Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Revenge is on the program at this year's Splatterfest convention! Horror authors, critics and fans from all over the world have gathered to share stories, enjoy each other's company, and to take part in the yearly Gross Out contest, a fan favorite. But some attendees have arrived with ulterior motives. Clay Kayden, whose story at the last in-person Gross Out contest got him "canceled," wants to tear down the convention from the inside. Moira Mead is desperate to impress her favorite horror director, who's promised to option a story based on the weekend's readings.

Leute, aufgepasst – es ist wirklich, wirklich wahr: 30 neue Geschichten vom Känguru und dem Kleinkünstler. Hoch politisch, immer aktuell, rasend komisch. »Ich rebelliere!«, ruft das Känguru, als es in die Küche kommt. »Aha«, sage ich. »Wogegen rebellierst du denn?« »Gegen die Zustände.« »Verständlich«, sage ich. »Löblich geradezu.« »Rebellierst du mit?«, fragt das Känguru. »Wenn ich darf.« »Falsche Antwort. Wer rebelliert, fragt nicht, ob er darf.« »Guter Punkt.« »Also rebellierst du mit?« »Sehr gerne.« »Hervorragend«, sagt das Känguru. »Dann sind wir schon zu zweit.«

Le concept ? Une marque de soda les embarque pour une campagne aux quatre coins du globe. Leur mission ? Promouvoir la boisson et répondre à la question : qu'est-ce qui rend les gens heureux ? Il y a juste un détail qu'ils n'avaient pas prévu : à chaque étape, une enveloppe surprise. L'un décide, l'autre subit. Ils doivent cohabiter, partager chaque destination, chaque vol, chaque galère.

Butchers, bakers, brewers, businessmen, farmers, fabric workers, entertainers, comedians, gluttons, lechers, spongers and swindlers, prostitutes and parasites, the pope and his priests, the king and his courtiers, compete for attention in this lively and subversive vision of corruption in fourteenth-century England.

Melody runs a fan account for TV’s hottest actor, Griff Beckett. But when one of the photos she posts shows Griff kissing an unknown woman, angry fans turn on Melody and accuse her of posting a fake. When trying to verify, what Melody finds instead of a girlfriend is a missing person. It should be a job for the authorities, but no cop will take them seriously. Armed with just two friends and one very sexy (and distracting) journalist, Levi, Melody is going to solve the crime, save the girl, and maybe get the guy, too. Surely it’s not that hard to be a real sleuth?

Spring is blooming, but love coach Alyssa's life decidedly isn't. In one night, she finds herself dumped, homeless and on the cusp of losing her hard-won career – all of which she must hide from her loyal Instagram followers. Desperate to claw back her career, Alyssa can't turn down the opportunity to test a new matchmaking app – even though it goes against everything she believes in… and involves working with the man who was her first love.

It’s 1971, the Cold War is still chilly, and ex-Detective Sergeant Cameron Kyle returns from an aborted trip abroad to discover that his solo rescue of a coach load of tourists from a terrorist attack has been closely monitored by MI6. Not only are the spooks fully aware of his Giza heroics, his dire medical condition, his Welsh misadventures and his involvement in disposing of a high-profile Italian extortionist, but they also break the news that his partner-in-crime, the rather attractive ex-copper Jude Bates, has been released from prison following her successful appeal and retrial.

Max Dumbell isn’t just a man—he’s a beefy enigma wrapped in muscle and marinated in pre-workout. He’s a sleeveless detective with the brains of a boiled egg and the biceps of a Greek statue that fell into a vat of protein powder. When a ripped fitness influencer named Trent Steel disappears under suspiciously shiny circumstances, Max is hired by a woman who smells like eucalyptus and probable felonies to crack the case wide open (like his last treadmill).

