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A showcase of poetry from some of the darkest and most lyrical voices of women in horror. A follow-up to the award-winning poetry showcase Under Her Skin, UNDER HER EYE features the best in never-before-published dark verse and lyrical prose from the voices of Women in Horror, themed on domestic horror and the terror women too often experience in their own homes. Edited by Lindy Ryan and Lee Murray, UNDER HER EYE celebrates women in horror from cover...
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Forgotten Voices collects examples of the most beautiful and profound poetry from writers who were born, grew up, and lived in Jefferson County in the 19th and very early 20th centuries. Topics range from the pastoral picturesqueness of the area, to the wonders of nature, to the heartache of loss.
Readers will discover poems by John Kearsley Mitchell, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Daniel Bedinger Lucas, Virginia Bedinger Lucas, Danske Dandridge, and John...
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Create Together is an anthology of poetry, short prose and art created by women supported through Inspiring You CIC's 'Create Together' project. Made in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund, 'Create Together' is a place where beneficiaries could look after and support one another and create a community of their own. We offer to all those involved and beyond a glimpse into their journey.
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From the Ashes collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour, and healing that can come after devastation and loss. From lighthearted comedies to heavy dramas, this anthology contains a multitude of stories on Blackness, love, motherhood, sexuality, trauma, racism, mythology, and more.
From the Ashes collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour,...
5) Yet to Love
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To those, Who haven't received the loved yet.
To those, Who don't know love very well.
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Featuring autumnal poems and prose by emerging and established writers. Read about revealing a burning secret deep inside you, a ghost rising from the ashes, falling in love in the heat of the moment. Read about trauma, heartaches, and grief and letting it all burn into ashes. In this 180-page literary magazine, you'll find the words you, need to comfort and warm you, to spark a new flame in you, during this autumn season.
Burning Up
Your eyes are,...
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A haunting collection of classic short stories crafted by the visionary minds of thirteen pioneering women.
Each tale in this carefully curated volume unveils the deliciously dark imaginations of classic literature's most beloved female authors. From Louisa May Alcott to Edith Nesbit to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the gothic horror fiction of thirteen literary icons is featured in this macabre anthology. Unearth hidden horrors, psychological terrors,...
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Designed to amplify the authentic voices of emerging writers, Turquoise Dreams is a short story collection depicting life experiences through the eyes of women in modern day Southern Africa. With contributing writers from Matebeleland, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland and Manicaland, the stories portray post-colonial struggles amidst societal degeneration within a declining economic environment in Zimbabwe and beyond its borders.
There are 29 short...
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We live in an Islamophobic world, where Muslim people are constantly under attack, and must prove their innocence when they've not even committed a crime. We also live in a world of rigid gender roles and gender violence, where women, gender non-conforming and trans people are victims of violence, and have their gender expressions, freedoms, and desires policed. There's pressure from both Muslims and non-Muslims to fit into severe stereotypes of Muslim...
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A beautifully illustrated anthology of poetry celebrating babies, children and childhood—from the magical times and memories of childhood, through to the unconditional love a parent has for a child.
Some of our best-loved poets are featured, such as William Blake, John Betjeman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Adrian Mitchell and W. H. Auden.
The poems begin in infanthood, with the joys that babies and toddlers bring as they learn to move and speak, and...
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Here are five classic Christmas stories in a special holiday collection. Adapted from the audiobook of the same name, this ebook contains:
'Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore;
Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy;
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus by Francis P. Church;
Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock;
Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
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Savor classic erotic literature from throughout the ages with Erotic Classics I and II. Erotic Classics I includes Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra, The Memoirs of Fanny Hill by John Cleland, Justine by Marquis de Sade, Indiana by George Sand, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, Emile Zola's Nana, and The Autobiography of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes.
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Fakir Mohan Senapati laid the foundation of Odia short stories with the publication of 'Rebati' in 1898, about a hundred and twenty two years ago. Ever since, the genre has evolved much. He wrote about twenty short stories between 1898 and 1916. Critics have accepted this phase as the first phase of Odia story writing. The period between 1910 and 1947 is known as the second phase in the life of Odia short stories. This was the period when realism,...
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The best books of poetry published in English internationally and in Canada are honoured in June of each year with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's richest and most prestigious literary prizes.
Royalties generated from the Griffin Poetry Prize anthologies are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.
17) Plainsongs 41.1
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Plainsongs' title suggests not only its location on the Great Plains but also its preference for the living language, whether in free or formal verse. Published twice a year from our home base in Hastings, Nebraska, Plainsongs presents poems that seem to be aware of modernist and postmodernist influences, not necessarily by imitation or allusion, but by using the tools provided by that rich heritage. Featuring poetry that runs the gamut from traditional...
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Los mejores relatos del "VIII Premio Internacional de Relatos de Mujeres Viajeras 2016", celebrado por la editorial de libros Ediciones Casiopea y la red social Mujeres Viajeras. Una iniciativa premiada con el "International Latino Books Awards" como mejor libro de viajes.
Este año ampliamos a 80 relatos que dan voz a autoras anónimas que comparten con nosotros sus aventuras viajeras, sus soledades, desventuras, anécdotas, descubrimientos y sorpresas....
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In a new partnership, Invisible Publishing and Sarah Selecky Writing school have joined forces to produce print editions of the wildly popular Little Bird Stories anthologies. The Little Bird Writing Contest is an international contest for innovative, emerging short fiction writers. The contest opens each spring when the birds come back and showcases the excellent stories that come from Sarah Selecky Writing School.
Each winning story is chosen by...
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2013 may be the best year yet for Best European Fiction. The inimitable John Banville joins the list of distinguished preface writers for Aleksandar Hemon's series, and A. S. Byatt represents England among a luminous cast of European contributors. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing!
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