"Available for the first time and only on audio, New York Times bestselling author Edgar Cantero delivers a new collection of short horror stories perfect for fans of Black Mirror and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Hear tales of a corpse bent on revenge, a library book from hell, an Armageddon where the world ends without a bang or a whimper, and more. These tales found within are bound to hold your thoughts—and nightmares—long after you’ve finished: “A Good-Looking Corpse,” “Goin’ Down,” “You Don’t Know This,” and “The Fifth.”
Edgar Cantero cleverly subverts expectations at every turn and reinterprets classic tropes in inventive and original ways, sure to leave you unnerved and hungry for the next story."
"A new recording of Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man, narrated by Marin Ireland, Ari Fliakos, and Prentice Onayemi!
The Illustrated Man, a classic collection of interconnected stories, is a seminal work in Ray Bradbury's career, whose extraordinary power and imagination remain undimmed by time's passage.
Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. For this peerless American storyteller, the most bewitching force in the universe is human nature. In these eighteen startling tales unfolding across a canvas of tattooed skin, living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Provocative and powerful, The Illustrated Man is a kaleidoscopic blending of magic, imagination, and truth—as exhilarating as interplanetary travel, as maddening as a walk in a million-year rain, and as comforting as simple, familiar rituals on the last night of the world."
"Climate disaster–induced fugue states, mutinous polar bears, support groups for recently displaced millionaires, men who hear trees, and women who lose their wives on environmental refugee resettlement trips. In these dispatches from a weirding world, the absurd and fantastic are increasingly indistinguishable from reality. Exploring this liminal moment, Ashley Shelby's collection of climate fictions imagines a near future that is both unnervingly familiar and subversively strange.
Set in the same post-climate-impact era, these stories range from playfully satirical to poignantly humane, bending traditional narrative forms and coming together into a brilliant and unusual contemplation of our changing world. Featuring the Hugo-nominated novelette 'Muri,' Honeymoons in Temporary Locations processes the unthinkable through riotous inventions like guided tours of submerged cities, Craigslist ads placed by climate refugees, and cynical pharmaceutical efforts to market a drug to treat solastalgia, the existential distress caused by environmental change.
Shelby reengineers the dystopic bleakness that characterizes so much climate fiction by embracing an eclectic experimentalism leavened with humor, irony, and the inevitable bathos that characterizes the human experience. Unexpected and clever, this innovative collection confirms her status as a visionary writer whose work expands the forms, attitudes, and possibilities of climate fiction."
"Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 - 1937) gilt als der bedeutendste Autor der phantastischen Horrorliteratur - quasi der 'Edgar Allan Poe' des 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit dem 'Cthulhu-Mythos' erschuf er eine ganze Welt, in der außerirdische Wesen, vor Urzeiten auf unseren Planeten gelangt, gottgleich und quasi unsterblich herrschten. Die vorliegende Geschichte 'Die Aussage von Randolph Carter' beschreibt einen tief verunsicherten, traumatisierten Menschen, der erzählen soll, welche Schrecken ihm und Harley Warren begegneten, als sie zusammen den verlassenen Friedhof aufsuchten, der seit langer Zeit von der Menschheit vergessen war. Ein merkwürdiges Buch hatte Warren den Hinweis gegeben - und als die beiden ein gewisses Grab finden, scheint es den Eingang zu einer grauenerregenden Welt darzustellen. Warren steigt hinab, behält aber Verbindung zu Carter per Funk, um ihm mitzuteilen, was er dort unten vorfindet: Das reine Entsetzen..."
"Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 - 1937) gilt als der bedeutendste Autor der phantastischen Horrorliteratur - quasi der 'Edgar Allan Poe' des 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit dem 'Cthulhu-Mythos' erschuf er eine ganze Welt, in der außerirdische Wesen, vor Urzeiten auf unseren Planeten gelangt, gottgleich und quasi unsterblich herrschten. Die vorliegende Geschichte 'Die Katzen von Ulthar' erzählt von einer rätselhaften Episode in einer kleinen Stadt. Dort ist es verboten, Katzen zu töten. Doch weshalb nur? Die Begründung geht zurück auf ein äußerst seltsames Ereignis, ein altes Ehepaar betreffend, das am Rand der Stadt sein Leben fristete. Diese beiden hassten Katzen und machten sich ein Vergnügen daraus, diese umzubringen, wenn sie ihrer habhaft werden konnten. Dann aber kam eine Gruppe Fremder in die Stadt; unter ihnen ein Junge mit einem Kätzchen. Als dieses eines Tages verschwunden war, war schnell klar, wer hier zu verdächtigen sei. Die Fremden verließen die Stadt - doch die Vergeltung für die grausame Tat ließ nicht lange auf sich warten..."
