Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

"Green Tea" tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who can’t practice because of the loss of two of his fingers, is ...

A man and his guide enter the vast, labyrinthine Mammoth Cave. However, this is not an advert for Visit Kentucky, so you can predict the next plot line.The man loses his guide. The ...

One Londoner and an American geologist are out for a bicycle trip in the Thames valley. They talk about natural disasters and volcanic eruptions and how thankful they are that such ...

Den brutala smittsjukdomen Sömnen härjar i Tveväldet. På ena sidan av barriären finns kvinnorna, som är biologiskt överlägsna, och på den andra finns männen. Männens samhälle är un ...

Voiko jään sisällä selvitä elossa vuosikymmenten ajan?Kun rahtialus matkaa Newfoundlandin rannikolla, kohtaa sen miehistö jotain yllättävää. Erään jäävuoren sisällä näkyy olevan ku ...

Written just eight years before the Wright brothers made their first powered flight, ‘The Argonauts of the Air’ follows the fortunes of eccentric millionaire, Monson. Monson is det ...

'The Apple' is a fantasy-mystery short story by H.G. Wells. It is the tale of a student who, whilst travelling by train in a third-class carriage, is offered genuine, forbidden fru ...

When Mr. Henley answers a letter that is not addressed to him, his life is immediately thrown into chaos. Full of supernatural suspense, this gripping ghostly tale follows Mr. Henl ...

Written by Charles Willing Beale (1845-1932), ‘The Secret of the Earth’ (1899) is an intriguing lost-world tale. When Dirk Waaijen, the master of the Voorne, is five days out from ...

Ett häpnadsväckande rymdäventyr! För både människa och människans bästa vän.Den internationella rymdbesättningen är redo för sitt livs äventyr. De ska ge sig ombord på det första a ...

He talks to bottles, collects strange stones and only 'few know his real name'. If the title of the short story is not enough, these facts about 'The Terrible Old Man' make it clea ...

While a man is out cycling in rural New England, a storm is brewing. He finds that the only option for shelter is a house nearby.It is, of course, not a normal house. It is a creep ...

It is not advisable to become instant best friends with a mysterious man you have just met at a railway station - particularly if he has 'immense, sunken and widely luminous eyes'. ...

In ‘The Wolf Leader,’ Dumas deftly weaves the Faust story with the werewolves of folklore. While it is not the typical swashbuckling fare you would expect from the author of ‘The T ...

Written by the great French author Gustave Flaubert, ‘Hérodias’ is the third and final tale from the short story collection, ‘Three Tales’ (1877) and is a memorable retelling of th ...

Off the windswept coast of Iceland, there’s a ship with a mysterious passenger on board. Her name is Thorgunna, and soon she’ll be dead. But that won’t be the end of her story. Ins ...

Sex är utvalda, endast fem kommer att överleva! Alexandrinska Samfundet är ett hemligt sällskap som består av världens främsta magiker. Medlemmarna skyddar och bevarar kunskap som ...

Thoran elämää mahtavassa talossa reunustaa kukkea ruusutarha, eikä missään ole päällisin puolin valitettavaa. Kirjojen kirjoittaminen sujuu, ja perhe-elämä hoituu siinä sivussa moi ...

Anuba on kuoleman jumala Anubiksen valittu muinaisessa Egyptissä. Hän ei ole kuitenkaan ainoastaan Jumalan valitsema, vaan myös prinssi Urhi-Tessub on iskenyt häneen silmänsä. Anub ...

Everybody is running from The Terror. But when nobody knows what it is, suspicion grows. Especially in the darkest corners of the world. And when governments enter a false show of ...

‘Facing the Flag’ is one of the stories that cemented Verne’s reputation as one of the pioneers of science-fiction. It centres around a brilliant scientist, Thomas Roch, who has in ...

Superstition, sorcery, dark strangers, and a great poet in disguise, Honoré de Balzac takes a new turn in 'The Exiles'.Set in 14th century Paris, this novella sees sergeant Tirecha ...

Continuing the story told in the classic ‘The Prince of Thieves,’ ‘Robin Hood the Outlaw’ picks up where the first book left off. Maid Marian and the Merrie Men are all present, bu ...

Mies lähtee kalastamaan Porkkalan suunnalle. Kaikki ei kuitenkaan suju niin kuin suunniteltu, ja mies saa koukun kiinni kieleensä. Kipu on sietämätön. Onneksi läheiseltä huvilalta ...

Ilona odottaa Tobiasta kotiin matkaltaan, jolla tämä on ollut jo neljä vuotta. Yleensä girlagomien miehet eivät viivy niin pitkiä aikoja reissuillaan, joilla etsivät viisautta laak ...