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Complete Plays by Sarah Kane
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Sarah Kane's first play, Blasted, was staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London in 1995 it was hailed both as a "masterpiece" and as a "disgusting piece of filth" (Daily Mail). That play, and the others that followed, have been produced all over the world. This anthology includes Kane's never-before-published Channel 4 screenplay, Skin... -
![The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie]()
The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been six months since Lilly Hooper reunited with her family, friends, and magic.The Arcane Realm offers freedom and safety for all the witches who are rebuilding their lives and healing.But things are not as straightforward or as easy as they all hoped they would be... -
![Three Complete Novels: Heaven/Dawn/Ruby by V.C. Andrews]()
Three Complete Novels: Heaven/Dawn/Ruby by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis volume features the first novels in three thrilling V.C. Andrews' series: "Heaven, Dawn, " and "Ruby"--an unprecedented hardcover collection--complete and unabridged--at an inviting price! Available... -
![2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke]()
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsOn the Moon, an enigma is uncovered.So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time men are sent out deep into our solar system.But long before their destination is reached, things begin to go horribly, inexplicably wrong...One of the greatest-selling science fiction novels of our time, this classic book will grip you to the very end... -
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![Final Harvest: Poems by Emily Dickinson]()
Final Harvest: Poems by Emily Dickinson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThough generally overlooked during her lifetime, Emily Dickinson's poetry has achieved acclaim due to her experiments in prosody, her tragic vision and the range of her emotional and intellectual explorations... -
![The Trials of Koli by M.R. Carey]()
The Trials of Koli by M.R. Carey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Trials of Koli is the second novel in M R. Carey’s breathtakingly original Rampart trilogy, set in a strange and deadly world of our own making.Beyond the walls of Koli’s small village lies a fearsome landscape filled with choker trees, vicious beasts and shunned men. As an exile, Koli’s been forced to journey out into this mysterious, hostile world. But he heard a story, once...Categorized as:
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![The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis]()
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers. She has been called “an American virtuoso of the short story form” (Salon) and “one of the quiet giants . . . of American fiction” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)...Categorized as:
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![Bestiary: The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar by Julio Cortázar]()
Bestiary: The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar by Julio Cortázar
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA collection of masterful short stories in Julio Cortazar's sophistocated, powerful and gripping style.A grieving family home becomes the site of a terrifying invasion. A frustrated love triangle, brought together by a plundered Aztec idol, spills over into brutality. A lodger’s inability to stop vomiting bunny rabbits inspires a personal confession... -
![Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley, Christopher Hitchens]()
Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley, Christopher Hitchens
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsThe astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future--of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class... -
![Black Seas of Infinity: The Best of H.P. Lovecraft by Andrew Wheeler, H.P. Lovecraft]()
Black Seas of Infinity: The Best of H.P. Lovecraft by Andrew Wheeler, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBLACK SEAS OF... -
![John by Annie Baker]()
John by Annie Baker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe week after Thanksgiving.A bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.A cheerful innkeeper.A young couple struggling to stay together.Thousands of inanimate objects, watching... -
![UnBound by Neal Shusterman, Michelle Knowlden]()
UnBound by Neal Shusterman, Michelle Knowlden
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology—Unwind, UnWholly, UnSouled, and UnDivided—Neal Shusterman thrilled readers with the story of a society that deals with its out-of-control teens by “unwinding” them—transplanting more than 99% of their bodies into other people... -
![Clash of the Creepers by Winter Morgan]()
Clash of the Creepers by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final chapter in the series that began with The Quest for the Diamond Sword—will Steve and his friends find Mine Mountain and get the legendary treasure?When Steve’s friends Max, Lucy, and Henry get their hands on a map with the location of the legendary Mine Mountain, Steve questions if the map is a fake...Categorized as:
