Results for "The Dreamer" in Anthologies & Short Stories

A robopsychologist must outwit a machine determined to stay hidden in "Little Lost Robot"; a woman’s talent for "Light Verse" overshadows her true accomplishments with her robot servants; "The Last Question" presented to computer after computer over a hundred billion years may remain forever unanswered … and seventeen more future visions from the grand master of science fiction.

Two terrifying classics by “the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction” (The Washington Post) Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced by the strange...

Deploying elements of mystery and shades of the macabre, M. G. Turner’s debut short story collection City of Dark Dreams: Tales from Another New York explores themes of life and death, asks whether mortality can be circumvented, imagines dreams impinging on reality, and finds the uncanny in...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Jake wanted freedom, adventure, and a life beyond the ordinary. On a tropical island in Thailand, he finds everything he’s been dreaming of—and gets tangled up in a relationship that blurs the line between desire and obsession. But when loyalty...

A man who has lost his faith in life decides that nothing matters. Convinced that existence has no meaning, he prepares to end his life—but a chance encounter and a strange, unforgettable dream lead him somewhere he never expected to go. In the dream, he discovers a world untouched by the...

From the surreal to the mundane, twenty-four stories that “show Murukami at his dynamic, organic best” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). "A warning to new readers of Haruki Murakami: You will become addicted.... His newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever." —San Francisco...

Welcome to Newford: to the music clubs, the waterfront, and the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Gemmins live in abandoned cars and skells traverse the tunnels below, while mermaids swim in the gray harbor waters and fill the cold night with their song. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street gathering the fey and the wild and the poor and the lost.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth written and read by William Boyd. A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from...

Winner of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award Includes the story “Premium Harmony”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes twenty-one...

Funny, moving and sharply observed, these stories are confirmation of Boyd's status as one of English fiction's finest writers. Here are twenty-four gripping tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. This eclectic collection by the acclaimed author of...

Supernaturally sensual and captivating, Dream Lover is a feast of fanciful delights. Kristina Wright, editor of the popular Fairy Tale Lust, presents a potent potion of fun and sexy tales filled with male fairies and clairvoyant scientists, as well as darkly erotic tales of ghosts, shapeshifters, and possession. Dream Lover asks the reader to explore the realm of the otherworldly and answer the question... who is your dream lover?

Así define el autor este volumen, en una brillante introducción que sirve también de puesta en perspectiva: los doce relatos que lo componen abarcan varias épocas, desde finales de la década de los sesenta hasta la actualidad, y en ellos se reflejan algunas de sus obsesiones más íntimas, además de su evolución como artista.

From the Bram Stoker Award–winning author, two heroes face a zombie army and more terrors in this fantasy adventure set in the world of H. P. Lovecraft.Once David Hero was an ordinary man living in the real world. Now he is trapped in the Dreamlands, cut off from the waking world. David Hero's...

Hercule Poirot is reluctant to answer a letter demanding his services by the reclusive and eccentric millionaire Benedict Farley. Farley wants him to diagnose his recurring dream of death, in which he shoots himself at precisely 3:28 p.m. Then, a week after dismissing Poirot, the dream becomes...

A family fractures under holiday lights. A golfer wanders frozen fairways chasing a fading dream. A washed‑up screenwriter stakes everything on a Christmas wish. A young couple takes a snowy train ride home. Few writers capture the winter season's magic and mischief like F. Scott Fitzgerald...

Here are two complete audiobooks by Denis Johnson, narrated by Will Patton. Listen to both Train Dreams, and Jesus’ Son, as well as an excerpt from Denis Johnson’s National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Young Randolph Carter (if we're talking about stories with Carter in the lead role, this is the first in the chronology) glimpsed a marvelous city in his dreams. Enthralled by its beauty, he embarks on a steadfast quest, descending into the realms of...

The short story OBITS won the 2016 Edgar for best short story. Featuring introductions to each story, read by Stephen King. A thrilling collection of stories - some brand new, some published in magazines, all entirely brilliant and assembled in one book for the first time - with a wonderful...

Ein gebrochener Körper. Eine geheimnisvolle Welt. Er braucht seinen ganzen Verstand, um zu überleben. Nachdem er knapp dem Tod entronnen ist, stellt Garrett fest, dass er sich in einer neuen Welt befindet. Und was noch schlimmer ist: Ihm fehlt ein Arm und er ist von der Hüfte abwärts gelähmt. Das hält den brutalen Bandenchef, auf dessen Fußboden er liegt, nicht davon ab, ihn auf die Straße zu werfen. Das Einzige, was zwischen Garrett und einem kalten Tod in den Händen der Plünderer der Stadt steht, sind sein eigener Verstand und eine mutige junge Frau.

Tara Honeycutt doesn’t have time for romance. Not when she’s raising her two younger siblings, juggling part-time jobs, and trying to give them the kind of Christmas they deserve. She’s long since buried her dreams of dancing professionally—and love? That’s a luxury she can’t afford.