Short Stories

கல்கி' என்ற மூன்றெழுத்தினை அறியா தமிழர் இலர் எனலாம். சரித்திர நாவல் உலகிலும். நாவலுலகிலும், சிறுகதைகளிலும், கட்டுரை வளத்திலும், நகைச்சுவை உணர்விலும், கலை இலக்கிய உலகிலும் விரிந்த பார்வையுடன் வளம் வந்து தம் படைப்புப் பணியை தொடர்ந்தவர்.சிறுகதை உலகில் புதுமைப்பித்தன் தொடக்கி ஜெயகாந்தன் காலம் வரை அவர்களுக்கு இணையாக தம் படைப்புகளை தந்து நிமிர்ந்து நின்று அனைத்து தரப்பினராலும் பேசப்பட்டவர்; விமர்சிக்கப்பட்டவர்.

This short story collection will take you into the depths of Beck’s dark imagination: from what happens when the deepest bore hole on Earth has just passed nine miles and hits a strange open space – and it's hellishly hot down there; to an Antarctic research team examining fragments from a deep ice glacier and discovers a tiny seed that, once thawed, grows into something terrifyingly unexpected.

China thought it would be a quick war, an easy war. But now, years later, as the insurgency on the streets of Los Angeles escalates but the propaganda never changes, a Chinese officer can’t keep silent any longer. Torn between loyalty to his country and loyalty to his troops, he writes a brutally honest—and possibly suicidal—letter home to unmask the truth. Brooks combines his signature meticulous research with unforgettable characters in this landmark work of speculative fiction.

In the realm of the Incubi Masters, pleasure is to die for and love is the deadliest game of all… Lara Adrian's Merciless: House of Gravori - Seeking vengeance for the murder of his brother, Incubus Master Devlin Gravori demands justice from the high court of the Nephilim.

Do you know what the hardest thing for a Dutch learner is? Finding proper or listening material that they can handle, which is precisely the reason we’ve designed this audiobook! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students. Books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes. It’s not entertaining, useful, or motivating for the student, at all, and many soon give up on learning!

For the first time, Stephen King has fully authorized a return to the harrowing world of The Stand through this original short story anthology as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Bringing together some of today’s greatest and most visionary writers, The End of the World As We Know It features unforgettable, all-new stories set during and after (and some perhaps long after) the events of The Stand.

Christmas is six days away - and Sarah Booth Delaney has her hands full! To honor a group of international investors, Shaw, Mississippi, resurrects the old custom of drifting miniature, lighted Christmas floats down Silver Bayou. The Italian delegation from Venice may bring much-needed new jobs and commercial opportunities. Among the investors is notorious womanizer, Enzo Aceto. He is handsome, witty, and eager for new conquests. Then Enzo disappears. Rumors of murder are buzzing.

వివాహ బంధాన్ని దృఢం గా ఉంచుకోవాలని ధ్యేయం తో భార్య భర్తలు ఇద్దరు కృషి చేస్తారు. అన్నిటికంటే ఎక్కువ సార్లు భార్య ఈ విషయం లో చాలా ఓపిక గా ఉంటుంది. ఒక్కసారిగా ఆమె ఉగ్రరూపం దాలిస్తే ఆ పరిస్థితి వేరే ఉంటుంది అనే అంశాన్ని చక్కని కథ తో మన ముందుకు తెచ్చారు పాల కొండేటి సత్యనారాయణ రావు. యేరు దాటినా కెరటం అనే ఈ కథ యొక్క గమనం, ముగింపు పాఠకులని ఊపిరి పీల్చుకోనివ్వవు అంటారు వంశీ.

కాశీ మజిలీ కథలు అన్న పేరు వినని తెలుగు వాడు ఉండడేమో. 1934లో మొట్టమొదట సారి ప్రచురించబడ్డ కాశీ మజిలీ కథలను మధిర సుబ్బన్న దీక్షితకవి రచించారు. కాశీమజిలీ కథలు విస్తృతమైన ప్రజాదరణ, పాఠకాసక్తిని సాధించి తెలుగు సాహిత్యంలో చిరస్థాయిగా నిలిచిపోయాయి.

కాశీ మజిలీ కథలు అన్న పేరు వినని తెలుగు వాడు ఉండడేమో. 1934లో మొట్టమొదట సారి ప్రచురించబడ్డ కాశీ మజిలీ కథలను మధిర సుబ్బన్న దీక్షితకవి రచించారు. కాశీమజిలీ కథలు విస్తృతమైన ప్రజాదరణ, పాఠకాసక్తిని సాధించి తెలుగు సాహిత్యంలో చిరస్థాయిగా నిలిచిపోయాయి.

More than any writer before or since, Louis L'Amour brought the American West to life. His action-packed stories deal with eternal themes: honor, deceit, passion, betrayal, loyalty, courage, love. His settings are historically accurate, his prose riveting, and his characters colorful: good guys, bad guys, toughs, roughs, sidekicks, and saints.

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).

The incomparable Ray Bradbury is in the driver's seat, off on 21 unforgettable excursions through fantasy, time, and memory, and there are surprises waiting around every curve and behind each mile marker. The journey promises to be a memorable one.

Back in the harness after his abortive retirement to Florida, Rumpole glories in the mushroom pie, rainy day life of the Old Bailey. Here he spars with some old familiars like the venomous Judge Bullingham, and makes the acquaintance of some fresh foes. Six stories.

Kitty Norville is everybody's favorite werewolf DJ and out-of-the-closet supernatural creature. Over the course of eight books, she's fought evil vampires, were-creatures, and some serious black magic. She's done it all with a sharp wit and the help of a memorable cast of werewolf hunters, psychics, and if-not-good-then-neutral vampires by her side. Kitty's Greatest Hits not only gives listeners some of Kitty's further adventures, it offers longtime fans a window into the origins of some of their favorite characters.

A classic tale featuring two of the most-memorable characters in sword and sorcery, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Over a span of 50 years, the late Fritz Leiber wrote dozens of adventures, set in the fictional city of Lankhmar, featuring the seven-foot-tall barbarian and the diminuitive thief. "Ill Met in Lankhmar" was honored with both the 1971 Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella.

The Rise is a gleaming residential tower, newly constructed from steel and blackened glass, that stands on some of London’s most prestigious real estate. Looming imposingly over Hyde Park, only multi-millionaires need apply for one of its sumptuous apartments. But when the young night concierge is found murdered in the building’s lobby, the elite residents quickly find their gilded lifestyles under unwelcome police scrutiny.

"In The Falling World", Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud Court, has traveled with Chime and Balm to another Raksuran court. When she fails to return, her consort, Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult. "The Tale of Indigo and Cloud" explores the history of the Indigo Cloud Court, long before Moon was born.

The new United States in central Germany launches a one-plane Doolittle Raid on Paris, France. The target: their arch-enemy, Cardinal Richelieu. Meanwhile, an ambassador from the Mughal Empire of northern India is being held captive in Austria by the Habsburg dynasty. Mike Stearns decides to send a mercenary company to rescue him, led by two 17th-century mercenary officers: an Englishman and a Irishman, who seem to spend as much time fighting each other as they do the enemy.

This book is designed specifically for advanced English learners. It offers a dynamic and interactive way to enhance your language skills quickly. Each story is paired with easy-to-follow questions that deepen your understanding and reinforce your learning.