Flannery O'Connor was working on Everything That Rises Must Converge at the time of her death. This collection is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story, in which she scrutinizes territory familiar to her readers: race, faith, and morality. The stories encompass the comic and the tragic, the beautiful and the grotesque; each carries her highly individual stamp and could h…
By turns macabre, hilarious, and touching, these stories from the world-renowned master are filled with unexpected delights and the always-expected Dahl brilliance.
The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction. This series of vaguely connected…
"Sekarang aku akan membuat sebuah cerita mengenai `jiwa yang hilang' itu." Aku duduk dan memulai sebuah cerita. Tapi aku tidak tahu. Aku hanya ingin melakukan apa yang harus aku lakukan. Di benakku hanya ada kata 'Omelas'. Kata itu berasal dari papan penunjuk jalan: Salem (Oregon) dieja dari belakang. Pernahkah kau mengeja papan penunjuk jalan dari belakang? Itnehreb. Nalep-nalep. Kana-kana…
Once upon a time… there were two brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, who gave the world some of the best-loved fairy tales ever written. From “Cinderella” and “Rumpelstiltskin” to “Snow White” and “The Brave Little Tailor,” this charming anthology offers young readers a wonderful introduction to 12 of the Grimms' most popular stories.
Short stories collection with a lot of genre, from humour to sport