Download or read book Cryptic Tales written by Kirk Chewning and published by Serial Sikk Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Step into a world where the shadows cast long, and the unknown lurks just beyond the edge of perception. 'Cryptic Tales' invites you to journey through the depths of fear and mystery in this spine-chilling collection of short horror stories. From the supernatural to the psychologically unsettling, each tale is a glimpse into the darkest corners of the human experience. With narratives crafted over the span of eleven years, these stories have been carefully woven together to create a tapestry of terror. Brace yourself for a chilling ride as you encounter vengeful spirits, haunted mirrors, ancient curses, and the malevolent forces that haunt our nightmares.

Download or read book Cryptic Tales A Collection of Mystical Stories written by Kavya Mehta and published by Astitva Prakashan. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you think reading a book filled of roller coasters of adventures would be a great escapade to transport our imaginations to and go through the feelings of the characters? Drowned into mixed feelings with a sense of perplexity and bewilder of what's going to happen next, you feel trapped in a cage and have no choice but to turn another page. You want to save and warn the protagonist from the fate and feel completely helpless and at the mercy of the writer but what you can do is just wait, turning a page. This book is a collection of suspenseful short stories that will boggle your mind and intrigue you more and more. The writer's imaginations transports you to an unusual world full of diverse and fascinating characters - from Juliet (a detective) investigating the infamous murder - The President Case' ; Catherine - a millionaire pretending to be a poor girl as she goes through a street filled of ill-mannered and courageous people; Amelia who time travels to the future, being aware of the fact that she can't return back to the present; Emma Miller – USA’s best inspector using online resources to crack a gas leakage case that killed 5 people while she is injured and lays on bed ; Detective Donna Wilson who finds herself uncover a far bigger mystery than where stolen watches and jewellery go; and last but not the least the writer herself drowning into the peculiarity of a girl who has created a strong impression on her; and many more incidents with bated breath. Engrossing and uncertain, Cryptic Tales will engage and captivate all readers.

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Download or read book The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry written by Malcolm Lowry and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although his literary reputation rests primarily on his novels, Malcolm Lowry (1909-57) considered himself to be a poet, and he composed an extensive poetic canon. No reliable edition of Lowry's poetry currently exists. Increasing critical interest in all aspects of Lowry's life and work prompted the preparation of this complete edition of his poetry, in which the poems are located, identified, dated, arranged, collated, annotated, and explicated by biographical, critical, and textual introductions.

Download or read book Jataka Tales of the Buddha Volume II written by Ken and Visakha Kawasaki and published by Pariyatti Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whereas Western intellectuals seek the essence of Buddhism in its doctrines and meditation practices, the traditional Buddhists of Asia absorb the ideas and values of their spiritual heritage through its rich narrative literature about the Buddha and his disciples. The most popular collection of Buddhist stories is, without doubt, the Jatakas. These are the stories of the Buddha's past births, relating his experiences as he passed from life to life on the way to becoming a Buddha. At times he takes the form of a bird, at times he is born as a hare, a monkey, a prince, a merchant, or an ascetic, but in each case he uses the challenges he meets to grow in generosity, virtue, patience, wisdom, and compassion.This anthology of Jatakas, ably told by Ken and Visakha Kawasaki, remains faithful to the original yet presents the stories in clear and simple language. It thereby makes the Jatakas accessible even to young readers and to those for whom English is not their first language.

