Urban Short Stories

Mason Dixon is a vlogger making hilarious videos about hunting down monsters in the wilds of Missouri. But his vlog is just a ruse to spread disinformation so he can secretly relocate endangered cryptids. Join the team with Mason, his sidekick Emma, and their tech guru Himari as they battle humans and monsters alike to protect these vulnerable creatures. Snarky humor meets full-throttle action in this can’t miss urban fantasy adventure!

Best-selling urban fantasy author M.D. Massey welcomes listeners back to the world of the Junkyard Druid in a brand-new short-story collection! This volume features characters from the Colin McCool series, starring in three separate novelette-length stories: "Carnival of Blood", "Serpent’s Daughter", and "The Vigil".

Get ready for three more incredible tales in The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries. Max, Sandra, and Drummond are back. After the war between the Mobleys and the Magi, a power void has been formed. An ancient cult now resurfaces to fill that void. And with it comes new ghosts, new witches, and new magic. But that would be too easy. Max’s family has plenty of troubles as the Sandwich Boys mature, Max’s mother falls ill, and Drummond may be lost forever. You won’t want to miss a single moment in the series that blends real history with ghosts, witches, curses, and more.

Eindringlich, unheimlich, unwiderstehlich - Stephen King in Bestform: 14 düstere Überraschungen, blutige und unblutige, die von der unbändigen Schaffenskraft eines Autors zeugen, der als Größter seines Faches anerkannt wird. Unter den preisgekrönten Storys befindet sich auch die Erzählung "Der Mann im schwarzen Anzug", die mit dem O.-Henry-Preis ausgezeichnet wurde, dem renommiertesten Literaturpreis für Kurzgeschichten.

Phantastische, irrationale, mysteriöse und ambivalente Elemente beherrschen Becquers wundervolle Erzählungen, die in vereinfachter Symbolik ausgedrückt reflektieren, dass dort wo Gott stark der Teufel nicht schwächer ist. Auf diesem Hörbuch befinden sich sämtliche 17 "Teufel, Geister und Dämonen"-Erzählungen Becquers: "Meister Perez - Der Organist", "Das Teufelskreuz", "Die Höhle der Maurin", "Das Miserere", "Das weiße Reh", "Die grünen Augen", "Der Geisterberg", "Der Mondenstrahl", "Kobold", "Das Kruzifix mit dem Totenschädel", "Das Gelöbnis", "Die Passionsblume", "Das goldene Armband", "Die Hexen von Trasmoz", "Der Kuss", "Der Tod der alten Kaska", "Die Zauberburg".

Zbiór opowiadań o mieszkańcach Odorkowa - postaciach różnorodnych i wyrazistych, które w niestrudzonej aktywności próbują realizować swe plany oraz marzenia. W Odorkowie mieszka zatem skory do skandali i prowokacji Malarz, niezbyt lotny Burmistrz, refleksyjny Śmieciarz, żądny wrażeń Nastolatek... Właśnie oni, a także kilku pozostałych charakterystycznych bohaterów, tworzą jedyną w swoim rodzaju społeczność, za sprawą której Odorków nabiera życia i autentyzmu.

"Fantasmas de la ciudad" es una colección de cuentos enmarañados y armoniosos, laberínticos y lógicos, tensos y a la vez reflexivos. Una reflexión permutada sobre la vida humana, sobre las vidas humanas, y sobre la geografía interior de las personas. Obsesiones, reencuentros, familias, no-lugares y hasta nuevas sociedades emergentes se dan cita en esta elegante antología.

Save with this complete series bundle, including: Moon Glamour: Half-werewolf Athena keeps her human sister safe by steering clear of shifters. But, when an intriguing alpha offers her a brighter future, she's tempted into running with wolves. Charmed Wolf: Tara is an an alpha above and apart. But, when an achingly beautiful outsider sets up a meeting under false pretenses, she's drawn into a wild hunt. Fae Wolf: When the borders between earth and Faery close without warning, changeling werewolf Storm is torn between her home and her fated mate.

With only two hundred dollars, Unique packed her suitcase and headed to New York City for a brand-new start. It's there that Unique meets big-time boxing promoter Kennard, and it is love at first sight.... After nine months of living in the lap of luxury with Kennard, skeletons from Unique's past show up, and it will cost her a cool million dollars to keep not only her relationship but her life.... Unique isn't about to lose it all. With the help of her best friend, she devises a major heist; to pull it off all she has to do is stay alive....

