Zen Fiction

【解説】京都に住む大学教授の夫は、妻郁子とは長年、暗闇の中でしか関係したことがなく、その姿態を明るい灯の下でじっくり味わいたいと願っている。特に美しい足先には強く惹かれるものがある。妻も性的欲求は旺盛で、刺激を得たいと思っている。夫と妻はそれぞれの性的願望を日記に書き、相手が見るように仕向けるべく、夫は抽斗の鍵を落としておいた。夫は、娘敏子の恋人、木村と妻とが接近することにも異常な興奮を覚える。ある日、ブランデーを過ごした郁子が浴室で意識を失ったことから、夫の欲求が満たされる時が来た・・・・。 フェティシズム、腹上死を描く谷崎潤一郎による性愛小説の代表作。

The Kingdom of Shivas Irons is the enchanting story of Murphy's return to Scotland to investigate reports of further visitations by Shivas Irons and to answer questions about him and MacDuff that have haunted Murphy since his original trip to Burningbush some 31 years before. Murphy and his companion, Buck Hannigan, a skeptical physicist fascinated by Shivas's connections to metanormal events, embark on a magical quest for Irons and MacDuff - and their wisdom about golf and human potential.

【解説】友人から奪った妻との人目を避けた質素な生活を描く。『三四郎』『それから』に続く三部作完結編。 友人の安井から、その妻・お米を奪った宗助は、世間の目を避けて夫婦でひっそりと暮らしている。質素で単調ながら穏やかな愛情でむすばれた生活である。弟の小六が居候で同居しながら大学に通っているが、叔父の死によりその学費が打ち切られたり、職場の役所で人員整理の動きがあったり、あるいは大家の坂井の弟がたまたま安井と友人で、蒙古から一時帰国で坂井宅に立ち寄ったりと、小さな波乱が起こり、宗助の心は乱れる。安息を求めて禅寺に籠るが、悟りを開けないまま戻った宗助・・・。しかし、月が変わり、寒さが緩む頃、夫婦の上に平穏が戻った。 【朗読】wis(透明感のある声で知られる女性朗読家です)

待望の江戸川乱歩全集（オーディオブック）！！江戸川乱歩の小説を全集にし、全3巻にまとめたボリューム満載の江戸川乱歩全集

A seductive tale of lust and revenge, The Climax charts the entangled lives of two women - Terelle and Kai - who have both suffered irrecoverable losses in their pursuit of Marquise, who is believed to be dead. Kai is in prison, and Terelle suffered from a mental breakdown after losing her fiance. After two years of catatonia, Terelle is awakened by a sweet and mysterious kiss, and the voice of her lost love. As Terelle recovers, she clings to the idea that Marquise (who is the father of her child) is still alive and out there, waiting to reunite with her.

Susan, a 24 year old widow and single mother, was facing a big financial problem. She had been on her own since her husband lost his life five years ago, only months after her father died. Susan had spent her whole life in the Canadian bush but the local saw mill had closed. The saw mill's closing caused the local school to close for lack of students. That meant Susan would lose custody of her daughter Lilly if they didn't move to somewhere Lilly could attend school.

A corporate jet, or even her own private jet, would have been within easy reach for her. However, Sally McPhearson always flew commercial; it was sort of her trademark. When she boarded the small commuter plane that day to travel to a business meeting in Toronto, she had no idea that her life was about to abruptly change. Sally was about to depart on a journey that would result in months full of pain, suffering, hunger, desperation, and fear. She certainly would have not been able to comprehend that the experiences she was about to endure would forever change her life for the better.

Questo è un romanzo anti-biografico. Appino, Ufo e Karim – voce, chitarra e batteria degli Zen Circus – prestano i nomi e la vita a una storia che potrebbe essere una delle loro canzoni. Realtà e finzione si rincorrono in questo rocambolesco romanzo che racconta la nascita di una famiglia disfunzionale, quella di un gruppo di ragazzi che attraverso la musica cercano di definire se stessi, e la generazione di vecchi senza esperienza dalla quale vogliono fuggire.

The Phantom of the Earth: Publisher's Pack contains books 1 and 2 of the series. The Song of the Jubilee, book 1: The world on the surface has crumbled. Deep below what were once the places known as Canada, the US, and Mexico, a new Great Commonwealth has emerged where expansion gave way to peace and prosperity. The Gambit with Perfection, book 2: Cornelius Selendia continues his journey to Blackeye Cavern, Supreme Scientist Damosel Rhea makes progress on Project Silkscape.

Zombie expert Scott Kenemore (The Zen of Zombie) unearths a collection of top-secret lost documents from WWII (originally intercepted by the U.S. Signal Corps in 1941 and presented to Franklin Roosevelt in a confidential memorandum), describing efforts of the Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (or SD) to harness and weaponize Haitian Voodoo and zombie-creating technologies for military purposes.