Download or read book Chilling Stories of the Bat Kingdom written by Amrahs Hseham and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on 2024-01-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bats, often misunderstood and unfairly burdened with associations of darkness and malevolence, have long been intertwined with folklore, mythology, and the realms of the supernatural. Their nocturnal flights and cryptic behaviors have fueled the human imagination, giving rise to legends that transcend cultures and civilizations. In this collection, we embark on a journey through the haunted dimensions where bats become conduits for curses, ancient pacts, and spectral entities that manifest in chilling tales of horror. There's a peculiar allure to darkness—a fascination that borders on the unknown and the forbidden. Bats, with their silent flights and haunting cries, have become symbolic emissaries of the night. As we delve into these horror stories, we invite you to suspend disbelief and embrace the sinister beauty that dwells within the shadows. The genesis of this anthology lies in the exploration of the primal fears that echo through generations. Bats, with their associations with vampires, witches, and supernatural omens, have been both feared and revered throughout history. As we curated these tales, we aimed not only to elicit shivers down the spine but also to unravel the rich tapestry of human imagination and the primal instincts that respond to the unknown.

Download or read book Hilltop Manor Gale s Story written by Nathan J.D.L. Rowark and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gale returns to Hilltop Manor-her childhood home-to defeat a tribe of psychic gremlins that call themselves, the Remenex. She quickly discovers they are more than prepared for her homecoming, expecting her. How long can Gale hold out against the forces present in Hilltop Manor before her family's history ultimately becomes her undoing?

Download or read book Thomas Hardy The Complete Novels The Giants of Literature Book 22 written by Thomas Hardy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 4582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E-artnow presents to you the complete novels by one of the greatest novelists of English literature. This edition includes all 15 classics of this great Victorian author. His novels mainly concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex. Content: Under the Greenwood Tree Far from the Madding Crowd The Return of the Native The Mayor of Casterbridge The Woodlanders Tess of the d'Urbervilles Jude the Obscure A Pair of Blue Eyes The Trumpet-Major Two on a Tower The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid The Well-Beloved Desperate Remedies The Hand of Ethelberta A Laodicean Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. His most famous novels include Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure.

Download or read book The Pontiff and The Prophet written by David Francis Mahoney and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-19 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The 1940s A Decade of Modern British Fiction written by Philip Tew and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did social, cultural and political events concerning Britain during the 1940s reshape modern British fiction? During the Second World War and in its aftermath, British literature experienced and recorded drastic and decisive changes to old certainties. Moving from potential invasion and defeat to victory, the creation of the welfare state and a new Cold war threat, the pace of historical change seemed too rapid and monumental for writers to match. Consequently the 1940s were often side-lined in literary accounts as a dividing line between periods and styles. Drawing on more recent scholarship and research, this volume surveys and analyses this period's fascinating diversity, from novels of the Blitz and the Navy to the rise of important new voices with its contributors exploring the work of influential women, Commonwealth, exiled, genre, avant-garde and queer writers. A major critical re-evaluation of the intriguing decade, this book offers substantial chapters on Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, and George Orwell as well as covering such writers as Jocelyn Brooke, Monica Dickens, James Hadley Chase, Patrick Hamilton, Gerald Kersh, Daphne Du Maurier, Mary Renault, Denton Welch and many others.

Download or read book American Nightmares written by Dale Bailey and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Edgar Allan Poe set down the tale of the accursed House of Usher in 1839, he also laid the foundation for a literary tradition that has assumed a lasting role in American culture. “The House of Usher” and its literary progeny have not lacked for tenants in the century and a half since: writers from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Stephen King have taken rooms in the haunted houses of American fiction. Dale Bailey traces the haunted house tale from its origins in English gothic fiction to the paperback potboilers of the present, highlighting the unique significance of the house in the domestic, economic, and social ideologies of our nation. The author concludes that the haunted house has become a powerful and profoundly subversive symbol of everything that has gone nightmarishly awry in the American Dream.

