Ergebnis für "Max" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

Charlotte weiß genau, wie der Valentinstag für sie laufen soll: Keine Dates, keine Männer und ganz sicher keine Herzchenromantik. Doch dann steckt sie plötzlich mit ihrem Nachbarn Seth in ihrem Gebäude fest: Sie können nicht hinaus und niemand kann zu ihnen herein. Drei Tage, dann ist das Problem behoben. Er ist frisch geschieden, liebt Bäume mehr als Menschen und hat von Beziehungen erst mal genug. Zwischen geteilten Mahlzeiten, Lachen und langen Blicken beginnt es zu knistern.

Rund ein Jahr nach seinem Hörbuch-Debut veröffentlicht Ludwig Hirsch nun sein zweites Werk als Vorleser - "Ludwig Hirsch liest Till Eulenspiegel". - Ludwig Hirsch ist nach wie vor nicht nur eine der wichtigsten Stimmen der heimischen Liedermacherei, sondern seit vielen Jahren auch Schauspieler und Erzähler. Und nun das zweite Hörbuch - eine schlüssige Entwicklung, denn seine Lieder waren immer schon Erzählungen, das narrative Element, der Spannungsaufbau und die Struktur des Textes folgten dramaturgischen Vorgaben und inszenierten den Liedermacher immer auch als Geschichtenerzähler.

You can't kill the dead! Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead, societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video-gaming targets, post-apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary mash-ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic.

Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination. In the mystery of Christmas we find its majesty. The mystery of how God became flesh, why he chose to come, and how he must love his people. Such mysteries can never be solved, just as Love can never be diagrammed. Three Christmas...

An original collection of interwoven short stories set in the Wild Cards universe, created by the globally bestselling author of A Game of Thrones 'A complex, intricately imagined universe' Telegraph An alien virus ravages the world, with effects as random as a hand of cards. Those infected...

The lure of the American West is in the spirit of adventure, in the majestic expanse of unconquered wilderness and in rugged individuals on a quest for identity and sometimes for survival. Owen Wister's unsmiling Virginian... Dorothy M. Johnson's, "A Man Called Horse": These are a few of the colorful, even legendary characters who populate The American West in Fiction, a collection of stories edited by Jon Tuska.

Players gonna play, but can a wild, untamable, alpha billionaire player fall in love? This collection includes Banking the Billionaire, Banking Her, and Crazy Fluffing Love.

Although two of his best friends have settled down, Wes Lancaster is determined not to get sucked into some siren's web. As owner of the New York Mavericks football team and wildly successful BAD restaurant, his lifestyle is full as it is. Well, it was, until Winnie Winslow, the new, sexy, stiletto-wearing team physician trash-talks him in the locker room without batting an eye. Now he can't stop himself from wanting her.

Maxwell Morgan has always been a very practical guy. He started working at age fifteen because his foster family was stretched thin. He joined the army right out of high school to earn money for college. Even after getting his first job after college, he kept working the three jobs that let him get there—National Guard infantryman, farmer, and blacksmith. About nine months into his new job as an HR Generalist, Max’s boss arranged a one-week team-building event for the team. Max and his five attractive, female co-workers boarded the plane for Sheridan, Wyoming, and then things went sideways.

Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.

Zwölf dunkle Kurzgeschichten, nach denen das Löschen der Nachttischlampe womöglich etwas schwerer fällt. Ob bei einem nächtlichen Freibadbesuch, beim Joggen im Stadtwald, in einem Erdloch in Syrien oder in uns selbst. Das Böse lauert überall und in den unterschiedlichsten Formen.

In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World'...

Meet the swooniest billionaire of all time in one awesome and hilarious romantic-comedy collection. This collection includes Tapping the Billionaire, Tapping Her, and the novella Be My Billionaire Valentine.

The fourth volume in the Max Porter Paranormal Mystery collection is here and it’s explosive! New allies, new foes, and a rivalry centuries in the making all come to a head in one fantastic showdown. And if that wasn’t enough, Max’s family faces its toughest challenge yet, one that threatens to tear away the Sandwich Boys just as they’re settling in. It’s all here and much, much more!

Get ready for three more incredible tales in The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries. Max, Sandra, and Drummond are back. After the war between the Mobleys and the Magi, a power void has been formed. An ancient cult now resurfaces to fill that void. And with it comes new ghosts, new witches, and new magic. But that would be too easy. Max’s family has plenty of troubles as the Sandwich Boys mature, Max’s mother falls ill, and Drummond may be lost forever. You won’t want to miss a single moment in the series that blends real history with ghosts, witches, curses, and more.

When you hear the term "western tales" most likely the name Zane Grey pops into your mind. but these three authors who lived around the same time as Grey are a welcome addition to Western Lore. This boxed set includes stories by either contemporaries of, or authors who followed in the footsteps of Zane Grey. Max Brand, a major influencer of Louis Lamour, Charles Selzer who lived in Zane's shadow for most of his life, and Jim Kirkegaard, who came later but had the same love of the outdoors and adventure as all of these writers.

It starts with a few near-accidents: A car almost swipes Mike Hammer when he’s crossing the street. A junkie robs the notoriously hardboiled detective at knifepoint. A fight on a subway platform comes close to pushing him in front of a train. While any one of these could be a coincidence, together they make a conspiracy—one that Hammer will have to end in order to survive. And when it comes to finishing something—or someone—nobody does it better than Hammer.

Hatten Sie auch schon einmal eine dunkle Begegnung? Der Mann im Fahrstuhl, dessen Gesicht man nicht sieht. Ein Onlineflirt, der irgendwie außer Kontrolle gerät. Das hübsche Mädchen auf dem Jahrmarkt, das hinter seinem Lächeln etwas zu verbergen scheint. Das eigene Kind, das sich seit dieser Sache im Kindergarten merkwürdig verhält. Der vermeintlich risikofreie Seitensprung, der zum Albtraum mutiert. Der neue Nachbar, der plötzlich nachts im Waschkeller auftaucht. Oder es ist der Tod selbst, der am Ende der letzten Reise wartet.

It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives – to show us places we want to escape to, lives we want to live, people we want to love. But there are also stories that can only be found in the deepest, darkest corners of the library. Stories about the unexplained...

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 13 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Gervase Fen novella by Edmund Crispin that has never previously been published. With the Golden Age of detective...