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This wide-ranging collection comprises the following six short stories by Joseph Conrad: Youth: A Narrative (1902); Karain: A Memory (1898); An Outpost of Progress (1898); The Lagoon (1898); Amy Foster (1909); The Anarchist - A Desperate Tale (1903). 'Youth: A Narrative' is an epic tale of a perilous voyage under sail to Bangkok, with a cargo of coal, narrated by Charles Marlow.

Six of Wilkie Collins' best short stories: "The Dead Hand", "The Devil's Spectacles", "Major Namby", "Nine O'Clock", "A Terribly Strange Bed", and "My Black Mirror".

The greatest flood in the history of Oregon sweeps away houses, barns, and animals in the Willamette Valley. At the same time, fourteen-year-old Amy is swept away by her feelings for her best friend.

What makes love stick? Is it the irresistible spark when you lock eyes across a piazza in Rome? Is it feeling the earth move under your feet? (Wait—that was an actual earthquake.) In these six serendipitous short stories, bestselling authors turn improbable first encounters into hopelessly romantic happy ever afters.

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Among her most popular and terrifying tales are the many masterly ghost stories which she wrote in her early career. This selection presents six of her best tales: "Afterward", "The Eyes", "The Debt", "Kerfol", "Miss Mary Pask" and "Pomegranate Seed".

George Robert Gissing (1857-1903) was a popular English novelist and short story writer who also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. His works often reflect the struggle for existence in a hostile world and the many (often tragic) compromises which are made along the way. In this setting his often complex and endearing characters battle for their own love or artistic integrity, which poverty or social morals threaten to stifle.

Welcome to Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Six, part of the world's largest collection of high-quality, classic horror audiobooks. Are you ready for our latest installment of enthralling horror masterpieces? Good, then we'll begin with Doug's well researched and passionate introduction to the authors and stories in this volume. This is closely followed by his literary majesty, Edgar Allen Poe, with the well known classic tale "The Pit and the Pendulum".

Matt Cooper is a 1940s Los Angeles private eye. Here are six short Cooper stories compiled into one novel.

Cooper Times Six consists of six short stories of revenge. These include: "That's Show Biz:" Cooper is hired by a girl to rescue her boyfriend from drug dealers. "Rock Bottom:" Cooper finds the body of an old man in his dumpster and investigates his heirs. "A Really Good Friend:" Dean asks Elliott to help him hide the body of a prostitute that dies while he was with her. "Tall, Dark, and Dead:" Elliott is mugged. Then the mugger is killed by someone who thinks that they’ve killed Elliott.

Arthur George Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End. This collection contains a selection of Morrison's best work, including 'Dobbs' Parrot', 'The House of Haddock', 'The Thing in the Upper Room', 'His Tale of Bricks', and 'A Lucifo Match'.

In this collection you'll find six of Cooper's latest stories combined into one volume.

Encounters is a curated collection of six contemporary short stories set across three continents. The stories reflect disparate adventures in a globalized, rapidly changing world: A young couple discovers the luxurious allure of Monte Carlo’s Grand Casino, a woman from San Francisco reveals an inspirational uncle’s secrets, a Bangkok expatriate lives out a night of excess, and a Russian immigrant navigates her unique New World voyage. Each story shines a different, up-close perspective on a lived moment in a certain place and time.

Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862-1935) was a prolific American author, journalist and critic. Although she left school at 14, she was enormously talented, and by her 20s she was well established as a writer of short stories. This collection showcases six of her best tales: 'The Piano Next Door', 'On the Northern Ice', 'A Child of the Rain', 'From the Loom of the Dead', 'Story of an Obstinate Corpse' and 'Story of the Vanishing Patient'.

Cooper Investigations 1947-1987 runs 6.8 hours and consists of the following short stories: "018 - Violence Is Golden," "019 - Surprise Package," "020 - The Big Sweep," "033 - Top Of The World," "034 - Til Death Do Us Part," and "039 - The Clay Cooper Cop Killer Caper".

Here are six more short stories of varied themes.

"We Are Going to the Circus" - A family trip to the circus...what could go wrong? "Punch Drunk" - Martin meets a beautiful girl at a grocery store. Can their new romance withstand jealous friends and high school parties? "No Surrender" - A lazy afternoon on the beach becomes a heart-pounding chase for Jimmy Romano. And more.

Six more short stories by or about me. Includes "Halloween 2000" by Brian Magar, as well as "When the Levee Breaks", "World Without End", "Promised Land", "Turning the Page" and more from the Ultimate Hustle series. A thriller, sci-fi, romance, and more.

A collection of six short romantic stories, written from 1993 to 2011. Contains "The Time Traveler's Girlfriend", "Mars", "Write", "Third Testament", "Forward to Termination", and "Big Top". Be warned, they're not all as sweet as the title implies.... This collection is practically guaranteed to make you laugh, smile, cry, sigh, creep you out, and make you mad.

And now, your chance to sample Rusty Wilson’s great storytelling! This collection of six short Bigfoot stories isn’t really so short, it is full of fun and Bigfootness! Great for both the Bigfoot believer and those who just enjoy a good adventurous story! All original and new stories. Flyfishing guide Rusty Wilson spent years collecting these stories from his clients around the campfire, stories guaranteed to scare the pants off you - or make you want to meet the Big Guy!

En los dos primeros libros de la colección, Anna Morató les explicaba a los más pequeños, a través de cuentos cortos, que la felicidad no se busca fuera, sino que hay que mirar dentro de uno mismo. En este tercer volumen profundizará en ello; descubrirá a los más pequeños este MUNDO INTERIOR y les explicará qué significa escucharlo y cuidarlo. Este aprendizaje es fundamental para que en la adolescencia y, después, en la edad adulta puedan ser felices.