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Den förmögne änklingen Cornelius Barringtons största nöje är att spela schack ihop med bästa vännen Frank. Han börjar dock bli till åren kommen och en kväll bestämmer han sig för a ...
Waiter, a 'Bock'
Two old school friends meet in a café in Paris, but their chance meeting turns into a surprise for one of them. Aged, dirty, and with fingernails blackened with tobacco, Jean des B ...
Two Friends
It’s 1870 and the Siege of Paris is in full swing, where the French-Prussian war has brought daily life to a halt. Wearied, starving, and strung out on absinthe, two men meet by ch ...
The Signal
When the Baronne de Grangerie attempts to imitate the gestures of a woman in the window on the opposite side of the street, she gets much more than she bargained for. Will she make ...
The Wisdom of Father Brown
An invisible killer, a family curse, a voodoo cult, a murdered prince, and a stolen salad dressing. Strange events call for a detective like no other, and Father Brown has a tenden ...
A Whisper in the Dark
Back when Louisa May Alcott was an aspiring author she took to the art of writing short stories – much like her character Jo March in ´Little Women’.A thrilling and chilling story, ...
Kotimme Auschwitz
Pysäyttäviä kertomuksia AuschwitzistaKun puolalainen kirjallisuudenopiskelija Tadeusz Borowski joutuu Auschwitzin keskitysleirille, hänen elämänsä muuttuu käsittämättömästi. Keskit ...
Änglar i sanden
"Och så var det nästan som vanligt igen. Nej, förresten, det var det inte alls. Det var inte alls som vanligt. Det var något ont som kommit i luften och Asko var sjuk i hjärtat.""Ä ...
Fredagkväll
Det står en man över en kvinna och slår och slår. Hur hamnade de där? Varför började han den här gången? Hon måste vara tyst, måste skydda barnen så gott hon kan från det hemska so ...
The Devoted Friend
Exploring the idea that it’s good to be able to discern between healthy and toxic relationships, ‘The Devoted Friend’ is perhaps more relevant now than it has ever been. While this ...
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder
‘The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder’ is a collection of eight, highly original detective short stories centred around a very unassuming Mr. Reed. He is an older man, not particularly tal ...
John Thorndyke's Cases
John Thorndyke is a Sherlock Holmes inspired forensic detective employed primarily as a visionary expert witness. He uses the available science and technology of his era to determi ...
The Remarkable Rocket
‘The Remarkable Rocket’ is a morality tale, cloaked in fairy-tale magic. It focuses on a firework, who is too full of himself for his own good. His bravado and boasts are put to th ...
The Selfish Giant
Inspiring two films (the latest featuring ‘Emmerdale’s’ Conner Chapman, and ‘Shameless’ star, Sean Gilder), ‘The Selfish Giant’ is a classic children’s fairytale from the pen of Os ...
The Cabman's Story
‘The Cabman’s Story’ is a short novella by the Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In it, our narrator the cabman regales us with tales of his various entertaining and b ...
The Jesuits‘ Church in G-
‘The Jesuits’ Church in G‘ (1844) was written by the German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ (1816) which inspired ...
The Cremona Violin
Councillor Krespel is an eccentric violin maker who lives with the mysterious Antonia. Considered to have the most beautiful singing voice the town has ever heard; she has only sun ...
Revolution and Other Essays
Move over, Karl Marx, because the latest incarnation of Super Socialist – Hero of the Working Class, Jack London, is here to pick up the Red Torch of Revolution and smite the evils ...
The Dawn of a To-Morrow
Anthony Dart has decided to bid this cruel world farewell. There’s only one problem – he can’t seem to find his way to the place where he plans to take his own life. Lost in a dis ...
The Man from Archangel
First published in 1895 ‘The Man from Archangel’ is a collection of short stories by the famous Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The collection is split into two sect ...
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
Published in 1919, ‘The Dealings of Captain Sharkey’ is a collection of pirate and adventure stories by internationally renowned author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Short stories in the ...
My Friend the Murderer
‘My Friend the Murderer’ is a short story by Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Our narrator is a doctor who works at an Australian prison. The doctor is urged to take ...
Den siste iguanodon
Den siste iguanodon är en samling färgsprakande noveller av Sture Lönnerstrand. I en av novellerna bjuds vi på en spektakulär flykt från ett futuristiskt mardrömdsfängelse, och i e ...
Jul, jul, blodiga jul
Julen – årets mysigaste och mest magiska högtid. Tiden på året då mänskligheten visar sig från sin allra vackraste sida... eller? I denna samling från Novellmästarna är det helgfir ...
Backabo
Det är åttiotal, någonstans i södra Sverige, i ett villaområde som vilket som helst. Eller är det verkligen ett område som vilket som helst? I just det här kvarteret verkar det näm ...