A dryly observant Sussex vicar finds his orderly life upended by the return of Edmund, his brilliant, reckless younger brother, whose charm has always been matched by disaster. Against a backdrop of springtime calm, family decline, military disappointment, and clerical routine, the narrator looks back on an education shaped by money trouble, an unwanted path into the Church, and a lifelong affection complicated by exasperation, protectiveness, and mistrust. Edmund drifts from school failur...

This classic tale follows the unexpected adventures of a mild-mannered English vicar who finds himself embroiled in international intrigue.When the vicar's roguish brother Edmund returns home with a mysterious cargo and dubious associates, the quiet clergyman is drawn into a web of smuggling and deceit. Forced to navigate unfamiliar waters both literal and figurative, the vicar must confront moral dilemmas as he tries to help his brother while upholding his principles.From ...

MYSTERIES / SUSPENSE / ADVENTURE“Promised Land” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins [Michael Bracken Presents short story]Security specialist Erie Hollar uncovers a sinister conspiracy on the moon’s Shackleton City. After discovering a body and surviving a brutal attack, Erie races against time to unravel the truth, dodging dangerous enemies and bureaucratic traps in a tense, moonlit sci-fi mystery.“The Great Diet Duplicity,” b...

I hate the sight of those terra-cotta envelopes that telegrams come in. They have often announced ill news to me, and even in the absence of ill news they bear with them an atmosphere of emergency, suggestions of sudden action, which is always detestable to me. Bates stood by while I read the ugly puce form which announced, had I known it, the opening of the curious chapter in my otherwise quiet life which I am now trying to recall and to record in its incredible details. Incredible I mean...

I HATE the sight of those terra-cotta envelopes that telegrams come in. They have often announced ill news to me, and even in the absence of ill news they bear with them an atmosphere of emergency, suggestions of sudden action, which is always detestable to me.Bates stood by while I read the ugly puce form which announced, had I known it, the opening of the curious chapter in my otherwise quiet life which I am now trying to recall and to record in its incredible details.Incre...

« Le vent hurlait sur la mer, emportant avec lui des secrets plus anciens que les pierres sous nos pieds. À ce moment-là, j'ai su que rien ne serait plus comme avant.Bienvenue dans Un mystère méditerranéen, où le frisson de l'aventure rencontre les sombres courants sous-jacents du dilemme moral, sur fond d'eaux vastes et traîtresses de la Méditerranée. Dans ce récit captivant, Edmund se lance dans un voyage qui promet la liberté, mais qui offre bien plus que ce qu...

“The wind howled across the sea, carrying with it secrets older than the stones beneath our feet. In that moment, I knew—nothing would be the same again.”Welcome to A Mediterranean Mystery, where the thrill of adventure meets the dark undercurrents of moral dilemma, set against the vast and treacherous waters of the Mediterranean. In this gripping tale, Edmund embarks on a journey that promises freedom but delivers far more than he bargained for: intrigue, betraya...

Saki's (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of the Edwardian era in England. His subjects are almost always louche members of the upper classes - in particular his perfectly observed anti-heroes such as Clovis and Reginald - who wouldn't feel out of place in the world of P.G Wodehouse's 'Bertie Wooster'. The fatal fla...

The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G. K. Chesterton first published in 1905.

In "The Man from Brodney's," George Barr McCutcheon weaves a captivating narrative that explores themes of identity, societal expectations, and the tumult of human emotions within the backdrop of early 20th-century America. Blending elements of romance and adventure, McCutcheon's literary style is marked by a robust prose and character-driven storytelling that resonates with the influence of authors such as Booth Tarkington and O. Henry. The novel intricately details the life of its protag...

Smith, a University of Oxford athlete, witnesses strange things. Edward, a student in Egyptology, collects ancient artefacts, a mummy as well. Not only does he collect them, but Smith suspects that Edward is trying to reanimate the mummy. His suspicions grow bigger when he sees the mummy disappear and then reappear. Will Smith confront Edward and what will follow after that? Is it actually possible to reanimate an artefact or it is simply fruit of imagination? Who will make it out alive – ...

Charlie Durand, Professor of Romance Languages in a western University, had been spending the first weeks of a hard-earned Sabbatical holiday in wandering through Flanders and Belgium, and on the fatal second of August had found himself at Louvain, whose University, a year or two previously, had honoured him with a degree. On the advice of the American consul he had left Belgium at once, and, deeply disturbed by the dislocation of his plans, had carried his shaken nerves to a lost corner o...