The Devil S Laugh And Other Stories

Author : H. Alan Tansson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440160660

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The Devil's Laugh and Other Stories by H. Alan Tansson Pdf

The Devil's Laugh and Other Stories is a book of folktales to help you check out your philosophy of life. We all know you don't believe in ol Scratch, and you thought you knew what a sphincter was. You've never heard of the Quarry of Suffering, and can't imagine what it's like to have the evil eye yourself. Therefore, save this book for emergencies like the day you need to remember what it was like to discover the joy of reading. H. Alan Tansson has also written Captions to the Cartoons We Live: Vol. I We Think We Think (2010), and Vol. 2 Antidisestablishmentarianistically Speaking (2010). He earns his keep with a variety of jobs in corporate America and is occasionally retired.

Author : H. Alan Tansson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440160677

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The Devil’s Laugh and Other Stories by H. Alan Tansson Pdf

The Devil’s Laugh and Other Stories is a book of folktales to help you check out your philosophy of life. We all know you don’t believe in “ol Scratch,” and you thought you knew what a sphincter was. You’ve never heard of the Quarry of Suffering, and can’t imagine what it’s like to have the evil eye yourself. Therefore, save this book for emergencies—like the day you need to remember what it was like to discover the joy of reading. H. Alan Tansson has also written Captions to the Cartoons We Live: Vol. I—We Think We Think (2010), and Vol. 2—Antidisestablishmentarianistically Speaking (2010). He earns his keep with a variety of jobs in corporate America and is occasionally retired.

Author : Karen Russell
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525656142

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Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell Pdf

From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell’s extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination. Karen Russell’s comedic genius and mesmerizing talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner in lives is on full display in these eight exuberant, arrestingly vivid, unforgettable stories. In“Bog Girl”, a revelatory story about first love, a young man falls in love with a two thousand year old girl that he’s extracted from a mass of peat in a Northern European bog. In “The Prospectors,” two opportunistic young women fleeing the depression strike out for new territory, and find themselves fighting for their lives. In the brilliant, hilarious title story, a new mother desperate to ensure her infant’s safety strikes a diabolical deal, agreeing to breastfeed the devil in exchange for his protection. The landscape in which these stories unfold is a feral, slippery, purgatorial space, bracketed by the void—yet within it Russell captures the exquisite beauty and tenderness of ordinary life. Orange World is a miracle of storytelling from a true modern master.

Author : Eve Langlais
Publisher : Eve Langlais
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781773842523

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Dear Satan... by Eve Langlais Pdf

Careful what you ask for, because Lucifer sees you when you’re sleeping. Spies when you’re awake. Knows if you’ve been nauseatingly good, so try to be bad for the devil’s sake. Merry is determined to make Christmas special for her son. He hasn’t spoken or smiled since his father died, so she writes a letter hoping for a holiday miracle. Dear Satan… Her unfortunate error ensures her wish ends up in the wrong place. Worse? Satan answers her plea—after telling Santa where he can shove a candy cane. The devil knows just what Merry needs, and he has the perfect demon for the job. Marduke’s mission is to deliver a hellhound puppy to a little boy, along with some tips on how to avoid getting eaten. What the devil’s kennel master doesn’t expect on this emasculating mission of kindness is Merry. A happy, optimistic woman despite all the strife in her life. It’s disgusting. Annoying. Tempting? Usually, Marduke is all about destroying hopes and dreams—and letting his dogs pee on people while they’re down—but there’s something about Merry… genre: paranormal romantic comedy, demon romance, shapeshifter romance, holiday romance, satan romance, matchmaking, cozy romance, hell romance

Author : George Sand
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780791484777

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The Devil's Pool and Other Stories by George Sand Pdf

A new translation of Sand's most popular novella, known for its brevity, liveliness, and exemplary storytelling, together with two of Sand's most admired short stories.

Author : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780292786332

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The Devil's Church and Other Stories by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Pdf

The modem Brazilian short story begins with the mature work of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), acclaimed almost unanimously as Brazil's greatest writer. Collectively, these nineteen stories are representative of Machado's unique style and world view, and this translation doubles the number of his stories previously available in English. The stories in this volume reflect Machado's post-1880 emphasis on social satire and experimentation in psychological realism. If he had continued to produce the moralistic love stories and parlor intrigues of his earlier fiction, Machado's legacy would have been an entertaining but inconsequent body of work. However, by 1880 he had begun a devastating satirical assault on society through his fiction. In spite of his ruthlessness, Machado does at times reveal an ironic sympathy for his characters. He is not indifferent to human conflict but uses humor and irony to stress the absurdity of these conflicts, acted out against the backdrop of an indifferent universe. Such a spectacle creates a sense of helplessness that can only inspire wistful amusement. In his technical mastery of the short story. Machado was decades ahead of his contemporaries and can still be considered more modern than most of the modernists themselves. That his stories elicit such strong and diverse reactions today is a tribute to their richness, complexity, and significance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Short stories
ISBN : NYPL:33433082514377

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Alba'a Dream and Other Stories by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11664503

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The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

Author : Amy Laura Hall
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1478000120

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Laughing at the Devil by Amy Laura Hall Pdf

Laughing at the Devil is an invitation to see the world with a medieval visionary now known as Julian of Norwich, believed to be the first woman to have written a book in English. (We do not know her given name, because she became known by the name of a church that became her home.) Julian “saw our Lord scorn [the Devil's] wickedness” and noted that “he wants us to do the same.” In this impassioned, analytic, and irreverent book, Amy Laura Hall emphasizes Julian's call to scorn the Devil. Julian of Norwich envisioned courage during a time of fear. Laughing at the Devil describes how a courageous woman transformed a setting of dread into hope, solidarity, and resistance.

Author : Leonid Andreyev
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781421811680

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The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Leonid Andreyev Pdf

He was six years old and the world was to him enormous alive and bewitchingly mysterious. He knew the sky quite well. He knew its deep azure by day and the white-breasted half silvery half golden clouds slowly floating by.

Author : Natalie Babbitt
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1429955457

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The Devil's Other Storybook by Natalie Babbitt Pdf

The Devil is back, just as full of vanity and other human feelings as he was in Natalie Babbitt's first collection, The Devil's Storybook.

Author : Mark Robson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781847389794

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The Devil's Triangle by Mark Robson Pdf

The Bermuda Trianglehas cast a shadow over Sam and Niamh Cutlers' lives since their mother vanished nine years ago. Her whereabouts remains a mystery and every year they return to the Florida Keys with their father, Matt, who is obsessed with solving the haunting puzzle. But Sam is bored with lazing around by the pool while his father hunts for the truth. Craving excitement, he and his friend, Callum, "borrow" Matt's boat. At first it's great fun, but when they find themselves marooned in a terrifying land, the boys realise they too have fallen victim to the Triangle's mysterious effects. Can they find a way home, or will they be lost forever?

Author : James Clark
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781435700826

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The Stem-Cell Quarterback & Other Stories by James Clark Pdf

Short Story Collection

Author : Louise de la Ramée
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732687022

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Cecil Castlemaine ́s Gage, Lady Marabout ́s Troubles, and Other Stories by Louise de la Ramée Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Cecil Castlemaine ́s Gage, Lady Marabout ́s Troubles, and Other Stories by Louise de la Ramée

Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015051510504

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The wild ass' skin. The chouans, and other stories-̇-[v.2] The country doctor. The quest of the absolute, and other stories by Honoré de Balzac Pdf