Ergebnis für "Glory" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

From the creator of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe. Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael...

From the Thurber Prize–winning author of New Teeth, hailed as “a triumph of sustained humor” (Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review), comes a hilarious and powerful collection of short stories chronicling the plight of aging millennials. ​ Super Mario turns forty and is forced to...

He's the ass-kicking, wise-cracking, hard-drinking demon hunter you never knew you needed. He's Quincy Harker, and he's here to save your ass whether you want it or not. The immortal magic-wielding son of Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray from the classic novel Dracula, Harker now lives in North Carolina hunting down demons and sending them back to Hell. This Omnibus Edition collects the first 12 novellas in the Quincy Harker series.

Rhona and her paladin brother, Alastar, belong to a holy people who have waged war on witches and warlocks and their clans from the highlands. But when she uses magic to save his life, their world is thrown upside down. On the run, having left all they knew behind, they have to rely on those who hate paladins. All magic is evil, the high paladin taught.... But Alastar starts to understand that he might have been misled.

These historical fiction stories take the listener on a journey into the most tragic time in our history—the Civil War. Arranged along a rough timeline of the period, they cover a broad area of mood and events and range from a young man’s escape from an outlaw gang in Missouri to join a North Carolina regiment back home, to the discovery of Lee’s lost orders by a Union sergeant, to a boy too curious about war, to a young woman who has dressed like a man to join her brother in the war, to enemies who become friends over a fishing hole.

His Share of Glory contains all the short science fiction written solely by C. M. Kornbluth. Many of the stories are SF "classics", such as "The Marching Morons", "The Little Black Bag", "Two Dooms", "The Mindworm", "Thirteen O'Clock", and, of course, "That Share of Glory". His Share of Glory includes all of Kornbluth's solo short science fiction, fifty-six works of short SF in all, with the original bibliographic details including pseudonymous by-line.

Bubba's back, and he's dealing with his brother, Jason, once and for all! This is the collected edition of Bubba the Monster Hunter Season 2, collecting everything since Scattered, Smothered & Chunked. Also included: a special preview of Raising Hell, a new novella from John G. Hartness and White Lightnin', a Beauregard the Monster Hunter short story!

Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these three novellas by legendary Regency romance author Barbara Metzger are in one volume for the first time ever! This collection includes the following stories: "Autumn Glory", "The Management Requests", "A Match Made in Heaven - Or Hell".

Damnation: Quest for Glory, Book I collects the four novellas from Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter, Year Three. The story concludes next year in Salvation: Quest for Glory, Book II.

A short story that tells the story of a man who traveled to a Gulf country, only to have a tremendous and unexpected transformation happen to him, as if it were the second side of the life goat story.

A high school boy arranges for his Pontiac Sunfire to take over his life. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

Short in size, Two Bit Higgins beats up the much bigger Dandy Barker in a bar fight in an southern Arizona gold-mining town. He is then named a deputy sheriff, also showing how dangerous he is with a gun. Then Barker comes back for revenge. How long will it be before Barker and his gang come looking for Two Bit and the show down?

Set in a chilling future that seems more and more possible each year, this unforgettable story asks the question, "When the government becomes too controlling, what does it really mean to be a patriot?"

In an age of adventure, the Scottish Mexican pirate Captain Duncan MacSanchez and his brave but quirky crew embark on a quest for the Blaze of Glory. It would be easier to find if they actually knew what it was. What if real wizards and warriors played role-playing-games? What would they pretend to be? In our modern world of social media and texting, what kind of powers would superheroes need to preserve civilization? This is a collection of humorous short stories that takes a lighter look at mighty heroes and their adventures.

Teri is sinking in a morass of pain. Her dream of being a jockey was brutally shattered by an accident that left her broken in every way. Tired of worrying her family, she seeks out the comforts of her childhood - horses and stables and a sweet, blond boy. But the boy is grown now and so is she. Will Teri be able to remove the armor that's been holding her together long enough to find solace in the arms of an old friend? The Turning Point is a short audio story that takes place after the events in the Blaze of Glory series.

Toen in de brugklas Alva's vrienden meededen aan een belijdenisgroep, ging zij niet mee. Ze is negentien jaar oud als ze besluit alsnog belijdenis te doen. De naam van de pastoor is David Widmark, en hij is in de dertig. Charmant, sexy - en heel erg verboden. Ze spelen een spel met elkaar. Een spel waarbij Alva langzaam de grenzen opzoekt. En David laat het toe. Op een middag als ze alleen in de kerk zijn, besluit Alva hem te verleiden.

Spicy ontmoetingen: een verzameling van erotische korte verhalen van LUST is een verzamelwerk dat uiteenlopende seksuele ontmoetingen beschrijft. Van online ontmoetingen en cam-girls, tot vastzitten in de trein met een aantrekkelijke vreemdeling. Er is iets om elke lezer te prikkelen.

In 'Digitale geneugten' wordt een koppel tijdens weer een lockdown van elkaar gescheiden. Ze missen elkaar enorm en gaan op zoek naar moderne manieren om hun seksuele verlangens te uiten. In 'Landloper' gaat een advocate hardlopen in het bos. Het is een warme zomerdag en wanneer ze bezweet in het gras gaat liggen om uit te rusten verschijnt er een knappe, ongeschoren man. Ze kent hem niet, maar één ding is duidelijk: hij wil haar, en zij wil hem. Lees deze en negentien andere korte verhalen (waaronder de prikkelende serie 'Verlangen') in deze spannende erotische verhalenbundel.