Short Stories

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery within the seams of the store's prom dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted houseguest. And in the bravura novella Especially Heinous, Machado reimagines every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a show we naively assumed had shown it all, generating a phantasmagoric police procedural full of doppelgangers, ghosts, and girls with bells for eyes. Earthy and otherworldly, antic and sexy, queer and caustic, comic and deadly serious, Her Body and Other Parties swings from horrific violence to the most exquisite sentiment. In their explosive originality, these stories enlarge the possibilities of contemporary fiction. The husband stitch—Inventory—Mothers—Especially heinous—Real women have bodies—Eight bites—The resident—Difficult at parties

Liebe spricht durch Blumen. Wahrheit braucht Dornen. Reise in eine Welt dunkler Pakte, die im Mondlicht geschlossen werden, verwunschener Städte und hungriger Wälder, sprechender Tiere und Lebkuchen-Golems, in der die Stimme einer jungen Meerjungfrau tödliche Stürme heraufbeschwören kann und ein Fluss vielleicht die Wünsche eines liebeskranken Jungen erfüllt – allerdings nur um einen schrecklichen Preis. Inspiriert von Mythen, Märchen und Folklore hat die New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Leigh Bardugo eine köstlich atmosphärische Kurzgeschichtensammlung voller Verrat, Rache, Opfer und Liebe geschaffen. Diese Geschichten sind perfekt für neue Leserinnen und Leser ebenso wie für eingefleischte Fans und entführen in Länder, die zugleich vertraut und fremd sind – in eine vollständig ausgearbeitete Welt gefährlicher Magie, die Millionen durch die Romane des Grishaverse besucht haben. Diese Sammlung aus sechs Geschichten enthält drei brandneue Erzählungen, alle opulent illustriert mit Kunstwerken, die sich mit jedem Umblättern verändern und in sechs atemberaubenden doppelseitigen Illustrationen gipfeln, die ebenso detailreich sind wie die Geschichten selbst. Zemeni Ayama und der Dornenwald — Ravkan Der allzu kluge Fuchs Die Hexe von Duva Kleines Messer — Kerch Der Soldatenprinz — Fjerdan Als Wasser Feuer sang

Betritt die Welt der Grisha und von „Shadow and Bone“, bald als Netflix-Originalserie! Tauche ein in die epische Welt der internationalen Bestsellerautorin Leigh Bardugo mit dieser wunderschön illustrierten Nachbildung von „Die Leben der Heiligen“, den Istorii Sankt’ya, mit Geschichten über Heilige aus den beliebten Romanen und darüber hinaus. Direkt aus den Seiten der „Shadow and Bone“-Trilogie, aus den Händen von Alina Starkov in deine, sind die Istorii Sankt’ya ein magisches Erinnerungsstück aus der Welt der Grisha. Diese Geschichten umfassen Wunder und Märtyrertum von bekannten Heiligen wie Sankta Lizabeta von den Rosen und Sankt Ilya in Ketten bis hin zu den seltsamen und obskuren Erzählungen von Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi und dem sternlosen Heiligen. Diese wunderschöne Sammlung enthält beeindruckende ganzseitige Farbabbildungen zu jeder Geschichte.

From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance – witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children – misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds. His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and the tragedy of these dark yet simple beings – hopeful, hapless heroes who appeal to the ugly outsider in all of us, and let us laugh at a world we have long left behind (mostly anyway).

Феновете на „Реликвите на смъртните“ и „Адски устройства“ могат да опознаят магьосника Магнус Бейн както никога досега в тази колекция от разкази, превърнали се в бестселъри на „Ню Йорк Таймс“, издадена за първи път на хартия с ексклузивен нов разказ и илюстративен материал. Тази колекция от единайсет разказа хвърля светлина върху живота на загадъчния Магнус Бейн, чиято обаятелна личност, пищен стил и остроумие изпълват страниците на поредиците №1 в класацията за бестселъри на „Ню Йорк Таймс“ „Реликвите на смъртните“ и „Адски устройства“. Първоначално публикувани поотделно като електронни разкази от Касандра Клеър, Морийн Джонсън и Сара Рийс Бренън, тази компилация представя за първи път на хартия и десетте заедно и включва невиждан досега единайсети разказ, както и нов илюстративен материал.