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![The Forest Witch Lies by Amber Nicole]()
The Forest Witch Lies by Amber Nicole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn explosion takes everything from me. It should have been my ending, but it was only the beginning.A prophecy, a curse, and secrets are just the start.Alistar Academy was supposed to be a normal college right?Maybe for others but certainly not for me.Thrown into a world of mystery with lies hidden beneath the glamour.I find myself discovering satanic rituals, kidnappings, and bloodlines... -
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![Hades Academy: Third Semester by Abbie Lyons]()
Hades Academy: Third Semester by Abbie Lyons
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third book in the explosive Hades Academy series...When Nova's first year at Hades Academy concluded, everything had changed. But now that she's back on campus, it turns out the changes were just beginning...starting with who she really is... -
![The Best of Subterranean by William Schafer, Lewis Shiner]()
The Best of Subterranean by William Schafer, Lewis Shiner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom its launch in 2005 to its final issue in 2014, Subterranean magazine published stories by the leading lights of science fiction and fantasy literature. From Hugo and Nebula winners to Pulitzer and Booker Prize finalists to New York Times bestsellers, this anthology collects 30 pieces of Subterranean’s best, representing diverse, breathtaking short fiction from today’s modern masters...Categorized as:
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![Great Short Works: Poems, Tales, Criticism by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Great Short Works: Poems, Tales, Criticism by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe classic poems and spine-tingling stories of a Gothic American master collected in one volume.Of all the American masters, Edgar Allan Poe staked out perhaps the most unique and vivid reputation, as a master of the macabre. Even today, in the age of horror movies and high-tech haunted houses, Poe is the first choice of entertainment for many who want a spine-chilling thrill... -
![The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot]()
The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper." 'The Hollow Men' is a poem by T. S. Eliot written in 1925, divided into five parts and consists of 98 lines. Eliot's New York Times obituary in 1965 identified the final four as "probably the most quoted lines of any 20th-century poet writing in English"...Categorized as:
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![The Lake: Short Story by Ray Bradbury]()
The Lake: Short Story by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Lake is a short story by American author Ray Bradbury. It was first published in the May 1944 edition of Weird Tales, and later collected in Bradbury's collections Dark Carnival, The October Country, and The Stories of Ray Bradbury. Bradbury believed it was one of the finest stories he'd ever written... -
![Endless: The King Quartet, Book 4 by Tawdra Kandle]()
Endless: The King Quartet, Book 4 by Tawdra Kandle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the tumult of her high school senior year, all is right in Tasmyn Vaughan s world. She s attending college with her boyfriend, and she s learning to control her powers. Everything is finally perfect, until it isn t. When her new part-time job leads to more than she bargained for, Tasmyn is thrown into a deadly fight against forces of evil that she didn t even know existed... -
![Bonded by H.K. Savage]()
Bonded by H.K. Savage
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe bad guys are licking their wounds leaving Claire and James to enjoy what promises to be a merry Christmas. Only a traitor among them sends Stephen and Claire into enemy hands.Past lovers, obligations and rivalries compete, all the while the bond between Claire and James grows and Claire is pulled further toward the vampire side... -
![Wickedly Sweet by Steph Macca]()
Wickedly Sweet by Steph Macca
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter my boyfriend has a not-so-little accident with his new female best friend, I jump at the opportunity to take a small vacation with my brother to Salem for Halloween. He's annoyed, but his two best friends? Not so much.Halloween and Salem speak to my soul... -
![Ancient Mariner; Kubla Khan and Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge]()
Ancient Mariner; Kubla Khan and Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages...Categorized as:
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![The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe is no stranger to the strange. His tales of mystery and macabre have provoked many a nightmare. If you’ve been wondering how the editors of Canterbury Classics could create a new twist, wait nevermore! Your very own telltale hearts will tick-tick-tick oh-so-fast as you read the four terrifying tales presented here. And just when you think you’re safe, something spooky will pop-up... -
