Angel: 350 books

When Vivian Baylor finds out her husband, a U.S serviceman, was found brutally murdered, her normally stable life that she and her husband, Jesse Baylor, have made in the comforts of New Orleans, have been changed forever.Jesse’s mysterious death has created a perilous labyrinth, putting...

The Cinderella story takes on a fresh twist when told from the perspective of a slightly depressed glass slipper salesman. One Size Fits All is a breezy, modern romantic-comedy tale of love at first sight — and of realizing that it’s never too late to write the ending you want for your own fairy...

A Coming of Age Tale for Adults who might recall what it was like to be 11years old.... It is in the late 1980's. The time of Happy Days and Stephen King, small towns, and long lazy summers when Will-Fred and his family blew into Scottsburg, Indiana that fateful day. What Will-Fred lacks in...

"Take one part Lord Dunsany, two parts H.P. Lovecraft, some Steven King extract, a quarter-cup of Thomas Pynchon, and mix well. Mitchell Wylie’s work attacks the page with a kind of pointillist precision, nailing down a unique vision of fantasy psycho-horror.” — Scott Fitzgerald Gray, author...

The following stories have been, time out of mind, in their original form, recited around the lodge-fires and under the trees, by the Indian story-tellers, for the entertainment of the red children of the West. They were originally interpreted from the old tales and legends by the late Henry R. Schoolcraft,...

A tale where love and the occult collide. Artist Bernard Lendon is entranced by young American actress Beatrice Brett when they meet on board a ship bound for Southampton. Later, in London, their paths cross once more. Together, they help to bring a long-neglected play back to life, and the...

Family outings are fun. Getting together, sharing some good times and making good memories. But what kind of memories are made when the world changes? A loving father, a doting mother, and two children. It’s a rewarding, quiet life. That life is changed in an instant when the world...

Plot Summary "Dracula's Guest" follows an Englishman (whose name is never mentioned but is presumed to be Jonathan Harker) on a visit to Munich before leaving for Transylvania. It is Walpurgis Night, and in spite of the hotelier's warning to not be late back, the young man later...

AN EBOOK-SINGLE SHORT STORY — A TALE OF THE ENDLANDS An excerpt from the fantasy anthology "A Prayer for Dead Kings and Other Tales", "A Space Between" is a dark story of passion and murder (unintended and otherwise). Charan and Jalina, sibling heirs to the throne of empire,...

Plot Summary On Christmas Eve, around 1812,Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from...

Summary The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company of the book's title, whose dream is to have a son to continue his business. The book begins when his son is born, and Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth. Following the advice of Mrs Louisa Chick, his...

Synopsis Sir Leicester Dedlock and Honoria, Lady Dedlock (his junior by more than 20 years) live at his estate of Chesney Wold. Unknown to Sir Leicester, Lady Dedlock had a lover, Captain Hawdon, before she married Sir Leicester — and had a child by him, Esther Summerson. Lady Dedlock, believing...

Plot Summary Martin Chuzzlewit was raised by his grandfather and namesake. Years before, Martin senior takes the precaution of raising an orphaned girl, Mary. She is to be his nursemaid, with the understanding that she would be well cared for only for as long as he lived. She would thus have...

Plot Summary Oliver Twist was born into a life of poverty and misfortune in a workhouse in an unnamed town (although when originally published in Bentley's Miscellany in 1837 the town was called Mudfog and said to be within 70 miles north of London - in reality this is the location of the...