Résultats pour "The Mister" dans Anthologies et nouvelles

My boyfriend is getting married. Okay, technically he’s my ex-boyfriend. Two months ago he decided he wanted a break. I still thought he was my happily ever after. On any other day, knowing he was gone for good would be the worst thing that could possibly happen. But not today. Because not only is my boyfriend getting married—his bride is my best friend. And they’ve sent me an invitation. There’s no way I’m going to attend. Not even when a deliciously handsome stranger tells me he needs to go as my plus one.

Charles Utterson, un avoué de justice, mène l'enquête sur Mister Hyde, un étrange personnage, violent et sans scrupules, peut-être même un meurtrier. Il découvre que ce M. Hyde est très lié avec le docteur Henry Jekyll, un philanthrope sympathique et passionné par son métier. Il découvre que le docteur Jekyll se livre à des expériences scientifiques et a inventé une drogue pour séparer le bon côté de sa personnalité et de son mauvais côté.

Step into the visionary imagination of Ray Bradbury with this powerful collection of classic science fiction and speculative tales that helped define the Golden Age of the genre. The Selected Works of Ray Bradbury brings together seven unforgettable short stories that explore humanity’s hopes, fears, and moral crossroads against the vast backdrop of space, time, and the unknown.

Halloween is more than a holiday; more than a fun time of candy and costumes for the young. It is inoculated into our very being at an early age and there it remains. As we grow old, it grows dormant… but it is still there. For the lucky ones, such as us, it emerges every year, like a reanimated corpse digging its way out of graveyard earth to shamble across our souls. And we rejoice… oh, if we are the fortunate ones, we most certainly rejoice.

“Me and Mr. Chips: a boy's adventures with his puppy" is a heartwarming series written by Louis W. Hirschmann, author of numerous novels and short stories featuring his young alter ego, Jeff Vetch, as the boy grows up in 1950's Glencoe, Illinois. In this 5-volume story, Mr. Hirschmann's writing takes a deliciously whimsical turn as he tells the tale of Jeff and Mister Chips, a German Schnauzer puppy, and the amazing, unforgettable adventures they have together.

Quinlan knows the truth about who she is, though there's more going on than she knows about. So many secrets remain. And so many lives will be lost. Fintan and the true Veilman have plans. The human world is their target. Can Quinlan and her group save humanity?

Die beiden Privatdetektive Mr. Harley Quin und Mr. Sattisway ermitteln in ihren spannensten Fällen: In Monte Carlo entlarven sie im Casino eine Betrügerin. Auf Korsika klären sie ein lange zurückliegendes Verbrechen auf und ein Unschuldiger aus dem Gefängnis freikommt. In England helfen sie einer jungen Frau, die Stimmen hört und Gespenster sieht.Und schließlich vereitelt Mr. Sattisway einen Mordanschlag auf eine junge Dame und verhilft ihr zu ihrem Glück.

""I loved making the acquaintance of SirHereward and Mister Fitz. If you haven't met them yet, you are in for a treat. They are the best partnership in the world of fantasy since Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.” — George R.R. Martin, co-editor “A Cargo of Ivories” New York Times bestselling...

In a world where things like magic exist and werewolves and unicorns are real, a governing body called Council of the Mists presides over the paranormal world and keeps humans slightly in the dark. We meet Ruby Lee, an ordinary girl who isn't so ordinary, in "The Last Unicorn". In "Wicked Wichita", we meet Lee Mustow, David Honeywell, and Mattie Wonders who find that "three" is a magic number. Finally, in the third story "Paranormal Pekin", River Underwood, a paranormal researcher and witch, is trying to solve a centuries-old riddle with the help of James Honeywell.

పురుషుడిలా ముఖం మీద గడ్డం ఉన్న స్త్రీ గురించి ఈ కథ జరుగుతుంది. రషీద్ ఆమెను మొదటిసారి బస్టాండ్‌లో చూసి ఆశ్చర్యపోయి అతను తన స్పృహ కోల్పోయాడు. రెండోసారి కాలేజీలో ఆమెను చూశాడు. కాలేజీలో అబ్బాయిలు తనని ఎగతాళి చేసేవారు మరియు తన గడ్డం కారణంగా ఆమెకు మిస్టర్ హమీద అని పేరు పెట్టారు. అబ్బాయిల ఈ చర్యలు రషీద్‌కి నచ్చలేదు. అతను హమీదతో స్నేహం చేయడానికి ప్రయత్నించాడు, కానీ ఆమె నిరాకరించింది. ఒకసారి హమీద అనారోగ్యం పాలైనప్పుడు, ఆమె షేవ్ చేయమని రషీద్‌ను పిలిచింది. అలా ఇద్దరూ స్నేహితులుగా మారారు

Quinlan used to have dreams about Queen Fand. She watched, unable to help as the goddess of the fairies was defeated, imprisoned, and finally enslaved to the Veilman. Now, those dreams don't just come to her at night. She's starting to believe that what she sees is real. She needs to learn the truth, and Shane Murphy might be the only one who can help her figure it out. Her boyfriend, Eli, refuses to believe, even though he sees the same things Quinlan sees. But there's so much more to it. Eli knows it's true, but he's not ready to admit it—yet.

In a post-apocalyptic world, the young healer Snake ventures into unknown lands during her proving year. Her genetically engineered rattlesnake and cobra provide vaccines and medicines, while the rare alien dreamsnake eases pain and suffering. Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand won SFWA's Nebula Award. It is the first chapter of Dreamsnake, which won the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.

This is a short science-fiction horror story from Thomas Weston.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham’s critically-acclaimed short story "Mister Brother" first appeared in Duke University's DoubleTake magazine and was included in the 1999 O. Henry Prize Stories. “Mister Brother” investigates the relationship between two brothers, a relationship that sustains the fairly universal complication of sibling rivalry. This particular rivalry, however, turns out to bear lifelong consequences neither of the boys could possibly have foreseen.

The Strange High House in the Mist is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue of Weird Tales. An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia suggests that the story may have been inspired by Lord Dunsany's Chronicles of Rodriguez, in which strange sights can be seen from a wizard's house on a crag.

In this chilling story from New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry, a young paperboy discovers that a random act of kindness may have greater consequences - especially as night falls in Pine Deep.

Chip's luck has run out. He's been on the dole for most of his life and now the government wants to ship him off to fight in the never-ending war in Mexico. But he has two things going for him: a cocky attitude and his thinkmate, an all-knowing personal digital assistant named Mr. Jimmy. Maybe the way to escape is to get in line to step through the mysterious door down the alley. Hundreds of people have passed through, but no one has come out.

Tommie works hard. His job is not as glamorous as say a movie star or lawyer, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn't have time to relax once and a while. When his boss gives him the weekend off Tommie gets a chance to get away from it all. After work he and his gal head upstate for a weekend away with some friends. A cozy, secluded lakeside cottage awaits them. So does the Blood Mist.

Little did he know his lovely misty city Saturday morning, was about to become a nightmare.... The young man dashed to the hall leading out to 42nd street, then cut a sharp right and jogged down and up the ramp past the Oyster Bar...the mist swirled after him, going over the bridge overpass, misting walkers in its path, those who had umbrellas opened them...it followed him as he pushed through the heaver doors to gain access to the marble stairs up to the offices on floors above. The thing swirled up the stairs after him like an amorphous polar bear...