The Laughing Girl - format ePub

En "La Calle de los Cuatro Vientos", Robert W. Chambers cuenta la inquietante historia de un artista que vive en el barrio bohemio de París. Una noche, el artista se encuentra con un gato callejero que...

En "Rue Barrée", de Robert W. Chambers, un joven artista americano se encapricha en París de una mujer misteriosa y distante que vive en su misma calle. Mientras persigue su afecto, descubre su trágica...

En "La Calle de la Primera Bomba", de Robert Chambers, la historia se sitúa en París durante la guerra franco-prusiana. Sigue las vidas de un grupo de artistas en apuros y sus enredos románticos en medio...

En "La Máscara", de Robert W. Chambers, un escultor descubre un misterioso líquido que puede convertir a seres vivos en estatuas de mármol. Su amigo y su musa se ven envueltos en su oscuro experimento,...

"El Reparador de Reputaciones" se desarrolla en una América de un futuro cercano, donde el protagonista, Hildred Castaigne, se está recuperando de una lesión en la cabeza y se obsesiona con un hombre...

"La Demoiselle d'Ys", de Robert W. Chambers, es un escalofriante relato sobrenatural ambientado en la atmósfera embrujada de Francia. La historia sigue al narrador, quien queda cautivado —y perturbado—...

En "El Signo Amarillo", un pintor y su modelo se ven envueltos en una serie de extraños sucesos relacionados con un misterioso e inquietante símbolo. A medida que descubren más cosas sobre El Rey de Amarillo,...

"En La Corte Del Dragón", de Robert W. Chambers, es una escalofriante historia sobre un hombre que asiste a un oficio religioso y se ve perseguido por un amenazador organista. Mientras huye por las calles,...

This collection of weird fiction centers on a fictional play that drives its readers to madness and despair. The stories in the first half establish a terrifying mythology involving the King in Yellow...

In this fanciful romance, the invention of a wireless machine that can transmit psychic energy turns the social order upside down. The device's ability to connect minds leads to a series of comedic misunderstandings...

A zoologist recounts his bizarre experiences collecting specimens for the Bronx Park in this satirical collection of early science fiction tales. The protagonist encounters a variety of cryptozoological...

The King in Yellow (1895) assembles interlinked tales orbiting a banned play whose lines derange readers and stain reality. From the prophetic dystopia of 'The Repairer of Reputations' to 'The Mask,'...

Who Goes There! distills Robert W. Chambers's long preoccupation with thresholds—social and psychological—into episodes where a sentry's challenge becomes a test of identity. In urbane, magazine-honed...

He who grins in clown's disguise Often hides an aching heart— Sadness, sometimes worldly-wise, Dresses for a motley part— Cap, and bells to cheat the ears, Chalk and paint to hide the tears Lest the world,...

Only when the Nan-yang Maru sailed from Yuen-San did her terrible sense of foreboding begin to subside. For four years, waking or sleeping, the awful subconsciousness of supreme evil had never left her....

In the days when the keepers of the house shall tremble. When I first saw the sexton he was standing motionless behind a stone. Presently he moved on again, pausing at times, and turning right and left...

When their worst nightmare is haunting them again Touka Kimizuki and her twin brother, Yuuto, were just high school students until they were recruited by the Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA)...

NIKOLAIIt was supposed to be only a distraction. One anonymous night in Paris. One taste of her innocence. One angel claimed my heart.Still, I walked away before she saw the monster lurking inside me.Now...

A spine-tingling special you won’t want to miss! From the vaults of our acclaimed horror anthology Hello Darkness comes a special one-shot issue! Get ready for a curated collection overflowing with grimy,...

He was the one man she could never have.She was the only woman he would ever love.Gordon and Beauty live by the rules their worlds have set—his filled with scandal, hers with vows of faith.But one chance...

Cycle of Love is an evocative collection of four short stories that delves into the complex emotions surrounding love, loneliness, heartbreak and self-realization. Each tale represents a unique perspective...

Their storybook romance didn't have a happily ever after… but he's back to rewrite their ending.When Assistant Chief of Police Elaine Potter's book club picks a steamy rockstar romance, she doesn't expect...

Vander, with his alluring charm and shady intentions, has sunk his claws into Lee's mind, twisting his thoughts until they churn with sickness. Wyatt and the others turn to an unlikely ally: Nova, Vander's...

