Have you ever wanted to finish off a life really badly, whether be it your own, or someone you hate, or worse still, someone you love dearly? Have you ever been to a funeral and wondered what it must feel like to be the centre of attraction just like the deceased, if such a thing were possible? Have you ever been excited by listening to the thrilling lives of people whose death is imminent, be they famous criminals, adventure-seekers, or people living close to the edge? What would excite you more-their upcoming death or the roller-coaster of their lives? Have you ever felt that you are actually dead but no one has buried you yet? Has the drudgery of life overpowered you so much that the alternative seemed better at one point? Are you lost with today's technological advances that you feel someone else or something controls your life and maybe, just maybe, you are actually dead? Do you feel something similar to being trapped in the Matrix? If your answer to any of the above questions is YES, then this collection of short stories might be for you!

Have you ever wanted to finish off a life really badly, whether be it your own, or someone you hate, or worse still, someone you love dearly? Have you ever been to a funeral and wondered what it must feel like to be the centre of attraction just like the deceased, if such a thing were possible? Have you ever been excited by listening to the thrilling lives of people whose death is imminent, be they famous criminals, adventure-seekers, or people living close to the edge? What would excite you more—their upcoming death or the roller-coaster of their lives? Have you ever felt that you are actually dead but no one has buried you yet? Has the drudgery of life overpowered you so much that the alternative seemed better at one point? Are you lost with today's technological advances that you feel someone else or something controls your life and maybe, just maybe, you are actually dead? Do you feel something similar to being trapped in the Matrix? If your answer to any of the above questions is YES, then this collection of short stories might be for you!

Bethany Anne is tapped by the Patriarch to take over responsibility for the UnknownWorld, but with no experience or reputation, Bethany Anne takes everyone by surprise.

One Last Hail Mary attack by those on Earth goes awry when the Queen herself shows up with John Grimes along for the ride. Five puppies have plans that surprise everyone. The Queen has a problem, and her closest friends travel to Earth to find her a solution. It's time for an audience with the King of Yoll, and he isn't going to like the outcome. Not one bit. He has a secret he has been hiding, and those sneaky Aliens in space find out what it is, and turn it against him. It's time to release the Queen Bitch for her final clean-up of Kurtherians - This area of the Galaxy will never be the same, again. So grab your favorite drink, recline in your favorite chair or bed or couch, and relax for just a moment or two, because... Bethany Anne is BACK!

Almost everyone with a pulse fears death, but not everyone fears life. With crippling social anxiety, I feared both. But after an accidental call to a funeral home during my mid-life crisis trip to grad school, I reluctantly embarked on a journey to explore professions that dealt with death in order to come to terms with my own mortality. (From cover).

Mrs. Louise Mallard, afflicted with a heart condition, reflects on the death of her husband from the safety of her locked room. Originally published in Vogue magazine, “The Story of an Hour” was retitled as “The Dream of an Hour,” when it was published amid much controversy under its new title a year later in St. Louis Life. “The Story of an Hour” was adapted to film in The Joy That Kills by director Tina Rathbone, which was part of a PBS anthology called American Playhouse. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY, THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021 'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today.' Undiscovered Scotland 'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books A SILENT VOW Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman. A SILENT LIFE Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life: the victim of a rare condition named Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world - and of Cleland's cruel plan. A SILENT DEATH John Mackenzie - an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian investigator - is seconded to aid the Spanish authorities in their manhunt. He alone can silence Cleland before the fugitive has the last, bloody, word. Peter May's latest bestseller unites a strong, independent Spaniard with a socially inept Scotsman; a senseless vendetta with a sense-deprived victim, and a red-hot Costa Del Sol with an ice-cold killer. LOVED A SILENT DEATH? Read the first book in the acclaimed China Thriller series, THE FIREMAKER LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his new thriller, THE NIGHT GATE