Short Days

Forged in the hot sun and sand of the Arizona desert, Chinook Shannon is as tough as they come. But Chinook is far from home—in the north country of Montana—and facing a challenge as big as the territory itself. Following his grandfather’s suspicious death, he’s come to Montana to claim his inheritance—the family’s cattle ranch. But the territory’s crawling with bandits and bankers, and they all want a piece of Chinook’s land.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” ( Booklist).

Three months after leaving Earth, the URSS Alabama had just achieved cruise velocity when the accident occurred: Leslie Gillis woke up. His first lucid thought was, Thank God, I made it. His next thought was, Something's wrong. Everyone was still asleep. Everyone except himself.

In the little town of Roseville, there was a girl named Lily who loved spending time with her grandmother, Nana Rose. Nana Rose had lived in the same cozy house for as long as Lily could remember. She always had stories to tell, and her warm smile made everyone feel at home.

Sir Terry Wogan's stellar career in TV and radio spanned 40 years. His thrice-weekly live chat show attracted TV audiences of many millions and ran for a successful eight years. His morning breakfast show on Radio 2 won a host of broadcasting awards and a regular record-breaking audience of over 8 million every morning.

When ninth grader Britt Petersen decides to explore the dreaded Laemmle House for an article in her school newspaper, she drags her friends Rob and Dave along. All get more than they bargain for inside the house, and discover something worse when they leave: that a full year has passed.

Actress and geek goddess Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural) narrates R.A. Salvatore's first published short story. Bruenor, who had seemingly met his demise at the end of Streams of Silver, appears here as a young, beardless dwarf on a quest for revenge.

NOVIO POR TREINTA DÍAS: Nunca debería haber aceptado ese acuerdo… Hace treinta días, mi jefe —un tiburón de Wall Street— acudió a mí con una oferta que no pude rechazar: poner mi firma en una línea de puntos y fingir ser su prometida durante un mes. Si accedía, podía rescindir mi contrato laboral con una indemnización por despido «extremadamente generosa». Las normas eran muy sencillas: prohibido besarse y tener sexo.

You wake up one morning with the weight of the world on your shoulders. You just lost your job, your girlfriend dumped you and you're about to be evicted from your apartment. Is it worth even going on anymore? Maybe not, but before you pull that trigger why not give a call to the folks at the suicide hotline. Maybe they can help. How good are these people at their job? Someone's gonna die no matter what. And there ain't a thing you can do about it.

Here is where the saga ends and the legend begins...You may not remember the glorious age of VHS, but that is not a prerequisite. As has been the custom in compiling these anthologies, the crème de la crème of authors and filmmakers who both lived and thrived during the period in question, like the Avengers assembled to bring you this - the last dance.

This outstanding collection of short stories features some of the best of Tor.com original fiction, in audio for the first time. Written for and originally published exclusively on Tor.com, this audiobook includes Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated short stories, brand-new fiction from best-selling authors, and tales that feature characters and worlds that listeners already know and love. In this unique story collection, listeners will enjoy fiction from Sylvia Day, John Scalzi, Brandon Sanderson, and many others.

Explorar y transformar tu diálogo interno es una de las herramientas espirituales y de desarrollo personal más efectivas para acercarte más a tus deseos. ¿Qué tiene de bueno pasarte una hora cada día escribiendo, afirmando, visualizando si alimentas tu diálogo interno negativo la gran mayoría del tiempo que estás despierto? El libro Habla para manifestar está pensado para ayudarte con todo esto. Tú también puedes reprogramar tu diálogo interno y convertirte en un líder consciente de tu propia realidad!

Sehnst du dich nach innerer Ruhe, einem tieferen Verständnis für dich selbst und nach Möglichkeiten, dein Leben bewusster und erfüllter zu leben? Dann bist Du hier genau richtig! Dieses Buch „Zen-Momente“ bringt dir genau das und wird dich auf einer besonderen Reise begleiten.

In Everyday Weapons, Silas Dakar crafts an intimate and profound exploration of the human condition. Blending poetic reflection with sharp insight, he unveils how the ordinary etches traces that evolve into acts of courage.

This multiple award-winning collection of 5-, 10- and 15-minute short stories bring joy, spark creativity and foster connection. Perfect for bedtime, car trips, and homeschool storytime. Journey with magical characters and explore wildly creative worlds. Everyday Icing stories are sure to make sharing a story the sweetest part of your day.

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the Smart Set in July 1920, relates a series of events that took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon F. Scott Fitzgerald. In life they were unrelated, except by the general hysteria of that spring which inaugurated the Age of Jazz, but in this story, he has tried to weave them into a pattern - a pattern which would give the effect of those months in New York as they appeared to at least one member of what was then the younger generation.

Death awaits those left outside the domes, but within the darkness lies salvation. Raina McNay is dying. When a man offers the key to Raina's survival, she leaps into a world where danger and blood reign. Without the rules society demands, Raina discovers the monsters she fears may hide in the light. Before Nola walked in the open air, before Nightland ruled the city. Take the first steps of Raina's journey into the night.

Valentine Welburn has grown accustomed to her freedom in Calcutta. So when she reaches the gray shores of England to debut in her first London Season, she is irked by the conventions of high society. With her irrepressible spirit, unusual beauty, and a large fortune, the stage is set for gossip. Scandal and intrigue ensue when two men - the distinguished Lord Marbeck and the dashing, dangerous Sir Richard Brindley - appear on the scene.

ஆ. மாதவனின் சிறுகதைகள் எதார்த்தவாதப் பிரிவைச் சார்ந்தவை. அன்றாட வாழ்வில் நமது பார்வைக்குத் தட்டுப்படும் மனிதர்களும் நிகழ்ச்சிகளுமே அவரது புனைவுலகிலும் இடம்பெறுகின்றன. அவை நமக்குச் சாதாரண மனித நடவடிக்கைகளாக மட்டுமே பார்வையில் பட்டுக் கலைந்து போகின்றன. நமது பார்வைக்கு அகப்படாத அந்த உலகின் இயக்கத்தை மையமாகக் கொண்டது மாதவனின் கலைப்பார்வை.

This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen best-selling middle-grade authors - including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jennifer A. Nielsen - who have created original short stories and modern-day fairy tales based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: They have very big hopes and dreams, and they are all cancer patients.