Download or read book The Desert Remembers My Name written by Kathleen Alcalá and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My parents always told me I was Mexican. I was Mexican because they were Mexican. This was sometimes modified to “Mexican American,” since I was born in California, and thus automatically a U.S. citizen. But, my parents said, this, too, was once part of Mexico. My father would say this with a sweeping gesture, taking in the smog, the beautiful mountains, the cars and houses and fast-food franchises. When he made that gesture, all was cleared away in my mind’s eye to leave the hazy impression of a better place. We were here when the white people came, the Spaniards, then the Americans. And we will be here when they go away, he would say, and it will be part of Mexico again. Thus begins a lyrical and entirely absorbing collection of personal essays by esteemed Chicana writer and gifted storyteller Kathleen Alcalá. Loosely linked by an exploration of the many meanings of “family,” these essays move in a broad arc from the stories and experiences of those close to her to those whom she wonders about, like Andrea Yates, a mother who drowned her children. In the process of digging and sifting, she is frequently surprised by what she unearths. Her family, she discovers, were Jewish refugees from the Spanish Inquisition who took on the trappings of Catholicism in order to survive. Although the essays are in many ways personal, they are also universal. When she examines her family history, she is encouraging us to inspect our own families, too. When she investigates a family secret, she is supporting our own search for meaning. And when she writes that being separated from our indigenous culture is “a form of illiteracy,” we know exactly what she means. After reading these essays, we find that we have discovered not only why Kathleen Alcalá is a writer but also why we appreciate her so much. She helps us to find ourselves.

Download or read book Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales written by Steve Wilson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989-05-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.

Download or read book Spenserian Moments written by Gordon Teskey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon Teskey restores Edmund Spenser to prominence, revealing his epic The Faerie Queene as a grand, improvisatory project on human nature. Teskey compares Spenser to Milton, an avowed follower. While Milton’s rigid ideology is now stale, Spenser’s allegories remain vital, inviting new questions and visions, heralding a constantly changing future.

Download or read book The Samarehan written by Wan Ezrin and published by Wan Ezrin. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the shadowy corridors of Malaysia's oldest boarding school, a malevolent legend has lingered for over half a century, instilling dread in the hearts of both students and staff. "The Samarehan," a gripping thriller set in the year 1966, follows the journey of a bold group of thirteen-year-olds, led by the charismatic Ajis, as they embark on a treacherous quest to unravel the sinister mysteries veiling their Prep School. As the year unfolds and darkness descends, fear tightens its grip on the school. The courageous adolescents must summon every ounce of courage, curiosity, and determination to confront the legendary being, decipher its chilling patterns, and break the curse that has bound it for generations. The atmosphere is thick with suspense as the characters navigate the perilous terrain of their haunted school, unveiling a web of secrets that threatens to engulf them. "The Samarehan" promises a spine-tingling journey into the heart of darkness, exploring the resilience of the human spirit when faced with unimaginable terror. As the malevolent legend tightens its grip and fear becomes an insidious adversary, the characters find themselves in a race against time to break the curse that has ensnared their school for decades. Wan Ezrin skillfully weaves a narrative that is as compelling as it is heart-stopping, delving into the characters' courage as they confront their deepest fears. The relentless suspense builds with each turn of the page, drawing readers into the labyrinth of mystery. Will the young protagonists' bravery be enough to unravel the malevolent legend and free their school from the clutches of a curse that has spanned generations? "The Samarehan" holds the answers, offering an unforgettable journey into a world where darkness reigns, and only the brave dare to defy its chilling embrace. This thrilling masterpiece guarantees to leave readers breathless and yearning for more, as they become entwined in a narrative that explores the fine line between terror and courage.

Download or read book Difficult Games written by Franco Ricci and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining Calvino's literary experiments as a young artist in search of his narrative voice, Ricci explores the psychological and existential motivations intrinsically linked to the writer's need for textual and systemic patterning. I racconti contains some of Calvino's least-read works, yet these early stories address issues, present scenarios and generate a growing variation of themes that form the heart of Calvino's narrative discourse. Ricci points out that melancholy permeates Calvino's works—even at his most playful. He suggests that if Calvino's highest merit was his sense of wonder and his urge to transform and defeat obscurantism with all the joy he could muster, one must remember that his work expressed, often painfully, the limits of human rationalism. I racconti can thus be read as a catalogue of the anxieties of both the young author and postwar Italian society.

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