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Book Thirteen Storeys

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan Sims
  • Publisher : Gollancz
  • Release : 2020-11-26
  • ISBN : 1473228751
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Thirteen Storeys written by Jonathan Sims and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunted house tour-de-force from the creator of THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES podcast. GOING UP? A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. Whether privileged or deprived, they share only one thing in common - they've all experienced a shocking disturbance within the building's walls. By the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. His death has remained one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now. But are you ready for their stories? * * * * * * * * * * 'A modern horror classic' Starburst Magazine 'Astonishing' SFX 'Nerve-jangling' Guardian 'A wonderfully creepy climax, hitting that perfect spot of uncanny horror' Grimdark Magazine 'Steals your sleep, not only because it's such a page turner but it is very very creepy' NetGalley reviewer 'Chilling and so creepy' NetGalley reviewer 'This book literally has it all: simply faultless' NetGalley reviewer

Book Some Trick

    Book Details:
  • Author : Helen DeWitt
  • Publisher : New Directions Publishing
  • Release : 2019-10-29
  • ISBN : 0811227839
  • Pages : 219 pages

Download or read book Some Trick written by Helen DeWitt and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed a “Best Book of the Year” by NPR, Publishers Weekly, Vulture, and the New York Public Library, Some Trick is now in paperback Finalist for the Saroyan Prize for Fiction For sheer unpredictable brilliance, Gogol may come to mind, but no author alive today takes a reader as far as Helen DeWitt into the funniest, most far-reaching dimensions of possibility. Her jumping-off points might be statistics, romance, the art world’s piranha tank, games of chance and games of skill, the travails of publishing, or success. “Look,” a character begins to explain, laying out some gambit reasonably enough, even in the face of situations spinning out to their utmost logical extremes, where things prove “more complicated than they had first appeared” and “at 3 a.m. the circumstances seem to attenuate.” In various ways, each tale carries DeWitt’s signature poker-face lament regarding the near-impossibility of the life of the mind when one is made to pay to have the time for it, in a world so sadly “taken up with all sorts of paraphernalia superfluous, not to say impedimental, to ratiocination.”

Book Unbroken

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marieke Nijkamp
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
  • Release : 2018-09-18
  • ISBN : 0374306516
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Unbroken written by Marieke Nijkamp and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more, Unbroken will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future. The contributing authors are awardwinners, bestsellers, and newcomers including Kody Keplinger, Kristine Wyllys, Francisco X. Stork, William Alexander, Corinne Duyvis, Marieke Nijkamp, Dhonielle Clayton, Heidi Heilig, Katherine Locke, Karuna Riazi, Kayla Whaley, Keah Brown, and Fox Benwell. Each author identifies as disabled along a physical, mental, or neurodiverse axis—and their characters reflect this diversity.

Book 13

    13

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Howe
  • Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2006-10-01
  • ISBN : 9781416926849
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book 13 written by James Howe and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number...you would think a civilized society could come up with a way for us to skip it." -- from "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" by Bruce Coville No one will want to skip any of the twelve short stories and one poem that make up this collection by some of the most celebrated contemporary writers of teen fiction. The big bar mitzvah that goes suddenly, wildly, hilariously out of control. A first kiss -- and a realization about one's sexual orientation. A crush on a girl that ends up putting the boy who likes her in the hospital. A pair of sneakers a kid has to have. By turns funny and sad, wrenching and poignant, the moments large and small described in these stories capture perfectly the agony and ecstasy of being thirteen.

Book Thirteen Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eudora Welty
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 1965
  • ISBN : 9780156899697
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Thirteen Stories written by Eudora Welty and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1965 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories written over a period of twenty-five years include The Wide Net, Lily Daw and the Three Ladies, and The Bride of the Innisfallen.

