"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. The Classic Love story is one that we all love to hear. But by classic do we mean the same story just retold again and again? In this volume our authors definitely take that on board but their narratives also bring different views, different understandings, greater depth, an emotional palette of hues and tints that fully colour this thing that we call love.1 - Classic Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - The Kiss by Anton Chekhov3 - A Modern Lover - Pt 1 by D H Lawrence4 - A Modern Lover - Pt 2 by D H Lawrence5 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry6 - The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde7 - Love by Guy de Maupassant8 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin9 - Bliss by Katherine Mansfield10 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather11 - Madame Rose Hanie by Khalil Gibran12 - About Love by Anton Chekhov13 - Mrs Pierrepoint by Amy Levy14 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev15 - Speed by Sinclair Lewis16 - The New Paris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe17 - The Dance by Zona Gale18 - Those Who Wait by Ethel Dell19 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner20 - A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf21 - The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton22 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin23 - Mr and Mrs Dove by Katherine Mansfield24 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson25 - The Grave by Guy de Maupassant26 - The Muse's Tragedy by Edith Wharton27 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love is perhaps the most difficult rejection of all. They are the one you want to be with. Its so obvious. You exist. But the reality is that for them, you are not the one. Every protestation, every effort, every act of love is rebuffed at worse, or kindly set aside at best. This union was clearly never meant to be.1 - Unrequited Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Araby by James Joyce3 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton4 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence5 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky6 - Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald7 - An Imaginative Woman by Thomas Hardy8 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather9 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield10 - The Daughter of Lilith by Anatole France11 - Apple Blossom in Brittany by Ernest Dowson12 - The Muse's Tragedy by Edith Wharton13 - A Painful Case by James Joyce14 - The Old Adam by D H Lawrence"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. When love’s flaws begin to stretch and amplify then heartbreak must surely follow. Love requires not just yearning and devotion but commitment and protection of an ideal. When that crumbles love finds pain, being in love becomes more difficult. And what our literary greats share with us in this difficult volume brings that truth home.1 - Sad Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad3 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev4 - Eveline by James Joyce5 - Mr and Mrs Dove by Katherine Mansfield6 - Two Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant7 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather8 - Pyramus & Thisbe by Ovid9 - About Love by Anton Chekhov10 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin11 - The Canary by Katherine Mansfield12 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence13 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev14 - The Furnished Room by O Henry15 - A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield16 - The Shaker Bridal by Nathaniel Hawthorne17 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky18 - Mrs Pierrepoint by Amy Levy19 - The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde20 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore21 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps22 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev23 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad24 - Life of Ma Parker by Katherine Mansfield25 - The Dead - Part 1 by James Joyce26 - The Dead - Part 2 by James Joyce"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. In true love one plus one will almost always equal that ideal. But sometimes the formula is a little different. In a love triangle a third party assumes a bigger role. One person is drawn to them, the other experiences rage, humiliation, rejection, pain. Maybe all. And so the question is do they fight to remove the interloper or see that it is they themselves who must go. Our writers ask, and probe, and reveal answers and solutions of almost every scenario.1 - Love Triangle - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald3 - Two Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant4 - The Power of Darkness by Edith Nesbit5 - The Converts by Israel Zangwill6 - The Criminal from Lost Honour by Friedrich Schiller7 - The Sexton's Hero by Elizabeth Gaskell8 - The Snow by Hugh Walpole9 - No 5 Branch Line. The Engineer by Amelia Edwards10 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore11 - The Unfortunate Bride or The Blind Lady a Beauty by Aphra Behn12 - The Pleasant Husband by Marjorie Bowen13 - The Awakening by Sherwood Anderson14 - Cheating The Gallows by Israel Zangwill"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. There are times when love is not a revelation and a calling from one soul to another but a carefully navigated path, or maybe a badly chosen path that decimates happiness. Which way will our literary leviathans take us? Inevitably it will be more than one.1 - Love and Choices - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Eveline by James Joyce3 - The Ice Palace by F Scott Fitzgerald4 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol5 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad6 - A Wicked Woman by Jack London7 - The Dream by Mary Shelley8 - The Skylight Room by O Henry9 - The Converts by Israel Zangwill10 - An Awakening by Sherwood Anderson11 - Two Offers by Frances Watkins Harper12 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin13 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman14 - Spurs by Tod Robbins15 - The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton16 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 1 by Eliza Haywood 17 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 2 by Eliza Haywood"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. By a choice of vows each undertakes to stay with the other through the good times and the bad. And most probably there will be plenty of both and much in between. But the union of marriage comes in many shades and hues, some balanced, some destined to last a lifetime and others set to fizzle out or stumble to an ill-mannered conclusion in separation or divorce and, of course, death. In this volume our literary friends take on all manner of marriages and deliver stories that reveal every face and every facet of what marriage really is.1 - Marriage - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Bliss by Katherine Mansfield3 - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde4 - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde5 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence6 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin7 - The Dowry by Guy de Maupassant8 - The Wife of His Youth by Charles W Chesnutt9 - Right At Last by