René Gervais the "angry little Frenchman" is content with his title in his bakery just outside of Montreal. His world is turned upside down, however, when he meets "La Belle Mademoiselle" and commits a crime he'd never believe he was possible of.René Gervais the "angry little Frenchman" is content with his title in his bakery just outside of Montreal. His world is turned upside down, however, when he meets "La Belle Mademoiselle" and commits a crime he'd never believe he was possible of. This short story is approximately 5,000 words. Views: 814
Lift up your chin, dear reader, and enjoy these stories with the full knowledge that while your neighbor might outrun you in the zombie apocalypse, you'll know how to create adequate defense perimeters during an attack from unidentified flying objects.We like to think of ourselves as emergency preparedness instructors. Specialized ones. You see, we don't worry about the stuff that other doomsday prognosticators talk about, (government overthrow, rising sea levels, oil shortages, zombie plague, etc.). Instead, we're trying to give examples of what to do and not do in specific scenarios. Very specific. For instance, in this issue, we cover things like coping with a pending alien invasion when you've forgotten to feed your cats, or how to deal with loved ones after a ghostly apparition has implied that you will outlive them all, or even how to deal with the ruthless boss of a child mafia ring in a city of magic users.Don't you feel more prepared already?As an added bonus all these instructional scenarios have been written as compelling and fascinating narratives. Because why should the painful and horrific end of all we hold dear be a drudgery to read about?So lift up your chin, dear reader, and enjoy these stories with the full knowledge that while your neighbor might outrun you in the zombie apocalypse, you'll know how to create adequate defense perimeters during an attack from unidentified flying objects. Views: 813
Some six months before killing himself, Lucky Saurelius is honor bound to serve as a groomsman at his best friend's wedding. Armed with a rented tux, carton of cigarettes and a bottle of Grey Goose, he strikes out for Pennsylvania. With one last chance to settle his affairs, and no chance of turning things around, Lucky inadvertently resolves to compose the suicide note to end all suicide notes.Lucky Suarelius is running out of time. Out of options. Out of ideas. Out of his mind. Five years after being dumped by his publisher, he now finds himself trapped in Verona, North Carolina. Seven years spent behind the counter of a local sex shop. Girlfriend of eight years now moved on to greener pastures. Sixteen years of rampant alcoholism reaching its limit. Thirty-four years old without a single prospect for thirty-four more.On his thirty-fifth birthday, he will lock himself in a New Orleans motel room, and swallow a bottle of pills with a vodka chaser.But first, there is the small matter of his best friend’s wedding. Armed with a rented tuxedo, carton of cigarettes and a bottle of Grey Goose, Lucky strikes out for Skytop, Pennsylvania. What awaits is a bizarre landscape of estranged friends, wild memories, dangerous fantasies, incestuous confessions, karaoke, keg stands, exquisite hallucinations, drinking games, dragonflies, indifferent bridesmaids, disgruntled locals, open bars, blackouts, fireworks, Chinese vibrators, maraschino cherries, benders, rock n’ rollers, endless failures, infinite bottles of red, and the lingering demons of an unsettled score......Someone should have clearly thought twice before making him a groomsman. Joaquin Emiliano requests the honor of your presence for the surreal, often absurd and always outlandish dictation of Lucky’s final words, as he stumbles towards the end of all things, on this, the sacred occasion of a new beginning. Views: 813
First English publication of a recently rediscovered novella by one of the greatest European writers
One seemingly ordinary evening, Eduard Saxberger arrives home to find the fulfilment of a long-forgotten wish in his sitting room: a visitor has come to tell him that the youth of Vienna have discovered his poetic genius. Saxberger has written nothing for thirty years, yet he now realises that he is more than merely an Unremarkable Civil Servant, after all: a Venerable Poet, for whom Late Fame is inevitable – if, that is, his new acolytes are to be believed…
Arthur Schnitzler was one of the most admired, provocative European writers of the twentieth century. The Nazis attempted to burn all of his work, but his archive was miraculously saved, and with it, Late Fame. Never published before, it is a treasure, a perfect satire of literary self-regard and charlatanism.