Book Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs

Download or read book Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs written by William T. Vollmann and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning new collection of stories confirms William T. Vollmann's growing reputation as the American writer whose books tower over the work of his contemporaries by virtue of their enormous range, huge ambition, stylistic daring, wide learning, audacious innovation, and sardonic wit (Washington Post Book World). All these qualities are in evidence in this collection in which the character of the writer and that of some of his intimates - both real and imaginary - surface and resurface in a series of extraordinary situations and encounters. Two astonishing stories frame this collection. The first, The Ghost of Magnetism, tells about a young man leaving San Francisco to become a sort of literary hobo living on his freeze-dried memories. The last, The Grave of Lost Stories, describes the death of Poe in a fungus-encrusted tomb somewhere deep in the earth. Here is the colorful and disreputable group of people familiar to us from Vollmann's earlier fiction - pimps, tramps, pornographers, witch doctors and massage-parlor girls. Within these stories, Vollmann gives us one of the most searching, bizarre, and subversive views of America today.

Book Thirteen Chairs

Download or read book Thirteen Chairs written by Dave Shelton and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spine-tingling collection of ghost stories When a boy finds himself drawn into an empty house one cold night, he enters a room in which twelve unusual-looking people sit around a table. And the thirteenth chair is pulled out for him.One by one, each of those assembled tells their ownghost story: tales of doom and death; of ghostly creatures and malevolent spirits; of revenge and reward. It is only at the end of the night that the boy starts to understand what story he must tell . . .

Book Dangerous Laughter

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven Millhauser
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2008-02-12
  • ISBN : 030726873X
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Dangerous Laughter written by Steven Millhauser and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-02-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen darkly comic stories, Dangerous Laughter is a mesmerizing journey that stretches the boundaries of the ordinary world.

Book Doctor Who  Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories

Download or read book Doctor Who Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories written by Naomi Alderman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new version of this much-loved anthology, with a brand-new story featuring the brand-new Thirteenth Doctor from literary sensation Naomi Alderman! Twelve wonderful tales of adventure, science, magic, monsters and time travel - featuring all twelve Doctors - are waiting for you in this very special Doctor Who book. And now they're joined by a very exciting, and very exclusive, new tale - written by Naomi Alderman, author of The Power - that will star the Thirteenth Doctor, as she battles to save the universe with her three close and trusted friends. Other authors featured are: Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott, Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, Patrick Ness, Richelle Mead, Malorie Blackman, Alex Scarrow, Charlie Higson, Derek Landy, Neil Gaiman, and Holly Black.

Book Siege 13

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tamas Dobozy
  • Publisher : Dundurn.com
  • Release : 2012-09-15
  • ISBN : 1771022639
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book Siege 13 written by Tamas Dobozy and published by Dundurn.com. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2012 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize — Winner 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award — Finalist, English-Language Fiction In December of 1944, the Red Army entered Budapest to begin one of the bloodiest sieges of the Second World War. By February, the siege was over, but its effects were to be felt for decades afterward. Siege 13 is a collection of thirteen linked stories about this terrible time in history, both its historical moment, but also later, as a legacy of silence, haunting, and trauma that shadows the survivors. Set in both Budapest before and after the siege, and in the present day – in Canada, the U.S., and parts of Europe – Siege 13 traces the ripple effect of this time on characters directly involved, and on their friends, associates, sons, daughters, grandchildren, and adoptive countries. Written by one of this country’s best and most internationally recognized short story authors – the story "The Restoration of the Villa Where Tibor Kallman Once Lived" won the 2011 O. Henry Prize for short fiction – Siege 13 is an intelligent, emotional, and absorbing cycle of stories about war, family, loyalty, love and redemption.

Book Thirteen

    Book Details:
  • Author : A Bates
  • Publisher : Turtleback Books
  • Release : 2003-08
  • ISBN : 9780613143288
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Thirteen written by A Bates and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Horror stories by Christopher Pike, R.L. Stein, and other authors deal with a wax museum, vampire love, deadly dolls, and other themes.

