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"The Angel of the Odd" is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. The story follows an unnamed narrator who reads a story about a man who died after accidentally sucking a needle down his throat. He rages at the gullibility of humanity for believing such a hoax. He vows to never fall for such odd stories. Just then, a strange-looking creature made of a keg and wine bottles appears. The creature announces in a heavy accent that he is the Angel of the Odd - and that he is responsible for causing such strange events.

Steamy…Passionate…Heartbreaking…Intriguing…Desirous… An obsessive and undying love that’ll outlive the hands of time… No one loves harder or deeper than star-crossed and long lost lovers, Angel and Alex… Breathe in their Angel Dust… Let it fall and settle in a world plagued with cryptic, dangerous, and deadly secrets… A perilous and violent dalliance with fate hurls rising R&B starlet, Angelica Stephens, into a world of chaos, heartbreak, and trouble. She’s on the cusp of fame when her entire world comes tumbling down, and all at the hands of a sick and deranged madman...

Secrets… Lies… Deception… Heartbreak… Desire... All caught and woven within the throes of a desperate, intense, and forbidden passion… Fall into their Angel Darkness… Pray for the light to be their redemption... Let it set them free... Driven, honest, diligent, and hard-working, Alexander Grant is a man on a mission. His main job is protecting the citizens in his small hometown, Rushing Springs. But a sinister and violent crime has descended upon his sleeping town, and it involves one person: his ex-love, the only woman that he’d ever burned for. Finding the culprit ...

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone’s adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta’s most notorious gentlemen's club and the woman committed to finding them. When Damaris “Charm” Wilburn, a new daytime dancer, is missing for her shift at Boom...

Embracing a wide variety of subjects, this choice collection of ten short stories represents the latest from Tanya Angel, her seventh book of short stories. This grand cavalcade of superbly crafted fiction offers fascinating tales of struggles in everyday life and extraordinary situations. It respectfully examines betrayal and results in “Inevitabilityville,” and “Twin Crosses,” inside and outside of marriage. “The Colored Rooms” provides a gripping and controversial tale of how that may be remedied professionally. “That Day At The River” examines life and love in a rural ...

Regina Hartley has had enough. The demands of life have taken a toll on her and, no longer feeling equipped to endure the strain, she decides to end it all in watery surrender. But instead of drowning to death, she finds herself being revived on shore by a concerned, handsome stranger. After saving her, the stranger refuses to leave her alone. Regina realizes she doesn’t mind his attention and finds herself more interested in what else life has to offer overall. But after saving her spirit, will the handsome stranger eventually disappear? Gabriel finds himself in the right place at the ...

What could have caused the Angel of the Odd to visit? Why doesn't he seem to be anything like the angels of imagination? What does he seem to have so much influence over others? Learn the answers by listening to this classic Edgar Allan Poe cautionary tale as performed by Glenn Hascall.

A man rants and raves about people’s gullibility when he encounters the Angel of the Odd who claims to cause weird events. Unconvinced, the cynic drives the angel away and falls asleep. Then, a series of bizarre incidents follows.

""Straight Talk for Startups memorializes age-old best practices and empowers both experienced and new investment professionals to beat the odds.""—David Krane, CEO, Google Ventures ""Straight Talk for Startups is filled with real, raw, and fact-based ‘rules of the road’ that you need to...

Life in Ben Washington’s new town and school is pretty great. But he couldn’t be more ready for Spring Break. And the most epic news? His best friend is visiting from Atlanta. Ben can hardly wait for his longtime buddy Zion to meet his new best friend, Kenny. But he’s also nervous. They are so different. Will Ben’s break be ruined when his two friends clash? Or will he build too good of a bridge and find that he’s the Odd Man Out?

From the Author of No Cure for Darkness and Codename: Copernicus Paradox comes the next exciting thriller... The First Ring A group of friends on vacation fly into a storm over the North Atlantic. Shipwrecked with other passengers on a deserted island, they find an abandoned yacht named The First Ring. Could the yacht be the key to their survival? Who will make it off the island alive, and what do strange happenings on the island have to do with the mysterious ship? Brendan Clark is a troubled father trying to reconcile with his wife while on a destination wedding to Barbados. Along with a ...

The fourth installment of the “Odd True Tales” series – quirky and quick reading – an offbeat collection of strange events & experiences drawn from history and the authors’ own lives. Volume 4 includes the stories: “Angel Voices”; “The Ballad of Belle Gunness”; “Mother Shipton’s Handkerchief”; “A Yuletide Tarot Tale”; and “Einstein Was Light…er, Right?”…

A new crazy collection from the “Odd True Tales” series. Some of the narratives deal with the paranormal (ghosts, angels, and more), while others tell of curious events from history. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume Two includes the tales: “High Planes Drifters”… “Call Me Angel”… “Blessing In Disguise”… and “The Female Paul Revere”…

It wasn’t just a large earthquake… it was THE BIG ONE! It shook down every major city on the planet Earth. Now all that is left…for a time…are aftershocks. Big aftershocks! This is a collection of two of the largest aftershocks… That happened in San Francisco and in Sacramento. What the survivors went through will shock you… Amaze you…and bring tears of joy and sorrow… As the survivors struggle to make sense of the world That no longer seems safe…or sane anymore!

12 and 1/2 ANGELS – Greed is at odds with godliness. Death came for the miserly skinflint, Mario Flagstaff, in the most unusual of ways when he choked on a smoked-gouda stuffed olive. As a man consumed by greed and his own big ego, Mario had no idea what to expect in the afterlife. But he did believe he would never die. He was shocked at what awaited him in the afterlife. Barely escaping the wraths of hell, there was no royal welcome in heaven. None of this was as he imagined it would be. Stuck in purgatory, Archangel Jeremiel expected him to pay penance for his greed.

Join Arnet Corporation's co-founder Michael Wells on this unputdownable tale of entrepreneurial triumph. The personal computer revolution of the 1980s spawned thousands of hardware and software enterprises, many of which quickly vanished. Arnet Corporation, a producer of add-on networking adapters for the IBM PC, could have easily become one of these forgotten companies. However, the determined founding team faced adversity head-on, even challenging a bankruptcy ruling from the institution that granted their initial government-backed loan. This resilience paid off as Arnet jumped one ...

La historia sigue a un narrador sin nombre que lee una historia sobre un hombre que murió después de que accidentalmente se tragara una aguja y ésta fuera hasta sus pulmones. Éste se enfurece de la credulidad de la humanidad para creer semejantes patrañas y jura que nunca caerá en esas historias raras. Justo en ese momento, una extraña criatura de aspecto hecha de barriles y botellas de vino aparece. La criatura se anuncia en un fuerte acento que él es el ángel de lo raro - y que es responsable de causar estos extraños sucesos.