Ergebnis für "The Wishing-Well" in Literatur & Belletristik

When a wish is looked upon as a subtle seed of one's calling to unravel the learning process, it is fulfilled irrespective of the challenges that exist ahead. Since your wish is in the interest of others more than yours alone, it is the others who, with the assistance of the Universe, pave your route to your goal. Sometimes, their perceived interest may be vile, but since you do not see what they do, your wish sustains it's goodness and so do you.

A horrifying collection of interconnected tales, The Wishing Well centers around an ever-shifting, unearthly bar where desires are commodities and the price is everything. Each story follows a different patron, driven by want, ambition, or desperation, who casts a wish into the bar’s namesake. Join our patrons as they discover this well is less a cheap gimmick and more a dark conduit for twisted fulfillment, revealing the true horror of getting exactly what you wished for.

Dive into the intriguing world of PENNY PARKER, a spirited teenage sleuth and budding reporter with a remarkable talent for unraveling the most peculiar and often bizarre mysteries. As the only daughter of Anthony Parker, the widowed publisher of the Riverview Star, Penny has been raised to be fiercely independent, outspoken, and relentlessly innovative. Her cheerful demeanor hides a sharp, observant mind ready to tackle any challenge. Created by Mildred A. Wirt—who also wrote the original Nancy Drew series under the name Carolyn Keene—Penny Parker embodies the independence that Wirt ...

Edward Frederic Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories. Among the most significant works Edward Benson is the The Wishing Well (1929) and many more.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life in this absorbing and whimsical...

The Honorable Roberta Talbot is tired of being the practical one in her family. As the impoverished daughter of a reckless baron, she has spent years supporting her mother and siblings. When a chance meeting brings an opportunity for adventure her way, Birdie grabs hold and takes it… all the way to a haunted castle in Scotland and into the domain of its beastly lord.

Caitlyn O’Brien left for Brazil in the aftermath of a heartbreaking loss. As much as she loves her husband, he can’t help her with the grief and disappointment that plague her life in Dublin. When she discovers that St. Clare’s charity mission, in Manaus, Brazil, needs a primary school teacher, she takes the opportunity to bury herself in missionary work, as her dreams of being a mother slowly vanish.

Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again. At 38, her life's not what she'd expected - she's childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there's a feeling of emptiness. On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each begin a list of 20 wishes....

The old village well is just a curiosity – something to attract tourists intrigued by stories of lost treasure, or visitors just making a wish. Unless something alien and terrifying could be lurking inside the well. Something utterly monstrous that causes nothing but death and destruction. But...