System Fiction

Studienassessor Kranich lernt bereits an seinem ersten Schultag im Zimmer des Direktors, auf welche vier Säulen sich das gesamte Schulsystem stützt: Angst, Jammer, Schein und Lüge...

Mit den Mädchen hat es die Natur auf Das, was man im dramaturgischen Sinne, einen Knalleffekt nennt, abgesehen, indem sie dieselben, auf wenige Jahre, mit überreichlicher Schönheit, Reiz und Fülle ausstattet, auf Kosten ihrer ganzen übrigen Lebenszeit, damit sie nämlich, während jener Jahre, der Phantasie eines Mannes sich in dem Maße bemächtigen könnten, dass er hingerissen wird, die Sorge für sie auf Zeit Lebens, in irgend einer Form, ehrlich zu übernehmen; zu welchem Schritte ihn zu vermögen, die bloße vernünftige Überlegung keine hinlänglich sichere Bürgschaft zu geben schien.

Der legendäre US-amerikanische Schriftsteller Edgar Allan Poe gilt als Architekt der modernen Kurzgeschichte. Zugleich ist er einer der Begründer der heutigen Kriminal- und Horror-Literatur. In dieser neuen Hörbuchreihe liest Arndt Schmöle mit seiner unverkennbaren Stimme einige der bekanntesten und speziell ausgewählte Original-Texte von Poe in ungekürzter Form. Arndt Schmöle ist Sprecher für zahlreiche Hörbücher, Hörspiele und ist als Synchron- und Off-Stimme in Computer-Spielen. Dokumentar-Filmen und Werbespots zu hören.

Nearly three billion years into the future, the solar system is a very different place. Earth is long gone, and the sun is a gray, shrunken dwarf. All that remains of humanity and conscious thought is Jonathan - the last machine.

Morning in Whitehorse, and everything is normal. All too normal. A girlfriend who loves him; an evening at the farmer’s market in Shipyard’s Park. Idyllic, relaxing, peaceful. What more could a man want? John Lee isn’t sure, but stray thoughts intrude, and memories of a different time, a different place, a different world keep intruding. Angst-ridden, exhausting memories of a world of pain and struggle. Nothing like the paradise he lives in. Now, if only John wasn’t so attracted to them.

Day-to-day life is hard for film students. Whether you're an editor, a scriptwriter, or a videographer, it's never easy. More so when an apocalypse has arrived, taking with it the industry you've dedicated your life to, and leaving you with skills ill-suited to a post-apocalyptic fantasy hellscape.

What happens when the apocalypse is over; to love, strained and torn? How do you pick up the pieces, when life stabilises? It's a question our heroes must ask themselves, when they're no longer fighting off swarms of monsters, no longer struggling for credits and levels. Valentines in an Apocalypse is set four years after the System Apocalypse has arrived, between books five and six of the System Apocalypse and features new characters. The story is set in Vancouver, BC.

The World of Loreston was Erick Brighton's favorite video game. He'd become one of the top players and constantly stayed up all night, competing in tournaments and avoiding any real commitments besides feeding his two plants. However, one night when he awoke, he was no longer in his house in front of his computer but surrounded by Goblins, beautiful women, and enough supplies to build a tower from the ground to the moon. Turning into a Lord, one of the individuals gifted with the ability to create structures, he starts out as a lowly serf.

In a world ruled by a predatory lender who takes pride in a "foolproof" system, life is a series of predictable decisions made by individuals trapped in a seemingly inescapable cycle. Everything changes when a charismatic conman enters the scene, armed with a mysterious ability to unlock the hidden goodness within us all. Will the conman dismantle the lender's foolproof system or become ensnared in its intricacies?

Le narrateur visite un établissement psychiatrique dans le sud de la France, réputé pour son traitement révolutionnaire des maladies mentales, le système de la douceur.

Die Corona-Pandemie hat diverse Absonderlichkeiten über uns jebracht und mich anjeregt, meine unsortierten Jedanken uffzuschreiben. Weil nicht mal mehr meine Enkel richtig berlinern, halte ick hier die Erjebnisse meiner Jehirntätigkeit quasi in Lautschrift fest. Schließlich kann ick nich zulassen, dass unser wunderbarer Metrolekt janz inner Versenkung verschwindet. In einem Wahnsinns-Anfall zwischen Tatendrang und Depression erblickte CORINNA mitten im ersten Lockdown uff @vortragskunst das Licht der Welt von Instagram.

Life after the apocalypse is one daily grind after another. It's a good thing for Wendy that she's got friends - a lot of friends as a fairy summoner. But life in Exeter is not easy, even for a summoner, and the grind of daily jobs and never-ending quests is getting to her. She's got one shot at getting a place for her own, a place of safety and maybe getting ahead. But it'll require Wendy to do the one thing she swore she'd never do again.

Edgar Poe est le maître incontesté du fantastique et une figure majeure du romantisme américain. Le fameux "Système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume" prouve aussi qu'il ne s'interdit pas l'humour noir ! En voyage dans le sud de la France, le narrateur se retrouve amené à visiter une bien étrange clinique psychiatrique, la maison de santé du docteur Maillard. On l'y entretient d'une toute nouvelle méthode mise au point pour traiter la folie, bien meilleure que la "douceur" préconisée dans les autres établissements.

In the near future, a nameless video game console allows players to literally control the game with their movements without hindering their real life bodies. A new set of games spawn from this new and oddly cheap technology. A trio of long time friends run into an old friend in preparation for a tournament in the new Virtual Reality game, Kugel Online. With the commencement of the tournament, the trio quickly learn that there is more to their old friend and the game, than what was once let on.

Amy was a drain on society, but soon she will pay it back when the tables are turned and she is forced to let her caseworkers suck her milky nipples if she wants to keep her cushy benefits. This audiobook contains suckling sex with two men, deep cum in the wet pussy of a welfare cheat, and a tearful woman willing to do anything to keep her free ride going as long as she can.

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19th, 1809, and was orphaned at an early age. Taken in by the Allan family, his education was cut short by lack of money, and he went to the military academy West Point where he failed to become an officer. His early literary works were poetic, but he quickly turned to prose. He worked for several magazines and journals until in January 1845, The Raven was published and became an instant classic.

No one on Earth knows the seeds of the world’s destruction just fell from space. Tiana knows what duty means though. It's why all her friends are dead. Alone on a primitive world. All her all her technology at the bottom of the ocean. Outnumbered by deadly enemies only she can bring to justice. If she fails her mission now, another sentient species will fall. And the Tyrant Empire will rise again - because Earth has just been infected with a fatal parasite.

Case brief: The opening of the Kalamazoo City Dome - the world's largest indoor/outdoor amusement complex - has everyone in the city buzzing, especially because it's going to be the shooting site for Chase Mercy's new blockbuster film. But that's when things start to go haywire, and Mayor Saunders suspects foul play. Who would want to sabotage the Dome, and why?

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