Book Dare to be Scared

Download or read book Dare to be Scared written by Robert D. San Souci and published by Dare to Be Scared. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories that start with normal kids and normal lives, then take you to the dark place where fear dwells.

Book The Thirteen Problems

    Book Details:
  • Author : Agatha Christie
  • Publisher : HarperCollins UK
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 0007120869
  • Pages : 14 pages

Download or read book The Thirteen Problems written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2002 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple's house and the conversations turns to unsolved crimes: the case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the strange case of the invisible will; and the death-bed message about a "heap of fish".

Book Ghost

    Book Details:
  • Author : Illustratus
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2019-08-13
  • ISBN : 1452171327
  • Pages : 169 pages

Download or read book Ghost written by Illustratus and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated collection of thirteen original spine-tingling tales perfect for middle schoolers. A finger against the inside of a mirror . . . A wood where the trees look back . . . A basement door blocked by a brick wall so thick, it stifles the screams from below . . . This original collection of chilling poems and tales contains the only true ghost stories in existence (as the book itself will tell you)—thirteen eerie encounters perfect for sharing . . . if you dare. Accompanied by striking illustrations and building to a truly spine-tingling conclusion, this haunting book will consume the imagination and keep readers of every age up long past their bedtimes. Praise for Ghost “A delightfully horrific and atmospheric collection to share aloud or under the blankets with a long-lasting flashlight. . . Perfect for children who want a good scare!” —School Library Journal,starred review “Readers may not wish to read this chilling collection of stories and poems alone at night. . . . Ghastly and imaginative storytelling for the young—and not-so-young.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Book Only If You Dare

Download or read book Only If You Dare written by Josh Allen and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen chilling short stories to keep you up at night--but only if you dare. You never know what's out to get you. Though you might think you're safe from monsters and menaces, everyday objects can turn against you, too. A mysterious microwave. A threatening board game. A snowman that refuses to melt. Even your own heartbeat has its secrets. Thu-thump. Thu-thump. When you stop to listen, each beat sounds more menacing than the last. Master storyteller Josh Allen brings thirteen nightmare scenarios to life in this page-turning collection that's perfect for budding horror junkies. In his wondrous world, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places. Eerie illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah Coleman accompany the stories, packaged in a stunning hardcover edition complete with glow-in-the-dark jacket. Readers will sleep with one eye open!

Book The 13 storey Treehouse  full Colour Edition

Download or read book The 13 storey Treehouse full Colour Edition written by Andy Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy and Terry's 13-storey treehouse is the most amazing treehouse in the world! It's got a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks, a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry. And, now, The 13-Storey Treehouse is in colour! Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

Book Thirteen Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Isaac Jones
  • Publisher : John Isaac Jones
  • Release : 2019-08-13
  • ISBN : 1735574538
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Thirteen Stories written by John Isaac Jones and published by John Isaac Jones. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Stories that hit your heart, your sense of whimsy and your memories of different times - – writing about the south of the fifties in a nostalgic and loving way - with the touch of darkness.” In the first tale, Going Home, a small-time hoodlum, being led to the electric chair, remembers he has a few things he wants to do before he leaves this earth. In Boone, an eight-year-old tells the poignant story of an aging, crippled farmer who has a psychotic love for his wife. Two social misfits risk it all to love an unwanted child in For Love of Daniel. Cousins Billy and Roy, constantly spying on tenants of their grandmother’s rental houses, bite off more than they can chew in the haunting Gothic tale Annie. Alma Dawson’s life is turned upside down in The Agreement when she tries to raise money to pay for her daughter’s last year of college. In The Surrogate, a young woman conspires with her uncle to commit murder. A dying ten-year-old takes revenge on his tormentor in Serpentus Saragossii. In the suspenseful Tembo Makaburi, karma catches up with a greedy, arrogant big game hunter. In the final novella, The Angel Years, the Johnsons get an unexpected visitor while trying to protect a family secret. “I will add John Isaac Jones to my list of must-read southern authors!”