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![Chosen by Nancy Holder]()
Chosen by Nancy Holder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBIGGEST BADDEST BUFFY OF THEM ALL The First has come to Sunnydale and set its sights on taking down the Slayer. On the side of the White Hats: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Anya, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Faith, Angel, and an assortment of young, innocent, untried Potentials... -
![Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds]()
Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith eight short stories and novellas--including three original to this collection--Galactic North imparts the centuries-spanning events that have produced the dark and turbulent world of Revelation Space... -
![My Last Duchess and Other Poems by Robert Browning]()
My Last Duchess and Other Poems by Robert Browning
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Victorian poet Robert Browning (1812 –1889) is perhaps most admired today for his inspired development of the dramatic monologue. In this compelling poetic form, he sought to reveal his subjects' true natures in their own, often self-justifying, accounts of their lives and affairs... -
![The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin]()
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThis volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the Great's Blackamoor is an early experiment with recreating the past... -
![Skeleton Crew: The Jaunt. Travel by Stephen King, Allen Hoaglund]()
Skeleton Crew: The Jaunt. Travel by Stephen King, Allen Hoaglund
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"The Jaunt" is a science fiction horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew... -
![The Complete Plays by Christopher Marlowe]()
The Complete Plays by Christopher Marlowe
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMarlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in THE JEW OF MALTA, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe explores the shifting balance between power and helplessness, the sacred and its desecration... -
![The Raven and Other Favorite Poems by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Raven and Other Favorite Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of the most famous poems in the English language, The Raven first appeared in the January 29. 1845 edition of the New York Evening Mirror. It brought Edgar Allan Poe, then in his mid-thirties and a well-known poet, critic and short story writer, his first taste of celebrity on a grand scale... -
![The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga]()
The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlicia and Jordan are married and live happily for three months. As Alicia falls ill, she hallucinates to a surprising, inevitable ending. A spiky classic by the Uruguayan master of the short story in Spanish. Sometimes called the Edgar Allan Poe of Latin America, Horacio Quiroga serves as a model for modern-day short fiction writers... -
![Fires on the Plain by Shōhei Ōoka]()
Fires on the Plain by Shōhei Ōoka
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding." —The New York Times**Winner of the 1952 Yomiuri Prize**This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war... -
![The Michigan Mega-monsters by Johnathan Rand]()
The Michigan Mega-monsters by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWHAT ONCE WAS A LEGEND... HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE! When Rick Owens arrives at Camp Willow, he's ready for a week of fun. He's met two new friends: Sandy Johnson and Leah Warner, and the three are ready for an exciting week. But when Rick spots strange tracks around his cabin, the campers realize they aren't the only ones at the small, lakeside summer camp... -
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![By the Bog of Cats - Acting Edition by Marina Carr]()
By the Bog of Cats - Acting Edition by Marina Carr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLoosely based on Euripides' tragedy , this is the prophetic tale of Hester Swane, an Irish Traveller, who attempts to come to terms with a lifetime of abandonment in a world where all whom she has loved have discarded her... -
![Chasing Shadows by S.H. Kolee]()
Chasing Shadows by S.H. Kolee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarning: Spoilers for Seeing Shadows, Book #1 of the Shadow Series, are contained in the description below. Chasing Shadows is a direct continuation of Seeing Shadows.Caitlin Kile is on the run. Her life was shattered in one terrifying night, and now every decision she makes is a decision between life and death.The only thing she knows for sure is that she's tired of being scared... -
![Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat]()
Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(This is Hello World, the short story. For the anthology of the same name, see: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...)Hello World represents a decade of science fiction by author Peter Cawdron. This collection of 16 short stories and novellas, including four previously unpublished stories, will take you out of this world... -
