25 of the best short stories published on the web in 2009/10--chosen by the editors of ChamberFour.com, a website dedicated to making reading more enjoyable and more rewarding. Includes a wide range of stories from great online lit mags. This anthology is DRM-free and free to download. Find a complete table of contents, a PDF version, author bios, interviews, and more at Chamber Four.

The fourth issue of Chamber Four's literary magazine features all-new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays by award winners and first-timers alike. C4 strives to the best lit mag you haven't heard of but should be reading. It's free to download and DRM-free to boot.ChamberFour.com is a resource for readers, by readers. Read better books.

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The Four-Chambered Heart, Anais Nin's third title in the Cities of the Interior series of novels, is one of Nin's most compelling books, with well-defined characters (Djuna, Rango, and Zora), rhythmic waves of tension, and a powerful climax. Based on Nin's own relationship with the Peruvian radical Gonzalo More and his wife Helba, The Four-Chambered Heart examines how each of us experiences love in our own way, and how we are sometimes forced by social mores to compartmentalize one relatio...

AN IMPORTANT NEW NOVEL FROM ENVELOPEBOOKSIn late 1994, The New York Times sends a group of American journalists and Rwandan guides to a small village in Northern Rwanda to cover the atrocities that have killed nearly a million during the spring and summer. Some know each other already; others become acquainted as the assignment proceeds.They all need to get along, but the more they’re together, the more their expectations of each other change, not least during a tr...

This third issue of ChamberFour.com's future award-winning literary magazine, C4, features more all-new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by talented writers from around the globe. DRM-free and always free to download.

Lilian has a plan - finish her degree, find the perfect graduate job and keep her vivacious grandmother out of trouble. But half of Lilian's relatives live in Melbourne and half live in Sydney. No matter what she does, someone always has to compromise. Add in family secrets and falling in love, sticking to the plan is easier said than done. Can Lilian build a future for herself without losing the people she loves?Told with warmth, wit and aching honesty, Four Chambers

The play centers on the relationship between a man and a woman, who are caught in a web of emotional confusion, largely due to the woman's use of tears as a means of controlling situations. The main character, a strong-willed man, finds himself increasingly frustrated and conflicted by his partner’s emotional displays, which she uses as a form of manipulation, leading to comic misunderstandings. The title, The Tyranny of Tears, refers to the emotional power wielded by the female character,...

This first issue of ChamberFour.com's literary magazine, C4, features all-new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by award winners, first-timers and talented writers from around the globe. Comedy, drama, suspense, thrills, chills and plain old outstanding writing---Issue #1 has it all, DRM-free and free to download.

V.N. Lewis once felt poor, uninspired, and like she was on auto-pilot, even though she was working for one of the richest corporations in America at the time. It was only after she resigned that she was able to embark on a spiritual journey of self-discovery that allowed her to look within to find valuable, sometimes supernatural insight into the body and soul.In a self-help metaphysical guidebook, Lewis combines personal ancedotes with philosophical truths extracted from communica...

“The Tyranny of Tears,” a comedy of the emotions, is most ingeniously constructed on the simplest lines; it is a triumph of the commonplace. Played virtually by five characters, and with but one change of scene, it has that specious appearance of ease which is due to dexterity of craftsmanship. It is refreshing, free from theatrical expedients, and save perhaps for the somewhat accelerated wooing in Act Four, knots which we are accustomed to see snipped by the scissors of an erratic fate a...

Wandering the streets of Paris, the impoverished artist Severn happens upon a stray cat. He befriends the creature, who in turn reciprocates his affection. When Severn decides to return the cat to her owner, however, the story takes a macabre turn. This tale was originally published in Robert Chambers’ collection The King in Yellow.