Result for "The Violence" in Anthologies & Short Stories

One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2024 2025 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection “A bright new voice in fiction…A genuine young talent, one who deftly palpates the dark areas of human psyches…Like Gabriel García Márquez and Stephen King…we might be...

"My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream" A woman's fortitude saves her village from disaster. A teenager explores their identity in a moment of quiet. A petition writer reflects on his life as a dog lies...

Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten. Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long.

After a rocky start to cruise season, the Caribbean Honey is looking to return to normal. When a new excursion offered to guests goes horribly wrong, Hope finds herself in the middle of another mystery. Then she gets stranded on a deserted island with a murderer on the loose. And finally, someone turns up dead after a lover’s quarrel. Can she keep her head and find these killers, or is she destined to be lost at sea?

WHEN LOVE NEEDS VIOLENCE is a fearless, emotionally charged anthology that asks an uncomfortable question: What happens when love is no longer enough—and survival demands more? In three interconnected stories, women and the people who love them discover that protection, devotion, and loyalty aren't always gentle. "No More" follows Lacey, a woman who prides herself on her intuition—the kind women develop just to move safely through the world.

It begins with two deaths: a money-man and a grass. Deaths that offer a unique opportunity to a man like Calum MacLean. A man who has finally had enough of killing. Meanwhile two of Glasgow's biggest criminal organizations are at quiet, deadly war with one another. And as Detective Michael...

Including the brilliantly frightening short story that inspired Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, this collection from the author of Rebecca is a classic work of alienation and horror. The chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's dominance over the natural...

Enter a tense state penitentiary where unwritten gang rules and brutal violence dictate your daily fight for survival. This dark, immersive escape transforms your daily commute into a suspenseful journey through a high-stakes, living ecosystem. Feel the constant, nerve-wracking hum of danger as...

Twenty-four violent stories reveal the monsters hiding in ordinary people, damaged minds, desperate relationships, and the choices that turn fear into mayhem. Some monsters are born. Others get made. Untold Mayhem unleashes twenty-four tales of madmen, monsters, twisted minds, damaged relationships, and brutal ends. Mark Tullius moves from psychological horror and dark crime to supernatural violence, body horror, grief, and grim humor, always circling back to the choices that reveal what a person is capable of becoming.