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  • The Mad Road
    Laurie Cusack
    A collection of Irish short stories that rocks the soul. One negligent accident on a building site and a blacklist snares two young Irish lads new to London. The world of Irish dance enchants a father who goes all out for his girl. An old Irish man dies totally alone and Matt, his trippy bereavement officer, is cracking at the seams. Rites of passage for a new arrival on the dr...
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    18,29 €

  • An Unsettled Score
    Christopher L. DelGuercio
    An Unsettled Score is a collection of short works by award-nominated author Christopher L. DelGuercio. This, his first collection, includes twenty twisted visions of speculative fiction spanning thrilling adventures on far flung, alien worlds and dystopian futurescapes, to mind-bending surrealities and nightmarish encounters with evil, to the bitingly satirical and overtly comi...
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    15,72 €

  • Progressive Push-Me-Ups
    Hy Stones
    The stories in Progressive Push-Me-Ups, even the personal pieces, entertain, stimulate, and ask for more. As you enter the world of each tale, or the lived experience of others, you live vicariously in new situations. In this way you, even as a seasoned story reader, still expand your boundaries. Whether in work/study in secondary and post-secondary schools, or striving as achi...
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    20,19 €

  • Progressive Push-Me-Ups
    Hy Stones
    The stories in Progressive Push-Me-Ups, even the personal pieces, entertain, stimulate, and ask for more. As you enter the world of each tale, or the lived experience of others, you live vicariously in new situations. In this way you, even as a seasoned story reader, still expand your boundaries. Whether in work/study in secondary and post-secondary schools, or striving as achi...
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    32,67 €

  • Letargo
    Santiago J. Miranda Jovellar
    ¿Quién es Santiago J. Miranda Jovellar?Primero diremos que nació en Zaragoza un 2 de diciembre en 1959, en una fresca mañana en que la nieve cubría el suelo de tan maravillosa ciudad.En Zaragoza se crio, estudió y cursó la carrera de Magisterio en la rama de filología inglesa. Trabajó en enseñanza concertada, privada y pública durante 25 años.Es un amante de la lectura y, desde...
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    17,97 €

  • One At A Time
    Allen Wittenborn
    This potpourri of short reads explores the lives of people from a range of backgrounds, locations, and time periods. They include true cases and imaginary ones. Some of the protagonists do well, others not so well. You’ll find stories that are one-hundred percent factual, some purely imaginary, others a bit of each-creative nonfiction. Some end ambiguously or have no end at all...
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    9,12 €

  • Pre-Approved for Haunting
    Patrick Barb
    In this terrifyingly relatable and surprisingly terrifying collection of short stories, Pre-Approved for Haunting spotlights supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways. ...
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    14,67 €

  • Cold, Black, and Infinite
    Todd Keisling
    Down here in the dark lies a vast and twisted landscape where the wicked, wistful, and profane coalesce. This is where the lonely and lost face their demons, where anxious paranoias are made manifest, and where mundane evil wears a human face. For readers, the sixteen stories found within Cold, Black, & Infinite serve as a harrowing glimpse into the nightmarish imagination of T...
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    17,05 €

  • Moments in the Private Room
    Kudzai Mhangwa
    Moments in the Private Room is a piercing exploration of Zimbabwean society by the debutant author, Kudzai Mhangwa. As his creative lens moves through time and circumstances in an uncanny yet authentic voice that manages to be both satirical and heartfelt, each story is poignantly nuanced and articulates something most of us have likely felt at some point in our lives. From the...
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    15,50 €

  • Minerva
    Antonio Gámez Robles
    Durante la década de los ochenta escribí más de mil versos y algunos cuentos para niños. En la actualidad me inclino por escribir relatos cortos, inspirados en noticias de sociedad, sueños y hechos reales. Siendo mi principal ilusión poder transmitirlo al lector de una manera sencilla, minuciosa y fácil de entender a la hora de leerlo. 10 ...
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    12,00 €

  • Dragon Palace
    Hiromi Kawakami / Ted Goossen
    Included in The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology, and destiny.From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humor, sex, and t...
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    46,29 €

  • Dragon Palace
    Hiromi Kawakami / Ted Goossen
    Included in The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology, and destiny.From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humor, sex, and t...
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    16,84 €

  • CHILDREN OF THE BOOK
    Isabella Hawthorne
    In a world shrouded by darkness, where the very essence of hope has been outlawed, emerges a tale of unwavering faith, unbreakable unity, and the indomitable strength of the human spirit. 'Children of the Book,' penned by the masterful storyteller Isabella Hawthorne, invites you on a journey through a dystopian landscape where the forbidden becomes the foundation for a revoluti...
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    12,14 €

  • The SideRoad Kids-Book 2
    Sharon Kennedy
    The SideRoad Kids Book 2: A Summer of Discovery takes place throughout the summer of 1958 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Readers familiar with The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County will be reacquainted with their favorite twelve-year-old characters and their discoveries. Blew learns who his father was. Flint discovers why Uncle Leo is mean. Shirley shares her fears with...
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    16,88 €

  • The SideRoad Kids-Book 2
    Sharon Kennedy
    The SideRoad Kids Book 2: A Summer of Discovery takes place throughout the summer of 1958 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Readers familiar with The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County will be reacquainted with their favorite twelve-year-old characters and their discoveries. Blew learns who his father was. Flint discovers why Uncle Leo is mean. Shirley shares her fears with...
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    27,36 €

  • 11 palabras
    Julia Wong Kcomt
    ¿Cómo se afronta una enfermedad desde la literatura? Desde una amalgama de estilos y temas, 11 palabras desencadenan una profunda reflexión que da forma a cuentos, narrativas y textos con aire poético, que Julia Wong Kcomt teje con la versatilidad que caracteriza su obra.La segunda parte del libro es una respuesta a estas palabras, una exploración inspirada en Las metamorfosis ...
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    13,52 €

