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сборник японских средневековых сказаний [ru]
by народные Description: хорошая книжка! можно почитать! Tags: fiction |
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Predictive Planning [en]
by Norkay Description: A computer program that predicts accurately the time of one's death may be useful for planning but has unintended consequences Tags: fiction |
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Вожделеющее семя [ru]
by Энтони Берджесс Description: Роман-антиутопия английского писателя Энтони Бёрджесса. Из-за нехватки ресурсов и перенаселения планеты в будущем правительство поощряет различные методы снижения рождаемости. Семье разрешены ... Tags: fiction |
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The Choices [en]
by Michael Graeme Description: A short story by Michael Graeme (A fifteen minute read): I am sitting here in the lounge-bar of the McKinley Arms Hotel, by the shores of Loch Lomond, and I am staring out into the twilight at ... Tags: fiction |
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Taking the Happy Bus on Home [en]
by Ken Wohlrob Description: One of the short stories from Ken Wohlrob's new collection, The Love Book. An epidemic of suicide hits a retirement community in Ohio and one couple begins to question the value of their final days... Tags: fiction |
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The Man Who Could Not Forget [en]
by Michael Graeme Description: A Short Story by Michael Graeme (a fifteen minute read): ...I have a problem with my memory. It isn't that it ever fails me - quite the opposite in fact. Indeed, my recall of events from all bu... Tags: fiction |
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The Solomon Scandals [en]
by David Rothman Description: The Solomon Scandals is a Washington newspaper novel that James Fallows calls "mordantly entertaining." This excerpt is about 5,500 words long. Scandals' free Web site at SolomonScandals.com inc... Tags: fiction |
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Liquid Calling [en]
by Joseph Devon Description: This story examines the obvious connection between aluminum foil, a Manhattan real estate broker approaching his seventies, and the Cold War. Follow Micheal Morzeny on the last sales call he’ll eve... Tags: fiction |
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New York City Marathon [en]
by Joseph Devon Description: The day of the New York City Marathon brings vast crowds to Manhattan. Some come to run the race. Some come to watch the race. Some come to get drunk and watch the race. And some come knowing full ... Tags: fiction |
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The Man Who Talked to Machines [en]
by Michael Graeme Description: A short story from web-author Michael Graeme (a half hour read): "You have to talk to them, counsel them, mesmerise them into stillness before you set foot anywhere near them. And, though I may ... Tags: fiction |
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He'll Always Have Paris [en]
by Joseph Devon Description: Dorian is the head of a lab researching a breakthrough technology for the treatment of those suffering emotional trauma. But one night he decides that this not-quite-ready-yet treatment would be th... Tags: fiction |
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Black Eyed Susan [en]
by Joseph Devon Description: True love can develop in a number of ways. Sometimes it happens at first sight. Sometimes it takes warm beer, teenage nights at the beach, misunderstood conversations and a lot of persistence. A li... Tags: fiction |
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Les Explorateurs [fr]
by Emmanuel Guillot Description: Deux officiers de la Compagnie d’Exploration Interstellaire aux personnalités divergentes, envoyés sur une planète inexplorée, vont vivre une série d’expériences paranormales au cours desquelles... Tags: fiction |
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The Revelation: And a Hundred Other Stories [en]
by Adrian Graham Description: 101 innovative stories packed with dark humour. They explore the blur between illusion and reality, the commercialisation life, confused self-identity, tongue-in-cheek remixes of classic tales, sur... Tags: fiction |
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Rule of Thumb [en]
by Heather Shaw Description: This is a short novel about people under considerable pressure to begin with, set to a boiling point by a murder. I'm still working on this, and I'd love to hear your comments. Tags: fiction |
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The Devil Looked at Johnny [en]
by Joseph Smigelski Description: A novella about a young boy who thinks the devil has driven into his father's gas station Tags: fiction |
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Hoss, Molloy, and the Naked Lady [en]
by Joseph Smigelski Description: A collection of short fiction Tags: fiction |
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The Reluctant Terrorist [en]
by Harvey A. Schwartz Description: Could the Holocaust happen in America? A leading civil rights lawyer projects a future in which Homeland Security paranoia is used to justify detention of the latest breed of terrorists: Israelis f... Tags: fiction |
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Cyber Love [fr]
by Cyril B. & David B. Description: D'une main encore un peu tremblante il actionna la petite télécommande fixée au bras du fauteuil. Elle se releva aussitôt, enfila son peignoir de satin et sortit de la pièce en ondulant la croupe, ... Tags: fiction |
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Fate of the Just: The Missing Manuscript [en]
by Bethany K. Scanlon Description: A divorced homeless mother of one, discovers a manuscript in the trash. One the author never intended on being thrown away. Seizing a chance to get off the hot Houston streets... Tags: fiction |