The Thief, and Other Stories

The Thief, and Other Stories
Title The Thief, and Other Stories PDF eBook
Author Georg Heym
Publisher
Pages 120
Release 1994
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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An English-language translation of the complete published stories of Georg Heym (1887-1912). There are seven in all, with subjects ranging from social revolt to insanity, disease to unrequited love. These stories of madness, horror, and a variety of other extreme states, have become classics of German Expressionist prose.

The Thief and Other Stories

The Thief and Other Stories
Title The Thief and Other Stories PDF eBook
Author Michael D. Rectenwald
Publisher Createspace Independent Pub
Pages 64
Release 2013-01-16
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781481181310

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"Bobby Gould meets Raskolnikov in Michael Rectenwald's story collection, which pops around from New York to Florida to L.A. to Pittsburgh. No location, however, is rendered as vividly as the minds of the collection's tormented protagonists. Guilt, remorse, self-loathing: that's what these guys eat for breakfast. They're a rogue's gallery of drunks, debtors, failed husbands, failed poets, failed professors, and if they're not under arrest they think they should be, or want to be, plead to be, or remember when they were. They lust, connive, accuse, prevaricate, contemplate murder, contemplate suicide. But they're capable of a kind of crude poetry. One says, 'Misery loves company, but ecstasy and despair have one thing in common; they want to be left alone.' Another says, 'I was going to pick up my second wife's stepdaughter of her third marriage. That was supposed to feel normal.' Normal in Rectenwald's America is, at best, hair-pulling anxiety, and at worst, much worse. One thinks of the forlorn losers of Raymond Carver, stuck in the predicaments of Franz Kafka. Throughout, one laughs. With recognition. To keep from crying." -- Tim Tomlinson, fiction editor, Ducts (www.ducts.org); co-founder, New York Writers Workshop

Duck Thief & Other Stories

Duck Thief & Other Stories
Title Duck Thief & Other Stories PDF eBook
Author David Langlinais
Publisher University of Louisiana
Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre Louisiana
ISBN 9781935754640

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David Langlinais weaves textured, evocative tales of family and outdoorsmanship, of the human struggle to find identity in an ever-changing landscape. Duck Thief and Other Stories--set mostly in Louisiana's southern parishes--is reminiscent of Ellen Gilchrist, with stories rich in the native culture and French patois. Langlinais's voice is clear, straight-forward and seemingly effortless. Pride, race, death, mental illness, infidelity--no subject is off-limits. Cajun narratives, as well as those taking place in big-city Texas, shine a light on characters trying to find their way through the world, to make sense of situations that make no sense at all.

The Egg Thief

The Egg Thief
Title The Egg Thief PDF eBook
Author Alane Adams
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 34
Release 2016-04-05
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1940716373

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Young Georgie wakes up to a morning of chores back in 1920s Pennsylvania when he gets the bad news—someone has stolen all the eggs in the henhouse. The culprit is Buster, a stray dog who takes Georgie on an adventure to find more eggs. Follow Buster and Georgie and their mischievous antics in this heartwarming tale of farm life in America’s storied past.

The Thief and Other Stories

The Thief and Other Stories
Title The Thief and Other Stories PDF eBook
Author Ruskin Bond
Publisher Frank Brothers
Pages 100
Release 1994
Genre Germany
ISBN 9788184091779

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The Thief in the Night and Other Stories

The Thief in the Night and Other Stories
Title The Thief in the Night and Other Stories PDF eBook
Author Edgar Wallace
Publisher Lindhardt og Ringhof
Pages 157
Release 2024-01-01
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 8728385861

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Fast-paced and fun, ‘The Thief in the Night and Other Stories’ is a collection of six tales from the pen of one of the 20th Century’s most prolific writers. The title story follows Inspector Jack Danton as he investigates a proliferation of poison pen letters and thefts to and from wealthy young debutantes. Other novelettes, such as ‘Findings are Keepings’ and ‘The Compleat Criminal,’ are laced with Wallace’s trademark wit and critical appraisal of life in the upper echelons during the early 20th century. A superb read for fans of Wallace's body of work. Born in London, Edgar Wallace (1875 – 1932) was an English writer so prolific, that his publisher claimed that he was responsible for a quarter of all books sold in England. Leaving school at the age of 12, Wallace made his first steps into the literary world by selling newspapers on the corner of Fleet Street. He worked as a war correspondent after joining the army at age 21, which honed his writing abilities. This led to the creation of his first book, ‘The Four Just Men.’ Wallace is best remembered as the co-creator of ‘King Kong,’ which has been adapted for film 12 times (most notably directed by ‘Lord of the Rings’ director, Peter Jackson, and starring Jack Black and Naomi Watts). However, he leaves behind an extensive body of work, including stories such as ‘The Crimson Circle’ and ‘The Flying Squad’.

The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories

The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories
Title The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories PDF eBook
Author Clifford Ball
Publisher
Pages
Release 2018-06
Genre
ISBN 9780990990048

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After the death of Robert E. Howard, Clifford Ball was the first writer to follow in his footsteps and pen sword and sorcery stories for Weird Tales. For the first time ever, all of Ball's stories are collected into one volume. A must-have for pulp historians and fans of fantasy, horror, and weird fiction!