The disappearance of Rayna sets off a chain of events that tests the limits of obsession, love and loyalty. Her boyfriend, Wyatt, along with her friends, embarks on a desperate search to find her. Rayna...

SophiaThe mafia world was never for me, but fate enveloped me in its darkness, and I fell in love with the dark-hearted devil. His father may have tried to use me as a pawn, but Massimo never did.He thinks...

An impossible signal. A discovery that shouldn't exist. And a future that may already be in motion.Astrophysicist Logan "LJ" James is searching for anomalies—faint signatures buried in deep-space data...

Cologne, 1942. Seventeen-year-old Karin Blik breaks curfew on the night of the thousand-bomber raid and stumbles into a web that reaches back to Luxembourg and the father whose death was never truly explained....

In a world where disaster is prevented before it begins, the most dangerous act is arriving too late.Orison does not demand obedience. It offers relief, clarity, and timing so precise that human judgment...

Snow brings Harper Lane to Cedar Hollow.Love convinces her to stay.Everything changes in the hush of falling snow.Burnt-out novelist Harper Lane flees the noise of New York for a tiny winter retreat in...

An epic collection of mind-shattering stories that vault across the cosmos.A woman looking for her father. A crew trapped on a bizarre planet. A researcher stuck inside her models.And More.Seven blistering...

Maya is fiercely independent, but her life changes forever when she is sold to the mysterious Damian Blackwood. She doesn't understand why he wants her or why he's so adamant that she stay by his side....

Step into the shadows of Tales of Three Tree Hollows a chilling collection of suspense, mystery, horror, and science fiction where survival is never guaranteed, and the unknown lurks just beyond the edge...

The Cycle failed. There was no warning.No prophecy.No one left in charge to explain what came next. The Anomaly is not an origin story. It is what remains after one. In a world that feels normal enough...

The realms of passion and duty collide to push boundaries. Dirge, an incubus condemned to sing sorrowful hymns at funerals, finds himself inexplicably drawn to Dr. Xolani Coleman. She captivates him,...

Courage illuminates the path when fear stands in the way.The Adventures of Luna the Brave centers on Luna, an inquisitive and compassionate young hero who learns that true bravery isn't the absence of...

How far would you go to uncover a deadly truth?When a brilliant young doctor notices strange patterns in patient deaths at a top hospital, suspicion turns into a terrifying discovery. Behind the polished...

In 1819, Captain John Smith discovered the Ajanta Caves… but the Bhil tribes say he missed the most important one: Cave 31, the 'Star Library.'Now, adventurers Ishaan Deshmukh and Meera Kulkarni must...

Waking up 21 has never been so deadly.Harley Sterling expected a hangover after her milestone birthday; she didn't expect to wake up in a pool of blood. Trapped in the apartment of her ex, Johnny Blackthorne,...

Welcome back to Lupine Meadow, where love is unexpected, and the werewolves are mostly domesticated. Glory Guidry, a rougarou from southeast Louisiana, is happy with her work, friends, and community....

In the shadows of a bustling city, Nawaz's life is orderly, controlled, and predictable—until Laila enters it. A quiet office employee, she stirs something deep within him, awakening desires he thought...

In the sultry nights of Buenos Aires, where tango pulses through dimly lit streets and whispered secrets, a retired private detective recounts a story that refuses to remain buried.Drawn into a labyrinth...

Pinky Promise:The LoveThat Found Its WayBack"The Invisible String Theory"What does it mean?The Invisible String Theory posits that every person is connected to another by an unseen, intangible string—an...

She was rejected by one alpha. Fate gave her three. Now the world will burn or bow.Publicly humiliated and cast out by the mate who was supposed to cherish her, Nyssa Vale fled into the forbidden forest...

He's the noise she can't stand. She's the quiet he didn't know he needed.Clara Vance lives for order. As the head librarian of the Sterling Athenaeum, she ensures that every book, every archive, and every...

This captivating story explores the journey of Jack and Alicia, two individuals living far apart who are brought together by a single, unexpected message. As their connection deepens through conversations,...

When seventeen-year-old Maria stumbles upon a portal to faerie and discovers she is their long-lost faerie princess, she must make a decision: stay with her people or escape and find her human family...