![Papeles de Pandora: cuentos by Rosario Ferré]()
Papeles de Pandora: cuentos by Rosario Ferré
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvailable in Spanish for the first time in the United States.From Rosario Ferré (nominated for the National Book Award for The House on the Lagoon), her first work of fiction, long out of print in any edition, in the original Spanish and including a previously unpublished story and two poems... -
![Seven Sins by Miguel Estrada]()
Seven Sins by Miguel Estrada
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.Several individuals connected through a series of unfortunate events find themselves as participants in a twisted game of trials set up by a hacker who has chosen them based on their cardinal sins... -
![Fałszywy Pieśniarz by Martyna Raduchowska]()
Fałszywy Pieśniarz by Martyna Raduchowska
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEkipa śledcza Wydziału Opętań i Nawiedzeń wkracza do ogrodu Kusiciela, aby odkryć ostatni element układanki. Ekshumacja zwłok nieznanego mężczyzny daje początek serii tragicznych wydarzeń... -
![Observe by Andrea Pearson]()
Observe by Andrea Pearson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNicole Williams is the sole protector of an elixir that will end a curse on the human race. But while the elixir strengthens her, it also forces her to abandon the love of the person most important to her-her boyfriend, Austin...Categorized as:
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![Double Threat by F. Paul Wilson]()
Double Threat by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDouble Threat is a new stand-alone thriller from New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson.Daley has a problem. Her 26-year life so far has been unconventional, to say the least, but now she's got this voice in her head. It claims to be a separate entity that's going to be sharing her body from now on... -
![Bloodforged by Nathan Long]()
Bloodforged by Nathan Long
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second book in the Ulrika the Vampire seriesUnable to adapt to Lahmian society, Ulrika seeks her own way, striking out to the Chaos-besieged city of Praag to seek old friends and glory in battle. On her arrival, she finds a devastated but defiant people and the invaders repelled... -
![The Picture Of Dorian Gray (Great Illustrated Classics) by Fern Siegel, Oscar Wilde]()
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (Great Illustrated Classics) by Fern Siegel, Oscar Wilde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world's best-loved children's stories set in large type for easy reading... -
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![Revelation by Carter Wilson]()
Revelation by Carter Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Harden Campbell wakes cold and beaten in a dirt-floor cell, he finds only three other things in the room with him: the mutilated body of his good friend, an ancient typewriter, and a stack of blank paper, the top sheet of which has a single, typed sentence."Tell me a story... -
![Planet Stories, Fall 1948 by Ray Bradbury]()
Planet Stories, Fall 1948 by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContentsThe VizigraphHoot McGoot Rides Again / Chad OliverCitadel of the Green Death / Emmett McDowell; artwork by Alden McWilliamsWhen Kohonnes Screamed / Gardner F. FoxMars Is Heaven! / Ray Bradbury; artwork by Herman VestalPreview of Peril / A... -
![Secrets and Seduction by Bianca Mov]()
Secrets and Seduction by Bianca Mov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDark academia meets forbidden loveWelcome to Preston Academy—watch your back, the walls have ears. You have been warned.Avery, a criminal, scarred and haunted by her past, finds herself at the Preston Academy—a boarding school for troubled juveniles.Alexander, a professor and heir to his parent’s legacy, is struck by Avery’s dark inner and bright outer beauty—and he hates her for it... -
![Off-Limits Coach Daddy: Taboo Adults Explicit Sex Story: Rough Erotic Dark, Older Man Younger Woman Short Novels by Izzie Vee]()
Off-Limits Coach Daddy: Taboo Adults Explicit Sex Story: Rough Erotic Dark, Older Man Younger Woman Short Novels by Izzie Vee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA one-night stand.All she wanted was her V-card gone.Not to be claimed as his... -
![The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster]()
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe Machine Stops is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories...Categorized as:
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![Seer by Ted Dekker]()
Seer by Ted Dekker
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSEER (Eyes Wide Open, Book 4) is the stunning conclusion to the four-episode digital series from New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker.Who am I? My name is Christy Snow. I'm seventeen and I'm about to die. I'm buried in a coffin under tons of concrete. No one knows where I am. My heart sounds like a monster with clobber feet, running straight toward me...
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