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“A real scientist writing science-fiction with real science what more could one ask? John Gribbin is a visionary, and one heck of a good storyteller.” Robert J. Sawyer Hugo Award-winning author of QUANTUM NIGHT John Gribbin, widely regarded as one of the best science writers of the 20th...

Here are the best short stories and novel extracts from the Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers 2017 as judged by Whiti Hereaka, Paula Morris, Poia Rewi and Rawinia Higgins. The book contains the stories from the finalists for Best Short Story written in English, Best Short Story written in te reo Māori and Best Novel Extract categories.

Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf features fifteen diverse short stories, subject matter including space travel, werewolves, cannibalism, and commitment issues. It includes The Dread Wolf's Bane, an exclusive short story set in the world of The Necromancer's Gambit. The Gambit: The...

The emotions lived through a special ceremony...a dreamy voyage to a high mountain village...the touching life story of a hardworking young couple...the ways of obtaining a driving licence...the joys and sorrows of a an Iranian woman coming back to her country after fifteen years of absence, rediscovering...

Just when, where, and by whom story-telling was begun no one can say. From the first use of speech, no doubt, our ancestors have told stories of war, love, mysteries, and the miraculous performances of lower animals and inanimate objects. The ultimate source of all stories lies in a thorough democracy,...

HOW TO TELL A STORY AND OTHER ESSAYS In his unique way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, and then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, and finishes with a trip that proves life-changing. THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT In this detective mystery...

Death in Three Quarter Time is an eclectic collection of original short stories. By expressing lifes true meaning through the written word, these stories deal with conflict and times of grief that will surely bring insight and understanding into the readers life. About the Author: Sioux Dallas, a widow,...

An assemblage of short stories in different genres; science fiction, crime, western and so-called real-life, Grey Mars and Other Stories is the first collection by Christopher J Young. Grey Mars A tale set in the near future concerning Mankind's falling dreams of colonisation and the entropy...

What sounds like the beginning of a very bad joke is actually the title of a collection of short stories by author Anthony Horvath. The stories draws from what is publicly known about three notable persons and places them in the presence of God. Antony Flew famously disputed the existence of such...

"Jay Neugeboren’s You Are My Heart is an object lesson in imaginative empathy and observational intelligence. His fiction for years now has had the courage to be quiet and careful and comprehensively humane, but it’s in no way slight. One of his great subjects has been the damage that even the...

This anthology of eight short stories starts with what turns out to be the genesis of the Viridian System series, a science fiction adventure starring two asteroid miners, Big Pete and the Swede.Each comes with an explanation of how the story came about - most are in response to an online flash...

Learning morals, lessons, and good character can start at a young age. By providing a comfortable and entertaining environment, learning can be a fun activity! In Short Stories from Around the World, Vol. II we have four different stories that help teach kids different values and morals.

Welcome to the universe of Carl S. Plumer. . . . . . in which a young man contemplates the end of his short life at his birthday party. A depraved assassin considers one final act of goodness. Four brothers come to grips with the deadly consequences of losing their mother’s ashes. And a husband...

Flicker: A Collection of Short Stories and Poetry includes most of the short works I wrote between the fall of 2013 and December 2015.These short works range from extremely short in length, from haiku and hint fiction to flash fiction and short fiction. Forty-eight of these works found publication...