Abenteuer. Ich liebe Reisen und noch mehr liebe ich Geschichten - Geschichten von Menschen. In neun Jahren der verrücktesten Erlebnisse und Begegnungen entstanden auf meinem Weg von Neuseeland über Australien bis nach Südamerika Notizen. Aus Notizen wurden Storys und aus einer Handvoll Storys wurden - voilá - meine Geschichten von weit hergeholt. Diese Kurzgeschichten können deine Träume anregen, Inspiration sein und Spaß machen, aber eins können sie nicht - Mainstream. Ohne Verlagszensur kommt dieses Buch, fern der breiten Masse, kompromisslos eckig und doch fein geschliffen, herzerwärmend direkt für euch gemacht.

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.

The Dragon's Den has revealed to Wizard, now more than ever, the urgency to find the dragons and put a stop to the atrocities, but he must now face the consequences of the death of a man, and the destruction of the Dragon's Den. Wizard must learn to master his power, or never use it again. He discovers parts of himself beyond his control, as time moves at an increasingly slower pace, the closer he gets to living out his dreams of terror.

Strange disembodied entities enjoy an unusual dinner out at a restaurant on the edge of the galaxy. The menu is to die for.

A collection of fantasy and science-fiction short stories written from 1989 through 2016. Through fiction, these short stories reflect some of the changes that we have seen in the world. From the innocence of youth through the heartbreak of war and the ongoing decimation of our planet's ecosystem, each story contains a unique viewpoint intended to connect audiences with the hopes and fears that many societies face today.

This collection of fantasy short stories are from the three winners of Remastered Words 2016 audio anthology, including a tale from one of our judges, Adrian Tchaikovsky with "The Groppler's Harvest", which was first published in the British Fantasy Society's 2013 anthology. Listen as our bards regale you with treacherous journeys and fables worthy of the smallest campfire to the most renowned taverns, where sometimes only the ultimate price is enough.

Mary of the Chance Encounters is a collection of stories set in southeastern Los Angeles, chronicling the Mexican-American and Anglo population living there between family, ghosts, strip malls and too wide boulevards. But their hopes and desires are magical, and sometimes weirdly perverse and erotic. The encounters break open the flat-lining air of consumer life.

The idea of this book struck me as I was reading the daily newspapers. I found a column in which amazing real life incidents were stated - such as a man living in an unusual place, jewelry mysteriously disappearing, miracles taking place, and many other strange yet interesting things. I liked these incidents so much that I couldn't stop thinking about the various possibilities they would lead to, and so I started to jolt them into words.

No one wants to celebrate Christmas this year. Not Ella McKendrick, who, on the cusp of success as a potter, is tasked with her husband's company party on too-short notice. She gives up her first pottery sale to pitch in, but the joy of the season is diminished. Not Gertie Wycliffe, Ella's mom, a new widow who is doing everything she can to avoid her first Christmas alone. No one understands the grief and terror she feels - maybe because the craziness of a 74-year-old woman signing up for skydiving lessons is all she lets them see....

The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1832, is a grim tale about Mr Hooper, a preacher, who starts wearing a veil over the upper part of his face. He first wore the veil while delivering a sermon on secret sin, and never removes it, despite the dismay of the congregation or the pleas of his fiancée, who leaves him. Mr Hooper develops into Father Hooper, a figure who makes converts of people who imagine themselves to also hide behind the veil.

"William Wilson" is an 1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe, set in London. The author explores the theme of the evil twin, as a precursor to later tales like "Markheim" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Oscar Wilde’s "The Picture of Dorian Gray". The protagonist, whose real name isn’t exactly William Wilson, denounces his past while denying full responsibility for his actions. It all started at school when a boy with that name and the same birthday appeared in his life. The more the narrator sees of the other William Wilson, the more he dislikes him.

The Awakening is an 1899 novel by Kate Chopin set in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast at the end of the 19th century. It is widely seen as a seminal work of early feminism which put the spotlight on women's issues. The story is about Edna Pontellier, the wife of a New Orleans businessman, who falls in love with Robert Lebrun, a man she meets at a resort on the Gulf of Mexico. When the family returns to New Orleans, Edna isolates herself from society and withdraws from some of the duties customarily associated with motherhood.

The work opens with Serenus asking Seneca for counsel, and this request for help takes the form of a medical consultation. Serenus explains that he feels agitated and in a state of unstable immobility, "As if I were on a boat that doesn't move forward and is tossed about." Seneca uses the dialogue to address an issue that cropped up many times in his life: the desire for a life of contemplation and the need for active political engagement. Seneca argues that the goal of a tranquil mind can be achieved by being flexible and seeking a middle way between the two extremes.

Of a Happy Life is an essay written by Seneca around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira (On Anger). It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts of Seneca at their most mature. Seneca explains that the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reason - reason meant not only using logic, but also understanding the processes of nature.

The Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, which records his private notes to himself and his ideas on Stoic philosophy. A major theme of Meditations is the importance of analyzing one's judgment of self and others, and the development of a cosmic perspective. 

Strong sled dogs were in demand, and that’s how Buck, the St. Bernard cross Scotch Shepherd ended up in the wilds of Alaska.