Cuando Jessamyn Teoh comienza a oír una voz en su cabeza, lo achaca al estrés. Armarizada, arruinada y sin trabajo, vuelve a Malasia con sus padres, un país que no veía desde que era una niña. Pronto, descubre que la voz no es ni siquiera suya, sino del fantasma de su distante abuela. En vida, la Ah Ma era una médium espiritual, el avatar de una misteriosa deidad conocida como la Hermana de las Aguas Negras. Ahora, está decidida a ajustar cuentas con un magnate empresarial que ha ofendido a la deidad, y ha resuelto que Jess la ayude, independientemente de los deseos de su nieta.

【解説】 長井代助は、大学卒業後も、実業家の父に依存して、定職も持たずに気ままに暮らす高等遊民である。ときどき実家に金をもらいに行き、実社会のあくせくした様を半ば見下している。これと対照的に親友の平岡は、銀行に就職して社会の苦労を舐めている。共通の友人である菅沼の妹、三千代と代助とは実は思い合っていたが、平岡が代助に三千代との斡旋を依頼し、その結果、三千代は平岡と結婚する。しかし、平岡は、部下の公金使い込みの責任を負う形で辞職して帰京。代助に就職斡旋を依頼し、三千代は金の融通を依頼する。代助は、それらを実家に持ち込むが、いずれも断られ、そこで自らの立場を自覚する。 代助は、心臓を患う三千代としばしば会い、とうとう三千代への愛に改めて気が付き、求愛の告白をする。三千代は、今更ひどいと泣くが、最後はその求愛を受け入れ、今後待ち受けている苦難をともにする覚悟をした。代助は父親からのたびたびの縁談を断り、その怒りを買う。そして遂に代助は平岡に事を打ち明け、三千代を譲ってくれるように談判したところ、平岡は絶交を言い渡しただけでなく、代助の父親に事の顛末を詳細に告げる挙に出た。兄が父親の使者となって現れ、平岡の話が事実であることを確認し、実家からの絶縁を言い渡した。代助は頭が焦げる思いをしながら、職を探しに街に飛び出した。「ああ動く、世の中が動く」と傍の人間に聞こえるほどにいいながら・・・。...

From the author of The Cadaver Island trilogy comes nine tales to chill, thrill, and challenge listeners to go places they may never return from. Featuring short stories submitted by Kevin Rodgers since Pro Se entered the publishing field, Chaos and Doom is your guide to some of the most amazing characters and imaginative worlds in genre fiction.

As an early summer heat wave beats down on Alpine, Emma and her staff are treading very lightly. For unfathomable reasons, the paper's House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, is in a major snit, refusing to speak to her colleagues. So when a peculiar young woman walks in claiming her parents have been murdered and that she's in mortal danger, too, it fits right in with the rest of the craziness. Then, to the utter bafflement of her colleagues, Vida vanishes without a word to anyone.

周五郎の初期を代表する連作集でもあり第十七回直木賞に推されながらも受賞辞退で有名な「日本婦道記」全三十一編を収録

Seductive soldier and shameless alcoholic, Will Strief was made to be broken and transcendental. After spending his entire adult life in the military jumping out of planes and living a hero's life, Strief is left in the gutter of civilian life in Marseille, France, after a devastating injury in the French Foreign Legion. Now, at 23, he is reveling in his suddenly liberating rock-star life: hilarious drug experiences, vicious drinking, and a delirious sex life that would put any lesser man in the ground.

Jeremy Linden's a PhD student researching an HIV vaccine. He's always short of money, and when biotech startup PharmaTek reduces funding for his fellowship, he's tempted to take a job at a men's dining club as a serving boy. The uniforms are skimpy, and he's expected to remove an item of clothing after each course. He can handle that, but he soon discovers there's more on the menu here than fine cuisine. How far will he go to pay his tuition, and will money get in the way when he realizes he's interested in more from one of his gentlemen?

Sandra and Molly were two typical office workers enjoying their lives, which consisted primarily of going to work, shopping and looking for cute guys. Then their world came to a disastrous end brought about by a fast-acting, airborne virus that decimated the world's population. Now the girls live in the abandoned office building in which they once worked surrounded by a new and dangerous landscape.

In Ancient China, a young woman will make a stand against evil, and her courage will herald the dawn of a new order: The League of Demon Hunters. But before the League, there was the Brethren. Zen drew her sword, the Sword of Divinity Xuan Yuan, and she held the sacred blade aloft for all to see. The late afternoon light caught Xuan Yuan's burnished copper, and the sword gleamed like the sun.

Ivy Sheppard never wanted the ability to turn into a mermaid—though her wicked ice powers are nothing to sneeze at. Now her step-sister is her enemy, the fairy she once trusted may not be the ally she hoped for, and her new boyfriend wants her to transfer schools to avoid the vampires taking over Union High. Between dodging parents’ concerns, pretending she can stand to even look at the step-sister who sided with the bloodsuckers, and still aiming to end it all without violence, Ivy is in over her head.