Ergebnis für "Never" in Märchen

The stories were all wrong—Hook was never the villain. For two centuries, all of the Darling women have disappeared on their 18th birthday. Sometimes they’re gone for only a day, some a week or a month. But they always return broken. Now, on the afternoon of my 18th birthday, my mother is running around the house making sure all the windows are barred and the doors locked. But it’s pointless. Because when night falls, he comes for me. And this time, the Never King and the Lost Boys aren’t willing to let me go.

In this modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel, 13-year-old foster children Griselda and Holden escape from their abductor after three years of brutal captivity and try to cross the Shenandoah River on foot. Tragically, one of them makes it to safety, but the other is left behind. Ten years later, Griselda's boyfriend drags her to a fight club grudge match, and her world is turned upside down when she watches Holden step into the ring.

Well, he loves the idea of his job. It’s just that the reality of marketing isn’t a creative joy, it’s a soul-crushing corporate rat race. His boss keeps taking credit for his work, and his coworkers couldn’t be less sympathetic if they tried.

Everyone knows the tale of Hansel & Gretel. The innocence that was taken from them and the torture the witch put them through. But what happened after they burned the witch in the oven? With scars and memories of horror, their lives were forever changed, until one day the trail leads back to that cottage in the woods.

Mermaids, stormy skies, daring adventures, pirates…it was little wonder I sprinted to the docks the moment I left the orphanage. Eager to begin my new life, I searched for a ship that would have me—and found a thief instead. I chased the bastard. Now I’m trapped. I’m told this place is Neverland, but everything I touch is dead or dying; what’s left is hellbent on killing each other.

Lise’s father is dead, and the life of plenty and freedom that she has known as the daughter of the King’s Huntsman is gone. She must now live a life of duty to her mother and sisters, helping them to cope in their altered circumstances. But where her mother would have her wed a childhood friend to secure their future, Lise knows that is not what she longs for.

Three days of storms have left The Jolly Serpent battered and broken, and my crew no longer trusts me to pick up the pieces. Just when it looks like Peter and I are about to be thrown overboard, the unlikeliest of saviors shows up...My father.

Peter Pan has stolen me away to Neverland. He's not the child of legend. Instead, he's a man who vows to protect me from the villainous Hook. I stay with Peter and his Lost Boys, safe in the wilds of the island. But Hook is searching for me. And when his pirates find me, the black-hearted pirate king will claim me for his own.

In 1925, Faustus Sala fell in love. In 1929, the stock market crashed. In 1944, he murdered his entire family. Before taking his own life, he cursed his house. If anyone whistled inside the house, they would summon an evil from the bowels of hell to collect a debt that can never be repaid - the forgiveness of love, betrayed.

Three fairy tales unlike anything you've ever heard before: "Red Greta" by James Agee, Jr., "The Place Where Nightmares Come True" by Chris Manning, and "The Frog Princess" by Katie Johns.

Alfredo has discovered a giant worm stuck beneath the Ponte Della Maddalena. Is it a monster sent to destroy the town, or does it hold a truth that will remind him what he truly values?

Alfredo ha scoperto un verme gigante incastrato sotto il ponte della Maddalena. Si tratta di un mostro inviato per distruggere la città, oppure custodisce una verità che gli rammenterà quali sono i suoi valori più autentici?

Adventures in prose from around the Chesapeake tidewater region told by an erstwhile and eclectic collection of writers. Ringmaster Ken Rossignol gathered together many of best and brightest of bards, poets, and tale-tellers to give their views, experiences, and fabrications in an entertaining way. Fans of short stories will enjoy the fourth book in The Chesapeake series and the valuable history told here of the Chesapeake region - with a few excursions led by the writers to other lands.