Short Game

Welcome to a mystical age of cruelty, hexes, and treachery, where malicious magic rules, and you are but a single necromancer’s spell away from eternal terror. From malevolent medieval magicians to the Wild West witches, this spellbinding volume by a master of the macabre is packed with frightening fables guaranteed to send a supernatural chill down your spine.

Süpermen İstanbul'a düşerse neler olur? Muzaffer İzgü'den sizler için... Kitapta dört eğlenceli öykü yer alıyor: Süpermen İstanbul'a Düştü, Alloş Lüp, KızlarOğlanlar Maçı, Mor Topaç. İlk öyküde Süpermen'in freni tutmayınca İstanbul'a düşüveriyor. Nelerle karşılaştığını okuyunca epey gülüyoruz, gülerken düşünüyoruz. Alloş Lüp adlı öyküde bir türlü yemeklerini yemeyen Çiğdem'e annesinin hazırladığı minik oyunu okuyoruz. Çiğdem artık her şeyi yiyor. KızlarOğlanlar Maçı'nda bakalım maçı kim kazanacak, gofretleri kim yiyecek? Mor Topaç'ta, Burak'ın annesi onun sokağa çıkmasına bir türlü izin vermiyor.

This short story is from the anthology Mitigated Futures. Twelve science fiction stories about the oncoming future, each of them representing a possible glimpse of what could be just around the corner... or much further down the corridor. These stories previously appeared in places like Clarkesworld Magazine, The Year's Best SF, Subterranean Magazine, and in various anthologies. They deal with the future of war, our climate, and technology's effect on our lives.

This anthology brings together a selection of thrilling and thought-provoking short stories by Richard Connell, renowned for his mastery in suspense and adventure. Highlighted by The Most Dangerous Game, a gripping tale of a man hunted for sport, the collection also features lesser-known but equally powerful works such as The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, The Cage Man, Terrible Epps, and The $25,000 Jaw. Each story showcases Connell's unique ability to explore human nature under extreme conditions, blending action with psychological depth.

It's Christmas at Camelot and that can only mean one thing...an eerie adventure is about to begin! Grab a cup of mead, sit back and enjoy this famous Christmas short story told like never before.

Drago is a gentle dragon that lives on the other side of Dark Mountain. Although he is friendly and kind, other are fooled by his large size and scaly skin. He frightens everyone he comes across due to his looks and size. Drago finally makes a friend. His best friend is a cute, little girl named Emily. What kinds of adventures will Drago and Emily get into next? This fun audiobook is especially great for traveling, waiting rooms, and listening aloud at home or school.

Woogy is a very shy wolf, but he does not want anyone to know! Wolves are usually known for their bravery. He is best friends with Jessie the rabbit. Follow the adventures of Woogy and Jesse, and find out if Woogy can overcome his shyness!

Follow the adventures of dinosaur tales. These are five cool stories about five different dinosaurs and their fun adventures. This is an excellent audiobook for beginning and early listeners. Each story is fun and exciting, and also includes some funny jokes.

There was a heavy snow right before Easter. How will the Easter Bunny deliver Easter baskets to all the children of the world? Find out what happens. Also includes some funny Easter jokes for lots of laughs. Listen to this audiobook and spend some quality time with your child!

On Lizzie's seventh birthday, she gets a cute and playful puppy. Little does she know the joy that Peewee will bring into her life. Follow the adventures of Peewee the Playful Puppy! What kinds of adventures will Lizzie and Peewee get into?

Short stories about dystopian worlds created by people longing for immortality and power. Once attained—what's next for humanity?

The themes that thread through these nine accomplished stories are drawn from the great tradition of the twentieth-century weird tale, and they are suffused with a distinctly cosmopolitan European feel. Mark Samuels writes about the fundamental fears of modern life, especially the effects of isolation and the dislocation that city dwellers can experience in their inhospitable man-made environment. The Grandmaster's Final Game: The Church of St Ignatius of Loyola appeared to be empty but the Reverend Mooney, S.J., still sat waiting in the confessional, squinting at his watch in the shadows.

Giselle ventured into the kinky game with an open mind, expecting the party game to be lighthearted, fun, and filled with flirting and innuendos. The last thing she thought she would be doing would be submitting her untouched back-door cherry. And in a pair of handcuffs and blindfolded no less....

Busty, young Jennifer is the perfect girlfriend to a budding writer. The young waitress helps her aspiring boyfriend enacting intimate scenes to reveal the true pleasure and emotions of the characters. And so when Ellis struggles with a face-sitting scene, his enthusiastic girlfriend is all too eager to help. It’s not long before Ellis is strapped down, eagerly waiting to be smothered...experiencing the sensation of face-sitting first-hand at the hands of his girlfriend who slowly is beginning to develop dominant tendencies.

In this book, you will get a glimpse at Wall Street Bets, the subreddit that costs two of the largest hedge funds hundreds of millions of dollars. This will show you a David and Goliath story about a short squeezed that took the GameStop stock to the moon and made traditional Wall Street look and think about the little guys before thinking about squeezing a company backed by real-life trolls.

From tales of chilling horror, to heart-stopping stories of suspense, Warped is best-selling author Jeff Menapace's ultimate collection of short fiction. Warped contains currently published tales of the macabre like "Princess" and "The Straw Man and a Murder", the currently out of print and award-winning "Sugar Daddy" and its sequel, "Sugar Daddy 2", and the author's preferred version of his controversial "Torment".

Rob goes to Smith Investigations to gather her things and resign, but Smith's complaints about his team falling apart get her suspicious. He says that with her leaving and Robert MIA on some video game tournament, Smith has had trouble dealing with the recent wave of new cases.

When a prominent chemist disappears for more than a few days, the family hires Smith Investigations to find her. It is Rob's first official case. The members of the investigation team thinks the chemist may be dead, but Rob thinks otherwise. In the midst of this investigation, Rob has to deal with issues of her team. Is the chemist dead for sure?

It’s one single steamy July day at the West 4th Street Court in New York City, otherwise known as the Cage. Hotshot baller ESPN is wooing the scouts, Boo is struggling to guard the weird new guy named Waco, a Spike Lee wannabe has video rolling, and virgin Irene is sizing up six-foot-eight-and-a-half-inch-tall Chester. Nine of young-adult literature’s top writers reveal how it all goes down in this searing novel in short stories that each ingeniously pick up where the last one ends.

When a group of men crash on the surface of an alien planet, they are hemmed in on every side by a deadly, impenetrable bog and attacked by an unknown, unseen enemy.