Fogwill se dio a conocer como autor de cuentos y relatos breves, terreno en el cual fue un maestro indiscutido de la literatura argentina de la última parte del siglo XX. Sus primeros libros fueron Mis muertos punk, Música japonesa y Pájaros de la cabeza, aparecidos durante principios de la década de los 80. Alfaguara publica ahora, en ediciones aniversario, dos de los títulos en formato facsimilar, reproduciendo las versiones originales y respetando los usos y costumbres editoriales de ese momento inaugural en la trayectoria literaria de Fogwill.

The complete collection of Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. short stories! Including the three previously published shorts: Dearly Departed, Hair of the Hellhound, and Season's Reapings, plus three all-new shorts: Pre-Mortem (set in the 1700s), Post-Mortem (set in the 2300s), and Death or Something Like It, a crossover short story with Jesse Sullivan, the heroine of Kory M. Shrum's Dying for a Living series.

Der erste Band mit Kurzgeschichten, mit der fast schon zum Klassiker avancierten Geschichte "Alles wird gut", in der Johnny Tristano sich den Ratschlag gibt: "Wenn du dich stützen musst, stütze dich an Mauern, nicht an Menschen!" Einmal mehr kann man bei Fauser lesend lernen, was es heißt, tief zu fallen, aber niemals unterzugehen und neben Witz und Melancholie auch die Lust auf das Leben und ein Bier zu bewahren.

The (black) magical season is here - and whether it's a solstice seance gone demonically wrong with the incomparable Kim Harrison, a grossly misshapen Christmas with the remarkable Lynsay Sands, a blood-chilling-and-spilling New Year's with the wonderful Marjorie M. Liu, or a super-powered Thanksgiving with the phenomenal Vicki Pettersson, one thing is for certain: in the able hands of these exceptional dark side explorers, the holidays are going to be deliciously hellish!

Twenty-two short stories that will lift your spirits or break your heart from acclaimed author Warren Adler, well known for iconic novel turned international box-office hit The War of the Roses. Written to celebrate the author’s return to New York City after 40 years away from it, Adler focuses his laser eye on New York City in these 22 deftly crafted and compelling short stories. New York, the frenetic, tough-minded, generous-hearted city, magnet for people’s hopes and aspirations, is as vividly and lovingly portrayed here as any of the characters.

A promise given with great love cannot be broken, even by death. This is the third audibook in the AngelStories short story collection from award-winning author Michael Lynes.

Here there be monsters. Dive into New London’s gritty underbelly in this dark fairy tale spanning worlds. Follow Kal and his bloodthirsty sylph familiar, Bell, as they navigate a complex web of challenges that serve to weave together their fates.

Llewyn Glass, a former Catholic priest, was deceived into making a deal with the Devil. Now, with Halloween looming, he must find a way to break the pact or be condemned to an eternity in Hell. Guided by the enigmatic and powerful Sister Abigail, Llewyn embarks on a perilous journey across the globe, confronting gods and monsters at every turn. Each step toward salvation demands a sacrifice, and the cost may be more than just his soul - but all of humanity.

Offered for the first time as a single purchase, listeners can now experience Fiona “Blue” Shaefer’s journey from troubled teen to hopeful young adult and take in the full scope of R.J. Sullivan’s paranormal thrillers. This omnibus includes both novels in her series and a holiday short story that caps off this phase of her young life: Haunting Blue, Virtual Blue, and Blue Christmas: A Holiday Short Story.

In Billionaire Romance, Sarah is trying to settle in better into her new life and pregnancy is looking good on her. She, however, is beginning to have a few doubts in her mind about the whole arrangement that they have with Nick, and she feels like he is distracted and distant from her. Nick provides and cares for her, but she hardly sees him, the story takes a whole different turn when Tracy, her former workmate reveals to her that she is also pregnant but will not tell her who the father of the child is.

Damballah, Hiding Place, and Sent for You Yesterday provide a stunning introduction to the uncompromising work of John Edgar Wideman, whose literary achievements have inspired The New York Times to name him “one of America’s premier writers of fiction”. Damballah’s narratives examine the vexed history of Homewood, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, neighborhood whose origins are rooted in a time when slavery was still legal in the United States of America.