Arthur Schnitzler (b. 1862 in Vienna) was one of the most influential European writers of the twentieth century, perhaps best known here for his novellas Dream Story and Fräulein Else. He qualified as a doctor but was increasingly driven to a career in writing, resulting in several celebrated plays, novellas and novels which explore the great existential subjects of the modern age: relationships, love, sex, ageing and death. Because his work dealt with subjects considered taboo, he frequently attracted the hostility of the authorities, consequently losing his position as Chief Medic in the Reserve Army and being tried for disorderly conduct. Schnitzler was close friends with Stefan Zweig and Sigmund Freud, who both admired him greatly, and a member of the 'Young Vienna' circle of writers who regularly met at a café nicknamed 'Café Megalomania' - the very same clique and café he satirises so deliciously in Late Fame. Schnitzler died in 1931.
Pushkin Press also publishes his novellas Fräulein Else, Dying and Casanova's Return to Venice. Views: 813
To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver screen since Marilyn Monroe. Few know her real name is Abra. Even fewer know the price she's paid to finally feel like she's somebody.
To Pastor Ezekiel Freeman, Abra will always be the little girl who stole his heart the night he found her, a wailing newborn abandoned under a bridge on the outskirts of Haven. Zeke and his son, Joshua--Abra's closest friend--watch her grow into an exotic beauty. But Zeke knows the circumstances surrounding her birth have etched scars deep in her heart, scars that leave her vulnerable to a fast-talking charmer who lures her to Tinseltown. Hollywood feels like a million miles from Haven, and naive Abra quickly learns what's expected of an ambitious girl with stars in her eyes. But fame comes at a devastating price. She has burned every bridge to get exactly what she thought she wanted. Now all she wants is a way back home.
In this riveting and highly anticipated tale of temptation, grace, and unconditional love, New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers delivers big-canvas storytelling at its very best. Views: 813
Ella finds out a secret about the butterflies; her best friends. She escapes into a paradise of butterflies, but when she finds out that they are dying off right when migration is starting it is up to her to find out what is going on. The sequel will be "Dancing With Devils" which it should be out in the following months and it will be a full NOVEL! This is just a prequel, kind of.Ella finds out a secret about the butterflies; her best friends. She escapes into a paradise of butterflies, but when she finds out that they are dying off right when migration is starting it is up to her to find out what is going on. Views: 813
A short story about a man trying to find out what happened to his brother.The small college town of Crescent has been home to many sources of evil through the years, but none can compare to what is being cultivated now, what has grown in a small potted plant. It all centers around the boarding school of Alliance, and six teens who are trying to find their place in the world, who are willing to use anything, no matter the source, to help them get there. Rachel may be the beacon of morality, Bill the epitome of friendship, but can either make the right choice when offered more than they could ever dream of? Could the weakest of them actually hold the key to their salvation?This is Part One of Crescent Gorge. Views: 813
Do we really need to buy twenty-four pencils? a student asked. -No, not just twenty-four pencils, but rather twenty-four sharpened pencils, the lecturer replied.Point of a pencil, is a short story about a creative writing class, in which the lecturer tells the students that she requires each of them to arrive at the class with twenty-four sharpened pencils. The students question this number, but soon the point she made is brought home to the class, when those students that did not follow her instruction begin to run out of ink, break the point of the only pencil they've brought with them, or lose the lead out of their clutch pencils.Its just a short story about how a lecturer can inspire a class to write more interestingly and use their imaginations. Views: 813
A mysterious warrior held for ransom. A small, brave kingdom under threat from a distant monarch. Three young people unknowingly swept up by history, whose choices could shift the course of a nation.Published serially in the 19th century style made famous by Dickens and Dumas, THE PRISONER OF WAR is a tale of adventure, romance, and political intrigue set at the height of the Viking Age.Norway, 9th century AD: In the valley of Gruntal in the kingdom of Rogaland, three young women watch the horizon for the return of their village’s longships. Each has a secret wish bound up with the return of the ships, but when they arrive, it is with an unexpected cargo: a prisoner of unknown origin – beautiful, fierce, gravely injured and unable to speak.As a distant monarch’s bloody campaign to unify Norway closes in on peaceful Gruntal, the local chieftain arranges a series of strategic marriages for his children. Fearing the loss of her freedom, his eldest daughter asks her adopted sister to teach her the ways of influencing men, and the two girls begin to meet secretly in the hut where the prisoner is recovering. One by one other young women hear of their lessons, and soon the meetings swell to an informal class. But in a society where a woman’s virtue is her most valuable asset, such gatherings carry a terrible personal risk; and their discovery could undermine the wider balance of power – with devastating consequences.Published serially in the 19th century style made famous by Dickens and Dumas, THE PRISONER OF WAR is an intricately plotted tale of adventure, romance, and political intrigue set at the height of the Viking Age.(Pilot episode: serialization begins WINTER/SPRING 2016) Views: 813
