Each year, according to European statistics, five percent of the population suffers from back pain. In Britain, back pain costs more in lost work hours than strikes and requires fewer doctor visits than respiratory infections. Eighty percent of adults in Italy are forced by back pain to seek medical attention at least once in their lives. Strange fact: back pain has become much more common in recent years. It seems to appear more frequently in advanced technology societies, where the organ...

Calling Out Around the World......Are you ready for some brand new reads?Well Crimeucopia's here with a bundle of new, up-coming and emerging writers, all giving you fresh and different voices to help make this the perfect bookshelf must-have.And while crime fiction is a fairly universal genre, the interpretation, motivation, atmosphere and recounting will always change, depending on the authors.This Crimeucopia anthology contains an engaging carnival of 1...

Play Ball!Or, in this case, Balls. When we put the call out we didn't expect so many to step up to the plate. And while none (that we know of, that is) have previously appeared in any swimsuit edition of a particular Sports magazine, the 19 players here all have tales designed to serve you a slurve of a plotline, with clues as devious as a full-on wormburner from a regular swinging pin-seeker.And while Casey works out which end of the bat is which, we let:Arthur Vidro, ...

Crikey, Mellors, It's The Filth!Yes, the Cosy Nostra have been at it again - though with an eye for what we hope will show just how wide the Crime sub-genre can enjoyably be.Knocking back the sherry, claret and cocktails (amongst other things) are:Richard Zaric, Daniel Marshall Wood, S. B. Watson, Ron Bruguiere, Aimee Kluck, Alexander Frew, Roly Andrews, Marian McMahon Stanley, Gerald Elias, Gregory Meece, Neil K. Henderson, AP Warren, Michele Bazan Reed, Bonnar...

"Best Russian Short Stories" typically refers to anthologies that compile some of the most renowned short stories from Russian literature. These collections often feature works from luminaries such as Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, and many others. These stories span various themes, from the complexities of everyday life in Tsarist Russia to deep philosophical introspections, showcasing the rich tapestry of Russian culture, history, and psyche. The narratives...

CreatEng Café is a community for English as a foreign language learners to gettogether and express themselves creatively in English. We have an InspirationStation, an International Pen Pal Program and every year we host an AnnualCreative Writing Competition where the winners have the chance to win prizes andget published.Reconciliation and Other Stories and Poems is a collection of the winningsubmissions from the 2015 competition and includes...

This is the first of several 'Free 4 All' collections that were supposed to be themeless. However, with the number of submissions that came in, it seems that this could be called an Angels & Devils collection, mixing PI & Police alongside tales from the bad guys. Mind you, that's not to say that all the PIs & Police are Good Guys - though hopefully this collection is not too NOIR for some.Followers of the somewhat bent and twisted Crimeucopia path will know that although we don't d...

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"The Best Psychic Stories" is a captivating anthology of supernatural and paranormal tales compiled and edited by Joseph Lewis French. Originally published in 1920, this collection brings together a selection of short stories that delve into the mysterious and otherworldly realms of psychic phenomena.The anthology includes stories from various authors, each exploring themes such as clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and encounters with the supernatural. Readers are taken on a j...

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Endings are a part of life's relentless cycle.Here is a mixed genre selection of tales reflecting life's mirror.Murder mysteries, ghost and war stories, fantasy and contemporary, this collection of work from Crimson Cloak Publishing's talented stable of authors offers a variety of reads within the pages of one book.You won't want it to end!

These stories are diverse and span a century of great change in Russian history. Readers will note a consistency of theme throughout the volume, as most of the stories deal somehow with the plight of the lowly citizen battling with the great governmental, industrial, and social systems of Russian society. But stylistically, the stories are vastly different, ranging from the realistic to the expressionistic and surreal. Tonally, the stories convey everything from tragic pathos to satire.