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This year's shortlist of six exceptional stories each take the listener on an intense and gripping journey into the human heart. With poise, precision, and a light-footed grace, they conjure dramatically different, starkly real worlds. Hailing from Ireland, the United States and The Bahamas, the finalists of 2020 share stories on subjects as far apart as their settings, exploring among them romantic and marital discord, dark secrets, homelessness and even a high school football team; yet each one opens doors into its characters' lives in surprising and moving ways.

Enjoy the second part of the Carmichael Family Series, including the books Flaunt and Flame. You will laugh at Banks in Flaunt and swoon over Foxx in Flame.

Annamae Hartman shouldn’t be alive. After nearly dying from a fever that addled her brain, she doesn’t take anything for granted and has found joy again in the simple things. No matter how much Sawyer Mills brings her joy, he is not simple! When she refuses to see him after a botched proposal, the last thing she expected was to be quarantined with him, alone, with the same fever that nearly claimed her life. When the minister insists, Annamae marries Sawyer for proprietary’s sake. She does it reluctantly and ends up half-married to a man who has no recollection of the wedding!

Charlotte Johnson spent most of her adult life working as a bartender and occasional card dealer in the Holy Moses Saloon. And in all those years, she had made it crystal clear to anyone who pushed that she wasn’t one of the upstairs girls. But forced to defend herself against a persistent customer who refuses to take no for an answer, she hits him over the head with a spittoon bucket. It wasn’t the first time she’d defended herself this way, but this time something went terribly wrong. Now, the man was dead, and she has no choice but to run.

A young woman, caught in the intoxicating haze of a night out, finds herself thrust into a nightmare beyond comprehension. Awakening in a shadowy abyss, she discovers the chilling truth: she's at the mercy of a sadistic predator. Every moment, she struggles against indescribable terrors, fighting fiercely to survive. Steel yourself for a relentless descent into the dark realm of fear and survival, where each breath she takes might be her last.

In 2023, while flames rushed across Canada and produced the orange haze of an apocalyptic future, twenty-one authors picked up their pens and began to write. Red Eyes and Tired Lungs: An Anthology of Wildfire showcases a collection of thirty-five pieces from Canadian writers that were inspired by, or in response to, wildfire.

Life in a small town can suck. Everyone knows everyone else’s business and it can feel like there are no secrets. I’ve managed to keep one though. I’m in love with Ford Miller. I have been since I was a kid, but I never knew how he felt so I kept it to myself. When I started to work for him, keeping that secret became harder. Then my grandma comes back to town, determined to set me up with someone. I know she’s just worried about me, but that doesn’t mean I want her playing matchmaker. So, I come up with a plan. Now, I just need to convince Ford to go along with it.

In "Snow Fall," listeners are transported to a fantastical world filled with elemental magic and mighty warriors. In this short side adventure, listeners are introduced to the world of Zodia and the central characters. The Chosen One, Tabatha, longs to share a piece of her native land with a strange world full of fierce warriors, but her naivete may bring about the opposite of holiday cheer. As Tabatha struggles to control her abilities and spread holiday spirit, she must also navigate the path to doing the right thing in a world filled with danger and uncertainty.

FNH Audio presents the third in a series of short story collections. In this collection: A Earth passes through a poisonous space-cloud. Beneath the civilised crust of Venus a dark horror awaits. The slaves of Titan are about to wake. The first four spaceships disappeared, the fifth went to hell. During the war, one man demands government money to reach the moon. Storm Cloud suspect that everything going wrong is very suspicious. The beautiful girl is dying, and only space can offer hope. A survey team are hunted on a barren world. And many more stories...

Three short stories following three people being escorted to the afterlife.

Kommissar Kadzand ermittelt in verschiedenen Mordfällen: Stets korrekt, sachlich und sich an die Gesetze haltend, gerät er dabei oft in Konflikt mit seinem zielstrebigen Mitarbeiter Inspektor Oertel. So orthodox Kadzands Methoden auch sind, so unkonventionell sind die Morde, mit denen der Kriminalbeamte sich zu beschäftigen hat. Diese elfteilige Krimiserie bietet in jeweils 50 Minuten spannende und ungewöhnliche Kriminalfälle. Den beiden Titelfiguren leihen Friedrich von Bülow und Heinz Meier ihre prominenten Stimmen.

Nineteen of Wodehouse's funniest stories, all focusing upon the tribulations of the followers of the great mystery that is golf. Collecting the complete text of both The Clicking of Cuthbert and The Heart of a Goof, and including such classics as A Woman is Only a Woman, Ordeal by Golf, The Long Hole, Keeping in with Vosper, and The Magic Plus Fours.

Once, peace between the Court of Dark and Light seemed possible. A treaty was signed, a new balance was agreed upon. But now it all may go up in flames. Queen Aurora and King Jarvok are refusing to end their battle. And with neither willing to surrender, their kingdoms are on the edge of destruction. Until a ghost from the past intervenes.

A collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in the 1920s and ‘30s.

I’m back in Broken Arrow and trying to get my life together. Things seem to be going according to plan. I have a new job and it’s been great to be around my best friend, Nara, again. There’s just one thing missing. A partner. I’ve never dated before, but I’ve imagined my Prince Charming coming for me ever since I was a kid. He was always tall and charming, a true gentleman. Basically, everything that Caden Michaels isn’t. So, why can’t I stop thinking about the growly biker?

The West is a rough land where dangerous men and intrepid women take matters into their own hands. Grit and determination usually decides who survives, but sometimes the hand of fate steps in to change destiny. Come meet the heroes and villains whose lives hang in the balance.

Gifted adventurers across time and space often travel with an animal familiar—usually a cat, but possibly other fuzzy, scaly, or prickly creatures. These magical companions lead their humans into mischief, help them out of sticky situations, or offer opinionated commentary along the way. We're familiar with familiars ... or are we?

Beyond Horizons explores classic sci-fi themes through a contemporary lens. Continuing the legacy of decades gone by, these fast-paced standalone stories offer wondrous settings, philosophical sci-fi questions, and twists that pack a punch.

Природа всегда была в центре творчества Паустовского — влюбленного в окружающий мир путешественника. Именно природе и ее взаимоотношениям с людьми посвящена повесть Кара-Бугаз, историю создания которой Паустовский так увлекательно рассказал в "Золотой розе". На первый взгляд, совершенно прозаичная тема — разработка залежей соли в пустынном заливе Каспия — раскрывается с множества совершенно разных сторон. Самоотверженность русских офицеров и ученых, безлюдные берега, наводящие суеверный ужас на моряков и кочевников, — все это сплетается воедино под пером мастера.

Tad hat die erdrückende Macht von Oblivion bezwungen und konnte dadurch sowohl seinen Bruder als auch seinen Mentor retten. Die Welt war jedoch noch nie in schlechterer Verfassung gewesen. Noch immer ist der Himmel verdunkelt und die Pläne des Abtrünnigen schreiten immer weiter voran.