"Unconfined to a single theme, this new collection of twenty short stories by Halim offers five distinct worlds – the paranormal mysteries from ‘The occult world’, with its dark settings reveal supernatural existences in the characteristic Halim style. ‘Fragmented Minds’ open doors to the tales of the horrors of some twisted human minds driven by madness. Without the theme of supernatural, these instances of the human rationality falling apart evoke fear of a different nature. The third set of horrors is a reflection of our vulnerability, with its tales of how the technology can be destructive at times. ‘Graveyard Voices’ makes you align your thoughts with the author who wonders who all are watching is when we walk by a graveyard and what thrilling rides they could take us on. The final set unearths stories that are influenced by the richness of Malay myths and legends, dark beliefs that may go back hundreds if not thousands of years ago into primeval past.Some are fastpaced, roller-coaster like even. Some are more leisurely. Some maybe scary like a haunted house ride while others less so, but in all the five different themes, you are guaranteed to Scream to the Shadows!"
"If you eat while lying down, you will turn into a snake. If you don’t polish off all the rice on your plate you will marry a man full of pimples and pockmarks.Looking After the Ashes is a semi-biographical fiction of Kopi Soh’s childhood stories. Growing up in a large extended Taoist influenced Peranakan family filled with strong women, Kopi hears these words of ‘wisdom’ daily. She used to live in a world where clipping finger nails at night was strictly forbidden, pointing at the moon would result in one’s ears getting chopped off, and children were forced to stay indoors during sundown for fear of collision with evil forces. A world where mental disorders and illnesses were believed to be caused by malevolent spirits. Talisman, mediums and fortune tellers were a part of everyday life."
"This short story by J.J. Campanella falls into the categories of speculative fiction and horror with bits of Japanese anime and manga samurai tales thrown in. It is a dark two-hander and takes place in a blasted, post-apocalyptic world where the remainder of civilization is isolated to a few securely protected and walled city-states. The tale was originally written for a short story collection that was never published. The anthology aimed to retell classic fairy tales in the guise of science fiction. Readers may recognize the two characters as updated incarnations of Little Red Riding Hood and the infamous wolf. This is not a children's story."
"Tästä kirjasta
Tässä kirjassa on 32 novellia, aivan kuten elämä itse ne kirjoittaa.
Ne johdattavat lukijan Saksan kautta Sveitsiin, Kameruniin – ja jopa kaukaiseen Intiaan ja jopa Tiibetiin. Jotkut ovat hilpeitä, jotkut surullisia, mutta kaikki viihdyttäviä ja ajatuksia herättäviä. Kirjoittaja pyrkii hiottuun, korkeatasoiseen kieleen ja on kaukana nykyisestä, valitettavasti usein käytetystä 'sähketyylistä'. (Käännetty tekoälyllä)
Äänikirjan lukija: Tallulah Nisula, Harri Ärmänen (tekoäly.)"
"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
He expected to wait out the storm in his cottage. He didn't expect to lose his heart in the process.
When the distant rumble of thunder forces Darcy to seek shelter from the coming storm, he finds much more than a refuge from the elements. Inside his cottage, he finds a beautiful stranger and what promises to be a bright and happy future. That is if he can keep both Elizabeth and her reputation safe.
Thunder is one of Leenie Brown's Nature's Fury and Delights Collection of sweet Austen-inspire Regency romance quick reads. If you like romances where strangers stumble upon one another and happily ever after, then, put the kettle on, download your copy of Thunder, and join Darcy and Elizabeth as they take shelter from a gathering storm and find a forever refuge for their hearts."
"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Wonderful enchantment can be found in the early mist of morning
Just as the morning mist is lifting from the meadow, Marianne comes upon a gentleman who seems to have stepped out of a fanciful romantic tale. Only, he's not fictional. He's real - very real, and she's more than willing to let her heart run after him.
Morning Mist is one of Leenie Brown's Nature's Fury and Delights Collection of sweet Austen-inspire Regency romance quick reads. If you like romances where the hero of a young lady's dreams materializes before her eyes, then, put the kettle on, download your copy of Morning Mist, and join Marianne and Colonel Brandon as they push back the mist that shrouds their path to happily ever after."
"Kirjasta
Zimmermann, kirjailijan kuvitteellinen ystävä ja (sympaattinen) ympäristönsä kauhu, ei väsy koettelemaan kanssaihmistensä ja oman surkean ystävänsä hermoja jatkuvasti uusilla ja aina hulluilla ideoilla ja teoilla.
Olipa hän sitten ajokortin tavoittelija, keksijä, leijonankesyttäjä tai pelkkä turisti, hän hämmästyttää tai kauhistuttaa kanssaihmisiään ja jättää lukijan – toivottavasti – hymyilevänä ja tyytyväisenä.
Tämä teos sisältää 28 hauskaa ja äärimmäisen jännittävää tarinaa tästä kuitenkin mielenkiintoisesta veijarista ja 'turhanpäiväisestä toheloijasta' Zimmermannista. Joitakin novelleja on (painetuissa versioissa) kuvitettu mustavalkokuvin.
(Käännetty Googlen tekoälyllä Gemini 2.5 Flash).
Äänikirjan lukija: : Harri Ärmänen (tekoäly.)"
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