No one ever thought that the Youth Scouts of America could be used for such sinister purposes…until now. At nearly eighty million strong and with a madman at the helm, the leading youth organization has been a literal ticking time bomb for over a decade. Triggered by a single line of spoken word broadcast over the airwaves, the killing spree has finally begun.No one ever thought that the Youth Scouts of America could be used for such sinister purposes…until now. At nearly eighty million strong and with a madman at the helm, the leading youth organization has been a literal ticking time bomb for over a decade, with its members brainwashed and drugged with enhanced psychotropic compounds. Triggered by a single line of spoken word broadcast over the airwaves, the killing spree has finally begun.This is the first in a series of short stories. Episode two is coming out soon! Views: 812
A group of office workers are in town for a conference... only, one of them can't go in. What follows is a journey through the town and into the night, and through the worlds of their friendships, their relationships, their hopes, and ultimately why they work at all.Carla and her friends head out on a weekend vacation to the camping site that she loved from her childhood. While her friends keep observing weird occurrences and finding strange things in the woods they try to get some rest and relaxation. The camping site’s inhabitants have other plans for the group as death, sacrifice, and heritage rear their head in the equation. The Camping Trip is a story that will have you scared to pitch a tent in the woods ever again. Views: 812
What do you do if your new teacher is making your sister's life a misery? For Lint, the answer is obvious. You get rid of them. But Lint's new teacher is determined to stay put. And if Lint can't get rid of the teacher, he has an awful feeling his sister will be the one leaving, for good.Stone Age school boy Lint has a very happy first day back at school! Clan Chief Ghun has forgotten to appoint a new teacher. Eventually Clan Chief Ghun realises his mistake and appoints a teacher who puts a stop to all the fun. It's not long before the boys decide to take matters into their own hands once more. But this time, it's going to be a real battle, as the new teacher is strong, smart, armed and dangerous! Views: 812
Life for Zeke and his coworker Brandon is trying. Zeke is saddened from losing a high school friend. Brandon is considered damaged goods, willing to do anything for acceptance. Both boys possess a rare ability of heightened awareness. This gift strengthens as the two explore a friendship outside of work, and venture into a dark world involving retribution dealt against their rivals.This is the first short story in a short story adventures series about two bothers named Matt and Mark. In this story they decide to check out an old farmhouse that they have been told to stay away from. This is one adventure they soon won't forget. Inside the farmhouse they find creatures created by the farmer who is also a witch. Matt is put into a trance and Mark must do his best to save his brother and get them out alive. Views: 812
Children's librarian by day. Romance novelist by night.
British single father.
Someone else is writing this love story...
Blair Walton isn't your average curvaceous tattooed children's librarian. She's also one half of bestselling romance author, Scarlet Rose. Along with her BFF Raine, she spends her nights writing books so steamy, she's afraid they would shock her Southern conservative grandmother to death . . . if she knew about them. That's why she and Raine write in secret.
On deadline for their latest book and out of ideas, Raine suggests (demands) that Blair find a guy and "do some research". Declan Bennet has all the qualifications: He's British, looks fabulous in a suit, has glorious blue eyes and gets bonus points for being an amazing single dad to his adorable son, Drake. But what starts out as a research project quickly turns into something much more. And Blair's not the only one with secrets. Views: 811
Part 5 of the sci-fi series by Daniel Hansen.Sorry for the wait, readers. I'm writing whenever I can!I'll keep them coming. Thanks for the support.Shoot me an email on [email protected] if you have any feedback. Cheers!Part 5 of the sci-fi series by Daniel Hansen.Sorry for the wait, readers. I'm writing whenever I can!I'll keep them coming. Thanks for the support.Shoot me an email on [email protected] if you have any feedback. I plan on keeping this entire series free for those of you who are worried about me putting a price half way through. Although I would like to make a career of writing one day if anyone out there is interested in my stories. Keep reading!Cheers! Views: 811
