Résultats pour "The Twenty" dans Anthologies et nouvelles

Opening with the iconic story 'The Destructors', in which a gang of schoolboys destroys a house that has survived the Blitz, Greene offers us deliciously satisfying glimpses into 21 worlds, with each piece written as masterfully as his novels. From the chilling climax of a children's birthday party, to a man whose youthful indiscretions come back to haunt him, these are the unmistakable work of one of the 20th century's greatest and most adored storytellers.

Man has always wanted to travel into the unknown and encounter what he has not, and perhaps cannot, experience in the real world. The early 20th century witnessed an explosion of science fiction literature. Authors studied the wonders of scientific and technological progress and imagined worlds that had developed even greater advances. Jules Vernes' and H.G. Wells' fantastic tales well whetted the public's appetite for adventure tales.

Although best known for creating the spirited Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery had a thriving writing career that included several novels and more than 500 poems and stories. This collection brings together rare pieces originally published between 1900 and 1939 that haven’t been in print since their initial periodicals.

A man and woman play a strange game of Twenty Questions with a boy they've just met. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, a clerical error lands earnest, unpublished Pinchas Pelovits in prison with 26 other writers.

This is a story from the Classic American Short Stories collection.

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. In this story two old friends had promised to meet up exactly 20 years to the day since their last meeting in New York. One of the friends has travelled a thousand miles to be there...and is now waiting for his childhood companion. Will he turn up?

Here are 25 very sexy erotica stories from the minds of the sexy authors at Velde Erotic Press. Whether you’re in the mood for BDSM, group sex, first lesbian experiences, or double penetration, you’re sure to find something here you’ll really love!

Did you know that O. Henry's real name was William Syndey Porter? He had many pseudonyms, but is most known as O. Henry. He wrote over 300 stories and is known for playfully writing a twist at their end. Most of them are based in New York, with characters being an "average Joe". We hope you enjoy Canarit Audiobooks' production of After 20 Years.

A suicidal Ava desperately searches for her boyfriend in a busy casino in hopes that he can calm her troubled mind. When she does find him, he is with another woman. Ava runs off into the night in an attempt to leave the pain behind her, but instead of finding relief, she finds herself more hurt, confused, and alone with each step. An emotional short from Anthony Chiles.