Ergebnis für "Porcelain" in Literatur & Belletristik

I woke up pregnant in a stranger's mansion. He says he's the father. I don't remember him at all. My reflection in the mirror is a stranger, too. The doctors call it temporary amnesia. The Bratva boss calls it a complication. I call it terrifying. My body responds to his touch even when my mind...

I accidentally delivered the wrong package to the Bratva Boss. A bunch of 'adult toys' if you catch my drift. And now, I'm pregnant with his baby. My life fell apart when another woman answered my fiancé's phone. "Leave my boyfriend alone," she said. Just like that, my perfect future was...

From the critically acclaimed author of The Library of Legends comes a vividly rendered novel set in WWI France about two young women—one Chinese, one French—whose lives intersect with unexpected, potentially dangerous consequences. “East meets West in World War I France. In The Porcelain...

Demons—the most dangerous creatures, and Angels—the purest of all beings. For Ashton Lure, a renowned neurosurgeon, these beings only existed in mythological stories. Or so she thought. And, when she found herself in the Demon Realm, she could only wonder, can I truly be free from him? The demons weren't all bad, and the angels weren’t all pure, and somehow, they became a family—something Ashton had missed all her life. But just when she thought she could live without her painful nightmares, the dark past she tried to hide got in the way.

An abandoned orphanage. A buried secret. A dark truth. Jake and Nate Shepherd's world shattered when they were children. After a night of horror, the boys woke to find their home the site of an unspeakable tragedy. One that fundamentally cracked the boys' psyche and left them orphaned. Two...

Bienvenidos a la historia de un hombre gris, cuya vida da un maravilloso vuelco un día de otoño: ha conocido a alguien. Pero no es un alguien cualquiera. Es una ninfa llamada Fantasía, que parece decidida a dar color a su vida.

🏅 Finalist, 2026 American Fiction Awards — Historical Fiction From award-winning author Jillian Forsberg, author of The Rhino Keeper, comes an unforgettable tale of art, ambition, and survival set in the glittering—and dangerous—court of eighteenth-century Dresden. In eighteenth-century...

En juin 1944, le père de Mathias, le petit Mainou, neuf ans, vient de perdre sa mère, morte en couches. On décide de l'envoyer, caché dans une charrette à foin, par-delà la ligne de démarcation, chez sa grand-mère qui a une ferme en Lorraine. Ce sont ces derniers mois de guerre, vus à hauteur d'enfant, que fait revivre Mathias Malzieu, mêlant sa voix à celle de son père. Mainou va rencontrer cette famille qu'il ne connaît pas encore, découvrir avec l'oncle Émile le pouvoir de l'imagination, trouver la force de faire son deuil et de survivre dans une France occupée.

Rosie lived peacefully in Moscow, and her mother told her fairy tales. One summer night, all that came abruptly to an end when her father and sister were gunned down. Now, Rosie’s only inheritance from her reclusive mother is a notebook full of eerie, handwritten tales, but there is another story lurking between the lines.

‘A page-turning journey to uncover a past of heroism, betrayal, love, and loss’ Heather Morris, bestselling author of Sisters under the Rising Sun 'So compelling' Sunday Times 'A gorgeous debut' Heat Two lovers caught at the crossroads of history A daughter’s search for the truth Germany...

An epic story of love, betrayal, and art that spans decades, through the horrors of World War II to 21st century America, inspired by an actual porcelain factory in Dachau. Two lovers caught at the crossroads of history. A daughter’s search for the truth. Germany, 1929. At a festive gathering...

Lucien de Fontein has grown up different. One of the mysterious and misshapen Orfano who appear around the Kingdom of Landfall, he is a talented fighter yet constantly lonely, tormented by his deformity, and well aware that he is a mere pawn in a political game. Ruled by an insane King and the venomous Majordomo, it is a world where corruption and decay are deeply rooted - but to a degree Lucien never dreams possible when he first discovers the plight of the 'insane' women kept in the haunting Sanatoria.

Porcelain is an anthology horror podcast where each episode is a self-contained story connected by the delicate, unsettling presence of antique dolls. Luna guides listeners through a collection of tales that explore the uncanny nature of porcelain-faced figures—dolls that seem to watch, that hold secrets in their painted eyes, that appear in places they shouldn't be. From a Victorian mansion where a collection of dolls begins to rearrange themselves at night, to a small-town antique shop where a single doll carries the weight of a forgotten tragedy, to a modern home where a child's doll ...

Dive into Porcelain and Pink, a delightful comic one-act play adapted from F. Scott Fitzgeralds 1922 short story collection, Tales of the Jazz Age. This whimsical tale revolves around a young woman in a bathtub who finds herself entangled in a humorous case of mistaken identity. Join talented performers Holly Bliss, Jc Guan, and mb, with narration and audio editing by Laurie Anne Walden, as they bring this charming story to life.

London, 1889. For Ira Adler, former rent-boy and present plaything of crime lord Cain Goddard, stealing back the statue from Goddard's blackmailer should have been a doddle. But inside the statue is evidence that could put Goddard away for a long time under the sodomy laws, and everyone's after it, including Ira's bitter ex, Dr. Timothy Lazarus.

A hellacious thunderstorm rages over the small tin mining town of Bleddington, waking reclusive teenager, Willard Jennings, from his sleep. As the fleeting flashes of light illuminate the room, he sees brief and taunting glimpses of a broken figure standing at the foot of his bed.

Experience the laughter with The Porcelain Peril: A Tale of Teenage Mischief and the Mighty '72 Lincoln. Listen as Jake recounts his hilariously disastrous prank, set to the backdrop of a vibrant lime green Lincoln. Perfect for those who love a good chuckle and the charm of classic car tales.

Porcelain and Pink - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). Originally appearing in the January 1920 issue of The Smart Set, Porcelain and Pink was the earliest of the stories Fitzgerald would later reprint in a book-length collection. Porcelain and Pink is a comic one-act play. The plot involves a young woman in a bathtub and a case of mistaken identity. The story is a bit of a lark, a one-act burlesque that opens with a splendidly droll parody of stage directions, featuring a blue porcelain bathtub.

San Petersburgo, 1915. Tonya es una joven aristócrata casada con un hombre que la trata como una posesión más. Vive en un mundo lleno de lujos, ajena a las tensiones que están por desatar una revolución que cambiará para siempre la historia de Rusia y del mundo. Cuando conoce a Valentín...

In "Skin Like Porcelain Death" a half-resurrected cleanup man for the bureaucracy of death confronts a sorcerous collection of chipped porcelain dolls in an attempt to save the soul of a horny young man who chose the wrong girlfriend.