Elizabeth Gaskell10 - The Difference by Ellen Glasgow11 - The Dream Woman by Wilkie Collins12 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson13 - Red Tape by Mary Sinclair14 - Two Offers by Frances Watkins Harper15 - The Star by W F Harvey16 - The Revolt of Mother by Mary Wilkins E Freeman17 - Foreordained by Anthony Hope18 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love is good. It’s positive, a source of joy, nourishment and all over goodness. But sometimes other more malevolent forces come to play. They infect that love, they see their form as better. Instinctively we would shy away but sometimes its pull is too powerful, almost attractive. We are drawn closer into the shadows.1 - Dark Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol3 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne4 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne5 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley6 - The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France7 - From the Dead by Edith Nesbit8 - Lost in a Pyramid (or, The Mummy's Curse) by Louisa May Alcott writing as A M Bernard9 - Amour Dure - Part 1 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee10 - Amour Dure - Part 2 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee11 - The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling12 - The Force of Blood by Miguel de Cervantes13 - Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu14 - The Dream Woman by Wilkie Collins15 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon16 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law by Fernan Caballeron17 - An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr18 - The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce19 - The Story of Salome by Amelia Edwards20 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit21 - The Second Generation by Algernon Blackwood22 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach23 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach24 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet25 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman26 - Uncle Abraham's Romance by Edith Nesbit27 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee28 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. The capture of love in this life is a very special happening, it may only strike us once, and for some perhaps never. But what if those on the ‘other side’ have designs on us? What if their desire is just so strong that we can’t resist? Can true love survive?1 - Love Beyond the Grave - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - The Testament of Magdalen Blair - Part 1 by Aleister Crowley3 - The Testament of Magdalen Blair - Part 2 by Aleister Crowley4 - The Dream Woman by Wilkie Collins5 - The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling6 - Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu7 - The Story of Salome by Amelia Edwards8 - The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce9 - The Haunted Orchard by Richard Gallienne10 - The Mystery of the Semi Detached by Edith Nesbit11 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon12 - The Snow by Hugh Walpole13 - The Second Generation by Algernon Blackwood14 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps15 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach16 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Having found Love what happens when we lose it. Of course this can be for many reasons but the results almost aways bring heartbreak and perhaps an unendurable loss. Pain, grief, loneliness, many emotions take root within our hearts. Our classic authors have stories that describe all these feelings and much more.1 - Lost Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 1 by Henry James3 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 2 by Henry James4 - The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad5 - The Grave by Guy de Maupassant6 - About Love by Anton Chekhov7 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence8 - An Egyptian Cigarette by Kate Chopin9 - Uncle Abraham's Romance by Edith Nesbit10 - Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu11 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps12 - The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France13 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon14 - The Night Before Thanksgiving by Sarah Orne Jewett15 - The Haunted Orchard by Richard Le Gallienne16 - The Second Generation by Algernon Blackwood17 - Springtime a la Carte by O Henry"
"1 - Love Stories - Sad Ending - An Introduction2 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad3 - About Love by Anton Chekhov4 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf5 - The Furnished Room by O Henry6 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore7 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence8 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev9 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne10 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne11 - The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad12 - The Dowry by Guy de Maupassant13 - An Awakening by Sherwood Anderson14 - Lost in a Pyramid (or, The Mummy's Curse) by Louisa May Alcott writing as A M Bernard15 - Mrs Pierrepoint by Amy Levy16 - Pyramus & Thisbe by Ovid17 - Spurs by Tod Robbins18 - The Testament of Magdalen Blair - Part 1 by Aleister Crowley19 - The Testament of Magdalen Blair - Part 2 by Aleister Crowley"
"Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Men did, in the age of our classic authors, usually declare their supremacy in all manner of things. They had the authority, both moral and legal, they had control of the assets. If the game is rigged there can be only one winner. Yet in this volume our authors more closely examine the part of women in the relationship of love and open both our eyes and our ears to a truth in each and every story that reveals a rather different balance.1 - Woman's Role and Choice in Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - The Ice Palace by F Scott Fitzgerald3 - The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D H Lawrence4 - Madame Rose Hanie by Khalil Gibran5 - A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin6 - The Daughter of Lilith by Anatole France7 - The Skylight Room by O Henry8 - The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov9 - Here We Are by Dorothy Parker10 - Right At Last by Elizabeth Gaskell11 - The Unfortunate Bride or The Blind Lady a Beauty by Aphra Behn12 - Spurs by Tod Robbins13 - The Inquity of Oblivion by Kenneth Grahame14 - An Outcast of the People by Bithia Mary Croker15 - Two Offers by Frances Watkins Harper16 - The Difference by Ellen Glasgow"
"Vampire-witch hybrid Tansy Mariotti has exactly one goal: to stop her mother’s Vegas wedding.
It’s not because she hates weddings. It’s not because the groom is her boyfriend’s dad (although yuck). It’s not even because Vegas weddings are cliché as hell. It’s because her mom is an evil incarnate vamp known as The Executioner. Nothing good can come of someone marrying a person named The Executioner. Nothing.
With the help of her werewolf boyfriend, her bestie, her granny’s no-crave-blood tonic, and her favorite stake—a drumstick—Tansy is Vegas-bound and ready to raise hell, all while hoping her witch side can keep her fangs at bay. Only suddenly, her witch side is fading … fast.
Tansy's running out of time to stop her mom and save herself—before what happens in Vegas stakes in Vegas."
