Famous Short Story

Maybe you're a fan of horror and can't get enough terrifying tales of monsters, serial killers, or ghosts. You've streamed every horror movie online and you're running out of options. Why not take some time to read scary stories online? Even if you're a fan of the titans of horror like Stephen King, Clive Barker, or Anne Rice, it is possible to find tales of fear outside of the bookstore. These could be stories written by well-known authors and available as a free eBook, or tales told by little-known online writers who have unique writing skills. Table of Contents The following are 9 of the best websites with scary short stories that you can read online right now.  9 Websites with Scary Short Stories If you're ever in the mood for a scary story, you may not have time to run to the library or bookstore. Sure, you could download an eBook from Am...

For years market analysts predicted the end of the book. With the rise of kindles, the internet, and TV streaming, who still needs them? "Everybody thought the physical book was under threat and thought it was going to disappear 20 years ago, that never happened," says Ian Falkingham, the strategy lead for books, music and homewares at Oxfam. Oxfam sells 60,000 books across 400 shops, with 130 standalone bookshops all over the UK, as well as in Paris and several locations in Ireland; all selling items donated by the public. Book sales make up Oxfam's largest category of sales at 30% in store, a figure which has been steady for the last half a decade, meanwhile, since the pandemic their e-commerce operation has doubled used book sales from 20 to 40 per cent. The centrality of e-commerce to the Oxfam business model has spread enthusiasm through their vast team of volunteers. "I remember…the shop manager for the Cheltenham shop rang me one day and said I'm in my sho...

17 April, 2022 "W e can't possibly have a garden party with a man dead just outside the front gate." This is the sort of exceptional writing you get when you read Katherine Mansfield. It's from her 1922 short story The Garden Party, a modernist masterpiece. And yet, Mansfield and her story have received very little attention amidst the recent eulogising about 1922 and the Year of Modernism. A century on, much has been made about 1922 as " a turning point for modern culture ", " literature's year zero ", the year of the " constellation of genius ", " the year that made modernism ", or " a year of radical experiments ...

OCALA, Fla. (PRWEB) April 27, 2022 Author Dr. Poppy delights young readers with Gilbert the Green-Eyed Rabbit ($10.99, paperback, 9781662844492; $4.99, e-book, 9781662844508). This collection of original short stories features Gilbert, a young rabbit who learns about making friends without judgment or bias as he encounters all kinds of creatures in the meadow near his home. Dr. Poppy is a minister and retired U.S. Army veteran from Ocala, FL. He and his wife, Dawn, share three children and a large group of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dr. Poppy currently serves as the Associate Pastor of Oakwood Church. Xulon Press, a division of Salem Media Group, is the world's largest Christian self-publisher, with more than 15,000 titles published to date. Gilbert the Green-Eyed Rabbit is available ...

Short Inspirational stories are powerful reads; The great thing about them is that they're so easy to digest, and there's always a moral at the end of the story. Whether they're true stories or not is another thing, as many of them are legends supposedly hundreds of years old. However, the stories that I'm talking about are so powerful and inspirational that many of them really do get you thinking and even leave you speechless at times. The 10 Best Inspirational Short Stories I've been reading plenty of these short stories in the past couple of weeks and found the lessons behind them truly wonderful. So I've decided to write out this article highlighting the 10 most inspirational short stories I've heard. Next to the subheadings, in brackets, I've put what the story's lesson is all about, with a short description of the moral of the story at the end of each section. 10. The Elephant Rope (Belief) A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp, an...

Maybe you're a fan of horror and can't get enough terrifying tales of monsters, serial killers, or ghosts. You've streamed every horror movie online and you're running out of options. Why not take some time to read scary stories online? Even if you're a fan of the titans of horror like Stephen King, Clive Barker, or Anne Rice, it is possible to find tales of fear outside of the bookstore. These could be stories written by well-known authors and available as a free eBook, or tales told by little-known online writers who have unique writing skills. Table of Contents The following are 9 of the best websites with scary short stories that you can read online right now.  9 Websites with Scary Short Stories If you're ever in the mood for a scary story, you may not have time to run to the library or bookstore. Sure, you could download an eBook from Am...

Demigods of Camp Half-Blood! It's time to reunite, because Percy Jackson is coming to the small screen in its own series! It's taken years for this to occur, ever since the film adaptations came to a halt , but finally, we're going to be getting a full-fledged Percy Jackson television series before long, covering our favorite demigods and their adventures into the world of the Greek gods - as well as a beautiful coming of age story with a bit of a fantasy twist.  But, what exactly do we know about this upcoming and very much anticipated series on Disney+? From who is going to be playing the namesake of the series itself to what stories we're going to follow, here are six quick things we know about the upcoming Percy Jackson & the Olympians television series.   (Image credit: Disney+) Percy Jackson & The Olympians Will Debut On Disney+ As originally announced , the new Percy Jackson series, aptly titled Percy Jackson & The Olympi...