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The master criminal Raffles sets his sights on a priceless collection of jewels. Crime story in which the villain is the hero.
Story which promotes the argument that a pure, sober and honest man cannot compete against a prodigal son.
The five girls and the refined, virtuous Madame of a Normandy brothel shut up shop in order to attend a confirmation.
While a search for a missing child goes on, a father travels to pick up his daughter from the airport. Contains adult subject matter.
The story behind the celebrated vaudeville team of (Bob) Hart & (Winona) Cherry. A witty tale of theatre folk.
A young girl prepares herself for the return of her mother - a heroine addict, in prison since her daughter's birth.
The relationship between a father and his son is explored through their differing pastimes.
The story of how one father experiences the pain of his son's suicide.
One might think that Santa Claus would have no enemies on all the earth - and for a long time, he didn't ... then the Daemons came along.
My daughter’s chihuahua, André, looks more like a rat than a dog. Last Saturday she asked me to babysit him when she went out of town, and I only agreed because I’m a doting father and like to think chivalry isn’t dead.
Henry pours more coal onto the hearth as a gust of wind rattles through the cracked window frame. She’s almost an hour late. He’s half tempted to leave a one-star review on her website, but he knows it won’t make a difference, not after tonight.
A sudden bright orange-red light illuminated the sea, and there, amongst the inky black sloshing waves, a small island became visible. Smoke filled the tiny land, and a circular beast of a machine rose to the sky.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
He watched her leave, knowing that she only pulled the latch behind her. He had at least two hours before she would be back home. He needed one last souvenir, and he knew exactly where to find it.
A travel guide to the little-known Eastern European destination of O.
At an extended house party everyone gets along splendidly with one another - except a certain Mrs. Pentherby.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
Detective Inspector Dave Box entered the room: an elderly man sat motionless in a wheelchair in a blue dressing gown open at his pale chest, revealing sparse hairs and a plastic tube entering the bottom of his throat.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
Olly Rice had given his life to literature, but what had literature given him? A wound in the head that oozed something worse than blood or brain matter.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