Пазарът на сенките е място за срещи на феи, върколаци, магьосници и вампири. Там Долноземците купуват и продават магически предмети, сключват мрачни сделки и шепнат тайни, които не искат нефилимите да узнаят. В продължение на два века обаче Пазарът на сенките има чест посетител от Града на костите, самото сърце на ловците на сенки. Като Мълчалив брат, брат Захария е заклет пазител на законите и преданията на нефилимите. Но някога е бил ловец на сенки на име Джем Карстеърс, а неговата любов, тогава и винаги, е магьосницата Теса Грей. Проследете брат Захария и вижте, на фона на мрачните сделки и празничните тържества на Пазара на сенките, първата любов на Ана Лайтууд, големия грях на Матю Феърчайлд и Теса Грей, хвърлена в световна война. Валънтайн Моргенстърн купува душа на Пазара, а душата на младия Джейс Уейланд намира сигурно убежище. На Пазара са скрити изгубен наследник и обичан призрак и никой не може да ви спаси, щом сте разменили сърцето си. Дори брат Захария... „Призраци от Пазара на сенките“ е написана съвместно с Морийн Джонсън, Робин Васерман, Сара Рийс Бренън и финалистката за „Пулицър“ Кели Линк и първоначално ще бъде достъпна в дигитален формат. Първите осем разказа ще бъдат публикувани като електронни книги приблизително от март 2018 г. по един месечно, а последните два ще бъдат налични в печатно издание, събиращо всички разкази, което ще бъде публикувано през 2019 г.

A woman posing as a medium who can channel the spirit world comes face to face with the truth in this short historical fantasy by Hugo Award–winning author Nghi Vo. The Fogg River Seminary, a girls’ school in a small Illinois town, is supposed to be just another stop on Maryse and Vasyl’s endless travels. They’ve made lucrative use of Maryse’s “foreign” looks in their melodramatic séance act—and an act is all it is. Then, during their performance, a blizzard sweeps in and cuts them off from town completely. In the freezing halls, there’s a voice speaking the secrets of the dead, and Maryse has no choice but to listen…because this time, the voice is real.

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they wake on the morning of the twenty-seventh of June. Everything has been prepared for the town’s annual tradition—a lottery in which every family must participate, and no one wants to win. “The Lottery” stands out as one of the most famous short stories in American literary history. Originally published in The New Yorker, the author immediately began receiving letters from readers who demanded an explanation of the story’s meaning. “The Lottery” has been adapted for stage, television, radio and film.

This edition reprints seven stories appearing in the 1963 Arkham House edition. The reprinted stories include: "In the Vault"; "Pickman's Model"; "The Rats in the Walls"; "The Music of Erich Zann"; "The Haunter of the Dark"; "The Dunwich Horror"; and "The Thing on the Doorstep".

A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this classic psychological thriller, the reader will find many more questions than answers. Even though this is one of Poe's shortest stories, nevertheless it has become one of his most highest regarded works. It is a profound and, at times, ambiguous investigation of the paranoia that may lie within the depths of one man's mind...

The Saint of War spares the life of a servant girl so she can fulfill her destiny as the kingdom’s greatest warrior in this short story of love and loyalty by New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow. Always mindful of the debt she owes, the girl finds her worth as a weapon in the hand of the Prince. Her victories make him a king, then an emperor. The bards sing her name and her enemies fear it. But the war never ends and the cost keeps rising—how many times will she repeat her own story?

New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow weaves a dystopian fairy tale that follows the town storyteller as she struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it. In this gritty, haunting tale about doing whatever it takes for love, a small-town storyteller resolves to keep the local monster—and her own secrets—safe from a legendary knight. Nestled deep in the steep hills, valleys, and surrounding woodlands lies Iron Hollow, a rural community beset by demons. Such horrors are common in the outlands, where most folks die young, if they don’t turn into monsters first. But what’s causing these transformations? No one has the answer, not even the town’s oral historian, seventeen-year-old Shrike. And when a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest beast to haunt their woods, Shrike has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her—that May is still human, somewhere beneath it all—she can’t prove it. Determined to keep May safe, Shrike stalks the knight and his demon-hunting hawk through the recesses of the forest. But as they creep through toxic creeks and overgrown kudzu, Shrike realizes the knight has a secret of his own. And he’ll do anything to protect it.