Short Walk

A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute...

“Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable.” —The New York Times Book Review * “An epic adventure…rich with all the possibilities the world can hold.” —People NATIONAL BESTSELLER A dazzlingly epic debut that charts the...

Andre Monroe is ready to move on from heartbreak, and the first step is bringing home his rescue pup. He’d bonded instantly with the playful Zeus and was already planning their first adventures. But one thing he definitely hadn’t daydreamed about was Zeus accidentally being promised to someone else - or that he might go home empty-handed and brokenhearted all over again.

From the mind of the man Stephen King calls "a master of the macabre", comes a brilliant new collection of no-punches-pulled horror stories, some never-before-collected and many originals that have never been published anywhere before. Bentley Little can take the innocuous, twist it around, and write a story that will change your way of thinking. Walking Alone: Short Stories is a shining example of his talent to scare you, creep you out, and make you shudder. 

Six Halloween stories. One long walk into the dark. In Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween—Part I, Evan Camby gathers six creepy Halloween stories filled with haunted roads, old cemeteries, night terrors, Ouija boards, autumn rituals, and things best left waiting after midnight. Read them beside a bonfire on a chilly October night, under a blanket by candlelight, or alone in a quiet house after everyone else has gone to sleep. Just don’t look behind you. Inside this Halloween horror short story collection: Hayride A family trip to an apple orchard takes a terrifying turn on a ...

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“Narrated with crack dramatic and comic timing. … The cliffhanger ending is as effective as a shot to the gut.”—Booklist (starred review) Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and...

Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction (Short-listed) The Carnegie Medal (Winner) Costa Book Award (Short-listed) Goodreads Choice Award (Long-listed) West Australian Young Readers' Book Award–Older Readers (Short-listed) “This is science fiction at its best, and is a...

Costa Book Award (Winner) BookTrust Teenage Prize (Short-listed) The Carnegie Medal (Short-listed) “Grim and beautifully written. … Superb. … This is among the best YA science fiction novels of the year.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Reaching the end of their flight in...

A town with a horrible secret. A doctor whose patients may not be imagining the shadows they see. An ancient creature stalking a young woman on a dark mountain road. The Halloween season continues in Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween—Part II, featuring ten more tales of terror, suspense, and dread from Evan Camby. Inside this collection: CABIN CREEK A prequel to “Walking After Midnight,” revealing more about Sheriff Benoit and the terrible secret buried in Cabin Creek. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Dr. Martell runs a psychiatric facility with a steady hand. But what if the shadows his ...

"A Walk in the Dark" was first published in the August 1950 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Six days before her Halloween masquerade, Lena found her husband's second phone. The mistress's costume order was attached. So she had a second one made. Lena Hale has spent nine years running the city's most glittering charity gala — and, it turns out, ten months hosting her own betrayal. The texts spell out the rules: no talking at parties, no names, nothing until midnight. That's when he'll find the one-of-a-kind gold fox mask he bought his mistress, and say the four words only she would know. He never once checked who was inside. On Halloween night, while the other woman is pinned ...

At 9:40 on Halloween night, a woman walked into June's husband's bar wearing June's dress. Not one like it. Hers. With the hem she'd sewn herself the morning before her wedding. June Adair is a hospice nurse. She's the calm one — the sober one at the end of the bar with a club soda, the wife who takes the microphone at eleven to announce the costume contest because Cole loves everybody too much to judge them. Then the door opens, and the room's laugh changes key. Cole's twenty-seven-year-old bar manager is standing there in June's rehearsal-dinner dress. June's haircut. June's perfume —...

Elizabeth Bennet did not come to Rosings to understand Mr. Darcy. She came to visit Charlotte, endure Mr. Collins, and survive Lady Catherine de Bourgh with as much wit as civility allows. Mr. Darcy’s arrival at the parsonage should change nothing. Their conversations have already become too particular, their silences too full, and the road between them far too dangerous. Then a walk before Rosings places them where neither drawing-room manners nor Lady Catherine’s opinions can easily interfere. Elizabeth has questions she has tried not to ask. Mr. Darcy has explanations he has avoided ...

Layla has the twenty-three-year-old woman from next door in her marriage bed at noon. Her husband is not supposed to be home. All summer Terry has been the gorgeous problem over the fence. Layla is the wife with the tidy house, the kids, the ring, and a stare she has been pretending not to have. Today Layla brought that trouble inside because she was done being good, and because she wanted to be watched doing it. A flirty, wife-led story about getting caught on purpose, sharing what used to be private, and a neighbor who likes an audience. 18+ only. This is a pure erotica short story of ~...

A young man caught in a time loop has to figure out how to convince his crush—a barista at his favorite coffee ship—to go out with him so he can escape the loop. After a series of mortifying and hilarious attempts, he finally realizes the only approach he hasn’t tried is to simply be himself.

His mistress thought she was stealing a prize. She was inheriting a problem. Brooke Harlan expected heartbreak when she found out about the affair. What she didn’t expect was to feel embarrassed for the other woman. Because once Brooke stops spiraling and starts paying attention, she sees the truth: her husband isn’t a prize worth stealing. He’s a charming, selfish, emotionally draining man who needs women to prop up his life, his ego, and his excuses. So instead of fighting for him, Brooke chooses something better. She lets him go. And as his carefully managed image starts cracking, ...

The New England Masterworks Collection gathers ten works connected with New England life, literature, history, reform, and imagination.

"McFarlane’s skill in evoking individual inner lives and Jones’s deftness in capturing their spirit make every character distinct." —The Washington Post on The Sun Walks Down, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2023 A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories...

Discover the peace of God in everyday life. St. Brother Lawrence, a humble Carmelite lay brother, lived a life rooted in simplicity, quiet service, and a deep awareness of God’s presence. Through his daily work in the monastery kitchen, he discovered that even the most ordinary tasks can become moments of prayer. His life reminds us that God is not distant, but near—present in every moment when we turn our hearts toward Him. Walk with St. Brother Lawrence through 30 days of reflection and prayer in this inspiring devotional. Each daily entry includes: • A quote inspired by the witness...