Nessuno sa chi è Shane, il misterioso cavaliere disceso dalle colline del Wyoming. Nessuno sa dove stia andando. Gli abitanti della valle sanno solo che è arrivato nel 1889, si è sistemato dagli Starrett, sa usare abilmente la sua Colt e di sicuro non è il benvenuto. La vita degli Starrett cambia per sempre quando Shane arriva nella loro fattoria. Il giovane Bob Starrett è del tutto affascinato da questo sconosciuto, che porta una nuova energia e un'ondata di vitalità nella sua famiglia. S...

'If you read only one western in your life, this is the one' Roland Smith, author of PeakHe rode into our valley in the summer of 1889, a slim man, dressed in black. 'Call me Shane,' he said. He never told us more. There was a deadly calm in the valley that summer, a slow, climbing tension that seemed to focus on Shane.Seen through the eyes of a young boy, Bob Starrett, SHANE is the classic story of a lone stranger. At first sight, the boy...

Un cavalier solitaire s’arrête l’espace d’une saison dans une ferme du Wyoming dont il va bouleverser le quotidien. Refusant de porter une arme alors qu’il sait parfaitement s’en servir, peu bavard, évitant l’affrontement physique bien que personne ne l’effraie, cet homme semble tout à la fois une légende et un mystère. Il est l’homme des vallées perdues, celui auquel une seule balle suffira pour rétablir sa vérité avant de disparaître. L’une des plus belles figures inve...

Un cavalier solitaire s'arrête l'espace d'une saison dans une ferme du Wyoming dont il va bousculer l'ordinaire. Refusant de porter une arme alors qu'il sait parfaitement s'en servir. évitant l'affrontement physique bien que personne ne l'effraie, cet homme semble tout à la fois une légende et un mystère. Shane est l'homme des vallées perdues, celui auquel une seule balle suffira pour rétablir sa vérité. Il est raconté par les yeux d'un enfant, l'une des plus belles figu...

I had lain in my bed thinking of our visitor out in the bunk in the barn. It scarce seemed possible that he was the same man I had first seen, stern and chilling in his dark solitude, riding up our road. Something in Father, something not of words or of actions but of the essential substance of the human spirit, had reached out and spoken to him and he had replied to it and had unlocked a part of himself to us. He was far off and unapproachable at times even when he was right there wit...

Emerging as the dark side of Romanticism, horror is one of literature’s oldest genres. Its history is so diverse it’s sometimes difficult to define. Are moody stories about ghosts and vampires related to gory tales of beasts and zombies? And what about the more realistic terrors of murderous rogues and diabolical doctors? The emotion of fear unifies the 14 stories in First Came Fear: New Tales of Horror. But fear is legion in its varieties. The authors skillfully navigate terror o...

Salon Style is a collection of writers, poets, and artists with unique voices and incredible vision in diverse genres such as Gothic/Horror, Sci-Fi, Women’s Lit, and Americana. Salon Style features stories by emerging writers M.P. Diederich, Dan Ress, Casey Ellis (Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond), Jack Bates, Lucy Black, and established writers John Rodzvilla, John Vicary, Stefanie Freele, and P.J. Schaefer (Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness

Zwei kleine Krimis. Ein Mann gewinnt im Lotto den Jackpot. Im Geiste gibt er das Geld aus und vermehrt es bereits. Um nicht zu teilen, will er seine Frau loswerden. Dann kommt alles anders, als er erwartet. Ein Grab und eine Leiche. Passt normalerweise, wenn das Grab nicht sehr alt wäre, die Leiche blutig und der Mörder sich erinnern würde.