  • Split Decision
    David Perlmutter
    A universe of humanized dogs. One mighty, unethical adventurer One teenaged robot with a heart of gold When they fight, who will survive? ...
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    9,60 €

  • The Insomniac Book Club
    Sky Locke
    Charity has lived her life as an insomniac, and life has been the harder for it. But Charity is older now, and lives a quiet, peaceful life with her golden retriever. Through this story, Charity reminisces about her struggles with insomnia, how she found peace in the silences and loneliness that permeated her nights, and how she found friends in unlikely places. ...
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    9,35 €

  • The Insomniac Book Club
    Sky Locke
    Charity has lived her life as an insomniac, and life has been the harder for it. But Charity is older now, and lives a quiet, peaceful life with her golden retriever. Through this story, Charity reminisces about her struggles with insomnia, how she found peace in the silences and loneliness that permeated her nights, and how she found friends in unlikely places. ...
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    16,40 €

  • Infinite Zero
    Daniel Aegan
    The universe is a weird place, and it’s about to get a whole lot weirder. A warehouse worker takes an impromptu trip throughout the multiverse. A sidekick plans revenge against the supervillain that took his hero away from him. A woman falls in love with a seventy-five-foot-tall cosmic giant. You’ll find all this in Infinite Zero along with ghosts of dead presidents, eighties ...
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    18,43 €

  • UN CUENTO PARA SOÑAR, 3ªed
    José Antonio Fernández de la Orden
    Un cuento para soñar nos invita a un mundo de imaginación sin límites, introduciéndonos en una aventura capaz de transportarnos a un mundo nuevo. Este libro nos acerca al lugar donde los sueños pueden hacerse realidad dando paso a un mundo mágico. Un cuento donde el lector experimenta una fácil lectura conduciéndonos a una aventura llena de color; con lugares y seres que sin du...
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    15,00 €

  • Teddy Pooch
    Jamie T. Hines
    Are you ready to embark on a thrilling adventure filled with mystery, friendship, and a mischievous canine detective? TEDDY POOCH "The Case of the Missing Treats" is a captivating children’s book that will keep young readers on the edge of the pages! In this delightful tale, Teddy Pooch, a clever and lovable detective dog, finds himself entangled in a puzzling mystery when all ...
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    9,29 €

  • Trick of the Porch Light
    Jessica Barksdale Inclán
    In these diverse stories, readers are invited to witness the transformative power of adversity. Whether it’s a chilling encounter with the unknown or the poignant exploration of human connections, each story reveals the resilience of the human spirit and the profound growth that can emerge from facing the unexpected. Jessica Barksdale Inclán weaves themes that resonate deeply w...
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    14,68 €

  • Echoes of Yesterday
    Wraydawn
    From the depths of her horrifying, traumatic ordeal, a 15-year-old girl emerges as a pillar of strength and courage.  Her journey through life had been one of pain, healing and justice.  Her life was like a tapestry woven with threads of resilience.  Through all her hardships, she chose to heal and grow stronger instead of letting them define her.  She is living proof that even...
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    10,62 €

  • Devious Minds
    Vineet Verma
    When you hear the word 'criminal', what comes to mind? A cold-blooded killer? A professional burglar? Perhaps someone peddling drugs? People who indulge in illegal activities everyday. But sometimes it’s just regular Joes like you and me. Men and women who do honest work, staying within the limits of the law, until one day they can’t take it anymore and they commit a crime. But...
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    12,71 €

  • THIEVES BERTH
    C. S. Stein
    This gang of good-hearted thieves steal from the morally corrupt to sell to the morally compromised and make a boodle while sailing up and down the Mississippi River in their getaway houseboat and home doing good while being bad.How to make a living as thieves while only stealing from evil people? Big problem. Plus, powerful enemies dog their steps. Staying one step ahead is th...
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    9,97 €

  • Boys Buy Me Drinks to Watch Me Fall Down
    Anna Dickson James
    'Story after story gave me the uneasy feeling that I’d been outed, my secret anxiety and exhaustion laid bare. The emotional computations of the characters are constant, a steady drone that directs them to accommodate everyone, as much as possible, all the time.'- Allison Moore, from the IntroductionBoys Buy Me Drinks to Watch Me Fall Down is the quietly opened vein that every ...
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    14,77 €

  • In the Cut
    Michael Lockett
    Life in Appalachia is like a kid standing in the center of a seesaw. It’s a fragile balance, somewhere between the old world and the new, flat-broke or getting by, rooted in place or getting out. Sometimes, folks here lose footing, lean too far one way or another. If one end of the seesaw comes down hard, it knocks them right off. These are stories of hard-scrapped, everyday Ap...
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    12,14 €

  • Chimerascope
    Douglas Smith
    Sunburst Award Finalist | Aurora Award Finalist | CBC Bookies Award FinalistChimerascope [ki-meer-uh-skohp]-a story of many parts... A young artist hungers to draw you.A dinner conversation takes three lifetimes to finish.A geologist faces a planet-sized, eons-old puzzle to save her crew.The hero of the Fall of Earth must choose between love and revenge.A mysterious dancer lead...
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    19,81 €

  • Turn On the Light
    Sangini Agarwal
    A collection of diverse flash fiction centred around the theme of renewed hope; each story features a myriad of new, wildly different characters and plotlines that readers get to unearth. In ’#CaffeineSpeakeasy,’ a coffee obsessed family who take drastic measures when coffee is outlawed by the government. ’Death of the Sun’ depicts a supernatural, dystopian world ravaged by dem...
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    11,87 €


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