"Gwibdaith liwgar yng nghwmni cymeriadau hoffus ac ambell arch-arwr sy'n datrys mwy nag un dirgelwch ar y daith." Catrin MaraAr ddiwrnod ei phen-blwydd yn 32 mlwydd oed mae Martha yn cael anrheg arbennig iawn gan ei rhieni. Mae'r ne"Gwibdaith liwgar yng nghwmni cymeriadau hoffus ac ambell arch-arwr sy'n datrys mwy nag un dirgelwch ar y daith." Catrin MaraAr ddiwrnod ei phen-blwydd yn 32 mlwydd oed mae Martha yn cael anrheg arbennig iawn gan ei rhieni. Mae'r newyddion yn ei gyrru hi ar daith fydd yn newid ei bywyd am byth. Nofel gyfoes, yn llawn troeon a hiwmor tywyll.

Playful Rebellion is a scrapbook of stories from inside a global organization, told through the eyes of a consumer insight research leader who never quite learned to behave. It’s part memoir, part satire, part blueprint for how to make work a little more human, and occasionally useful. For anyone who’s sat in a meeting wondering what the point was, or tried to make clever people care about something true, this is for you.

Pleasant Dreams (1960), published just a year after his more famous Psycho, finds Robert Bloch leaving behind his earlier Lovecraftian influences to find his own style and voice in this collection of masterful tales, in which the horror is often laced with an undercurrent of pitch-black humor.

After a disastrous relationship, my heart is closed to men—especially smoldering hot hockey players. Only problem? James Adler, star player of the New York Raptors, hasn't received the memo. He flirts with me like it's a full-time job, but I'm not about to fall for his charm—no matter how many abs he sports.

The book you are about to listen to chronicles the carnage that occurred on Halloween night, 1989, in the quaint town of Charleston. Many would flock there for the Hardstack Halloween Festival. Most would not live to see midnight. They would fall victim to one of the most bizarre and brutal events in the annals of American history. An event whose body count would dwarf the Bonkin's Bonanza incident.

It’s all fun and games until someone falls in love. MANSION • APARTMENT • SHACK • HOUSE Ruby Wynne is a staunch rule-follower who lives by the numbers. So when a surprising breakup – on her thirty-fifth birthday – ruins all her well-laid plans, Ruby makes an unexpected wish...

The villain’s a poet, the weapon is verse, and the whole world’s a stage. The Ar’dath-Irr’s final act is nearly complete—and the applause will be apocalyptic. Oscar Teabag-Dooven, once a Velvet Paw, is all that stands between a fractured universe and total obliteration. But Oscar wanted to be a poet, not a hero, not a destroyer, and certainly not the most loathed animal on the planet. After his avant-garde recital triggers mass death, suspicious reincarnations and catastrophic misunderstandings involving curry, he’s the only one left to blame.

With monstrous, skinless creatures tearing across kingdoms and the sinister Ar’dath-Irr wielding dark magic like its going out of fashion, Oscar is again hailed as the hero that entire planets need. But he’s not interested. He’s tired, jaded and more invested in rhyming couplets than strategic warfare.

The city of Liebe is gone and Oscar presumed dead. With Tabby Miss Cakes adrift in a crumbling realm of myth and memory, she is not sure what’s real anymore—or if anything ever was. When Oscar reappears, inexplicably alive, the two stumble into a bizarrely wholesome world where animals sand horses, kindness is weaponised, and no one seems to notice the sky is falling.

Oscar never meant to get tangled in a plot involving forbidden vaults, exploding cafés, and an ex-poet turned reality-warping megalomaniac. But here he is, paws-deep in syllables and sabotage, trying to stop a transformation that could obliterate everything. Joined by Tabby Miss Cakes, an insane librarian who punches everyone in the face, they become the most unlikely duo to save reality.

When Hakim, an Iranian lands in Straya, he hitches a ride with Bluey and they set out on a trip to the big smoke. It's a steep learning curve.

The year is 1984. In the wake of the atomic wars, Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Woke Party, led by Big Brother (“Actually, I am non-binary!” —BB). Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, rewriting historical sporting results so that everything was officially won by disabled minorities.