“Stanley’s Last Trip and Other Stories” is volume 1 of the Urban Tales short story series: eight yarns exploring strange and quirky situations, set mostly in present-day and sometimes dystopian worlds of Berlin, New York, London, Lisbon and Dublin, with an illustration for each story. Stanley’s Last Trip. Stanley Braun is trapped on an S-Bahn train in Berlin, but he can’t remember how he got there. Noise and Death. After a noisy start to his trip to Lisbon, Charlie’s upstairs neighbour, Marie, uses her charms to entice him to cover up a murder. Vengeance. Louis plans revenge after Annalise’s death at her apartment block in London. Throwbacks. A research project in Berlin uncovers a group of people with ancient genes. Survival of the Species In London, the slow realisation that some humans have previously unknown brain mutations prompts new discrimination laws. Tube Travel A new form of super-fast travel in the near future runs into difficulties. Obsession Jack’s brief meeting with an elusive woman at an art exhibition in New York leads to fantasy and obsession. After the Blackout Jake is surprised at how fast everything descends into the ‘law of the jungle’ after a blackout in Dublin.

Gilbert's libretti of the comic operas composed by Arthur Sullivan are hugely well known, and lines such as "e;let the punishment fit the crime"e; have entered the English lexicon - but his short stories also deserve to be rediscovered by the modern reader. This collection, carefully curated by the secretary of the W.S. Gilbert Society, brings together the best of these sharp, clever, comical tales - many of which are published here for the first time since their first appearance in ephemeral magazines - enriched with the author's own illustrations. The stories feature many of the powerful motifs so associated with his work - fairies, elixirs, magic - and a wide variety of characters - from burglars to barristers and shopkeepers to gentlemen. This volume is shot through with the observational wit which drove Gilbert and Sullivan's works to fame, and constitutes a hugely enjoyable companion for fans of the pair's theatrical oeuvre.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Starlight Ranch, and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier" by Charles King. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into the body of the condemned. Such are the nightmare scenarios that emerge in the short stories of Franz Kafka, one of the twentieth century’s most formative, mystifying literary figures. Though immediate in their impact, Kafka’s stories invite endless angles of interpretation, from Freudian psychology and existentialist philosophy to animal studies. This volume presents “The Metamorphosis”—together with several other of Kafka’s best and best-known stories—in a nuanced, clear, and powerful translation by Ian Johnston. The appendices provide philosophical, literary, and cultural context, as well as valuable selections from Kafka’s own letters and drawings.

"The Journey of Jeremiah Tatum" chronicles a young boy's journey through time and space while learning valuable lessons in life along the way. "Stephanie Baker Gibbs, and The Mystery on Beacon Hill" is the account of two young girls who one night see a strange light in an old abandoned light house, and dare to wonder "why". "The Accidental Shopper" is a fantasy about a young teen who acquires "the power to shop". What will her power be used for? "My Changing Times" is a biographical story of a time traveler, who visits the past to encourage and guide himself as young teen. Can the past be changed?

Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, 'Heart of Darkness' is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations.

Siraj-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal was neither coward nor afraid of wars. He routed the British army from Calcutta within four days. After that could he defend the State of Bengal in spite of his so many enemies because of his cruelty and profligacy? What caused his downfall? Was it profligacy or cruelty & who and how they conspired against him to take their revenge was a quite intrigue? It is an interesting historical story which one must read along with other interesting and inspiring stories.