The first release in the Insignia Drabbles Series, this anthology features 79 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by Japanese folklore and yokai tales, as well as original fantasy and science fiction pieces.CONTRIBUTORS:Amy Clare Fontaine – A.S. Charly – Bayveen O'Connell – Beth W. PattersonCarmen Indalecio – Charles Reis – Charles Venable – Christine Richmond – D.J. TyrerEisuke Aikawa – Emma K. Leadley – Heather Ewings – Jacek Wilkos...

From the Queen of Crime, a Golden Age detective mystery featuring friends sharing a country house and the practical joke that becomes a heinous crime. During a weekend party at The Chimneys, a historic English country house, a group of friends decide to play a prank on a friend infamous for oversleeping. Only the eight alarm clocks they set up in his room don't wake him up and, in the morning, they discover Gerald isn't just dead asleep. He's dead. Was it an overdose of the sleeping draugh...

Step aboard the luxurious Blue Train for one of Agatha Christie's most intriguing mysteries in The Mystery of the Blue Train. When a wealthy young heiress is found murdered during a glamorous journey to the French Riviera, a priceless ruby vanishes without a trace. As secrets, jealousy, and betrayal come to light, the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the case. Filled with suspense, unforgettable characters, and surprising twists, The Mystery of the Blue Train is a...

The period of English romantic poetry occurred roughly between 1800 and 1850 and was represented by poets such as William Blake, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Wordsworth. All of these poets are featured in this collection of more than 50 poems read by award-winning actors that include Joan Allen, Julie Christie, Stephen Fry, Glenda Jackson, and Jude Law.

Lie. Cheat. Bargain. Fight. Accept. Bribe. Conquer. Evade.   No matter what humanity tries, Death always wins.  Or does it?   Discover the answer in The Death of All Things, where twenty-two writers take their shot at the Grim Reaper with explorations of the mythical, fantastical, and futuristic bonds between life and death.  Learn the cost of mortality, the perils—and joys...

This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King’s works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King’s use of child characters within the framework of horror (or of horrific childhood) raises questions about adult expectations of children, childhood, the American family, child agency, and the nature of fear and terror for (or by) children. The ways in which King presents, compl...

Soon to be a major new London theatre show, The Witness for the Prosecution follows the hapless Leonard Vole as he learns he has been accused of murdering a wealthy widow in order to get his hands on the inheritance. His predicament is made even worse when he discovers his wife to be the chief witness against him.The trial proceeds with a number of unexpected twists.This classic BBC radio drama stars Hywell Bennett as Leonard, and Miriam Margolyes as his chief accuser.

Elostelulla on kuolettavat seuraukset viekkaassa murhamysteerissä.”Christie on käsittämättömän taitava, ja kirjan loppuhuipennus on kerrassaan nerokas.” – Times Literary SupplementRakastajattarillaan kerskuva taiteilija nauttii tietämättään myrkkyä olutlasista ja kuolee. Kalterien taakse pannaan taiteilijan mustasukkainen vaimo. Kuusitoista vuotta myöhemmin pariskunnan tytär lukee kirjeen, jonka hänen äitinsä on kirjoittanut juuri ennen kuolemaansa ja jossa tämä vakuuttaa s...

Kohtalokas kolmiodraama Christien tapaan.”Agatha Christie säihkyy jälleen valtaistuimellaan.” – ObserverIhastuttava vaaleaverikkö Mary Gerrard surmataan kuolettavalla annoksella morfiinia. Kavalasta murhaajasta ei ole epäilystäkään – sen on oltava katkera ja mustasukkainen Elinor Carlisle, joka jätettiin kuin nalli kalliolle, kun hänen kihlattunsa iski silmänsä vaaleaan viettelijättäreen. Nuoren naisen ja hirsipuun välissä seisoo vain yksi ihminen – mestarisalapoliisi Hercu...

Piinallista jomotusta Hercule Poirot -mysteerissä.”Nopeatempoinen ja jännitystä kihisevä tarina päättyy täydelliseen yllätykseen.” – The New York TimesHercule Poirot on menossa hammaslääkäriin ja elättelee toivoa, ettei tohtori ehkä huomaisikaan pientä reikää poskihampaassa. Toisin kuitenkin käy – ja kaiken huipuksi hammaslääkäri löytyy kuolleena vain puoli tuntia Poirotin käynnin jälkeen. Kuulustellessaan muita potilaita Poirot päätyy yhä hämmentävämpien ja synkempien kysy...

Kuolema niittää satoaan viktoriaaniseen kartanoon sijoittuvassa Hercule Poirot -mysteerissä.”Mutkikkaita harhapolkuja ja ihailtavan taitavaa sumutusta.” – New York Herald TribuneEdesmenneen kartanonherran hautajaisissa kuullaan skandaalinkäryinen väite: hänet on murhattu. Syytöksen esittää vainajan suulas sisko, joka löytyy seuraavana aamuna raa’asti surmattuna. Verityö vaikuttaa sattumanvaraiselta, mutta onko asialla sittenkin joku kartanonherran perintöä kärkkyvistä sukul...

In the decades following the Second World War, North America and Western Europe experienced widespread secularization and dechristianization; many scholars have pinpointed the 1960s as a pivotally important period in this decline. The Sixties and Beyond examines the scope and significance of dechristianization in the western world between 1945 and 2000.A thematically wide-ranging and interdisciplinary collection, The Sixties and Beyond uses a framework that compar...