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This “sweeping intergenerational saga'tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriarch thrust into the afterlife from which she seeks a second chance to make amends (Kirstin Chen)—and fights off a tragic curse that could devastate generations to come. In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come. Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that decades later, this decision would return to haunt her—threatening to tear apart her bond with her beloved son, her relationship with her infuriatingly insolent sisters, and the future of the family she has worked so hard to protect? Part ghost story and part family epic, The Apology is an incisive tale of sisterhood and diaspora, reaching back to the days of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War, and told through the singular voice of a defiant, funny, and unforgettable centenarian. Paperback includes a Reading Group Guide, Jimin Han's family recipes, and a conversation with the author Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2023 • Shondaland's The Best Books to Read for Summer 2023 • San Francisco Chronicle's 17 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Summer • Publishers Weekly's Fall 2023 Adult Announcements: Literary Fiction • Goodreads's 88 Upcoming Books the Goodreads Editors Can't Wait to Read • Los Angeles Times's 10 Books to Add to Your Reading List in August • Apple Books's Best Books of August

Quando um escritor do movimento surrealista do século XX busca desesperadamente a concentração necessária para começar a escrever na escrita automática, e através dele passa a alma de uma criança que morreu de uma longa doença, disso resulta uma longa carta da qual aqui está o conteúdo. Através deste conto, você conhecerá um autor que se tornou o espelho de um menino de 8 anos que sonha com o além da existência que teria se tivesse continuado vivo, desde o resto de sua infância até sua morte.

When a writer from the surrealist movement of the 20th century desperately seeks the concentration necessary to start writing in automatic writing, and the soul of a child who died of a long illness passes through him, this results in a long letter of which here is the content. Through this short story, you will discover an author who has become a mirror of an 8-year-old boy who dreams from the beyond of the existence he would have had if he had remained alive, from the rest of his childhood until to the grave.

Cuando un escritor del movimiento surrealista del siglo XX busca desesperadamente la concentración necesaria para comenzar un ensayo de escritura automática, y el alma de un niño que ha muerto de una larga enfermedad pasa a través de él, el resultado es una larga carta, cuyo contenido se recoge en esta obra. A lo largo de este breve relato, descubrirá a un autor que se ha convertido en el espejo de un niño de 8 años que sueña desde el más allá con la existencia que habría tenido si hubiera permanecido vivo, desde el resto de su infancia hasta la tumba.

Gear up for laughter in the hereafter as Socrates sets out to assassinate every soul who can remember the mortal world “Filled with wordplay to die for, Randal Graham's latest dizzying, irresistible life-after-death satire tackles perennial existential questions with humor and hunger.” — Foreword Reviews on Afterlife Crisis What do you get when a narcissistic megalomaniac plagued by daddy issues leads a horde of angry zealots, xenophobes, and ornery incels on a crusade to Make the Afterlife Great Again? You get an out-of-this-world adventure in which history's greatest minds face an apocalypse that could make Armageddon look like a cotillion. You also get Nether Regions, the third installment of Randal Graham's Beforelife Series. Picking up the threads of Beforelife and Afterlife Crisis, Nether Regions reveals what happens when two of the afterlife's best-known residents have a baby: the first one born in the hereafter. That baby holds a secret — one that sets off an adventure featuring Socrates, Albert Einstein, Nostradamus, Elizabeth I, Sigmund Freud, Neferneferuaten, and at least 200 Napoleons, all doing their level best to keep the afterlife from turning into hell.

'Clarice'wakes up in a dumpster, not even knowing her name. And here is the weirdest thing: she is in 2040, in a decadent São Paulo. As she begins a desperate quest to discover herself, she tries to get used to this strange world surrounded by technological advances and humanitarian setbacks. Her obsession with finding a way back to her time doesn't stop her from facing this adventure. In the midst of all this, she meets people who have been part of her mysterious story – which can be modified for both better and worse. But most of the time, forgetfulness is better than the simple truth. On a whim of fate, she ends up meeting the enigmatic Elvis and his faithful companion Kurt, a cat who manages to be even more enigmatic. And this meeting, apparently by chance, could change her life deeply. Living on the boundary between being hunted and the hunter, she rediscovers herself in the future at the same time the past is being distilled, until all of that becomes just one thing: the present. Like all good suspense, there will be no shortage of twists, chases and a psychopath on the loose. The Trace of a Soul talks about murder, violence and passion. A book that invades, without asking permission, the territory of the noir. An electrifying story with a touch of dystopia and sadism. All this separated by a fine line between the future, the past and the present...

From the National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Three Junes comes'an engrossing, richly drawn and exquisitely told story of small-town residents grappling with the difficulties of changing times'(People).“Full of secrets and surprises...A must-read.” —J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and StrangersWhen two unexpected visitors arrive in an insular coastal village, they threaten the equilibrium of a community already confronting climate instability, political violence, and domestic upheavals.A decade from now, in the historic town of Vigil Harbor, there is a rash of divorces among the yacht-club set, a marine biologist despairs at the state of the world, a spurned wife is bent on revenge, and the renowned architect Austin Kepner pursues a passion for building homes designed to withstand the escalating fury of relentless storms. Austin's stepson, Brecht, has dropped out of college in New York and returned home after narrowly escaping one of the terrorist acts that, like hurricanes, have become increasingly common.Then two strangers arrive: a stranded traveler with subversive charms and a widow seeking clues about a past lover with ties to Austin—a woman who may have been more than merely human. These strangers and their hidden motives come together unexpectedly in an incident that endangers lives—including Brecht's—with dramatic repercussions for the entire town.Vigil Harbor reveals Julia Glass in all her virtuosity, braiding multiple voices and dazzling strands of plot into a story where mortal longings and fears intersect with immortal mysteries of the deep as well as of the heart.

From the BESTSELLING author of DustLife can change in a split second, and so it does for twenty-eight-year-old photographer Finn Chambers. One careless decision at the Cimitero Acattolico in the eternal city of Rome, finds him falling head first onto Shelley's tomb, to his death.He awakes to a beautiful afterlife surrounded by long-dead poets, artists and thinkers, including Shelley, Keats, Gramsci, Sanchez and the delightful Lady Mary von Haas, and these luminaries test Finn's values and principles in a way they have never been tested before.Uncomfortable truths require honest assessment when the 21st century's lust for celebrity, drugs, and fifteen minutes of fame, is questioned by others from centuries past but his new life finds much in common with his previous life, with love, art, sex, music, humour and irreverence, all experienced on this different and fascinating plane.For Finn Chambers there is life after death - and it's a life worth living.

There were two. Rosslyn, the pilot, and Comain, the dreamer. Rosslyn died in space, frozen, preserved for two centuries until found and resurrected by a miracle of future surgery. Comain…? Comain remained on Earth, and crystallised his dreams, and when Rosslyn returned he found a civilisation beyond his wildest imaginings. Women ruled the planet, guided solely by the automatic and relentless predictions of a tremendous and frightening machine. A machine that foretold the future and determined the actions of an entire world. Into this assured and new civilisation Rosslyn came, and the impact of his presence brought near chaos. He had to be assimilated—or eliminated. Rosslyn wanted neither. He became the pawn in a colossal gamble, with power as the prize... and the future of Mankind at stake!

About the book:The idea of writing this story started with a dream. It was a summer afternoon of 2019. I was taking my afternoon power nap. That was the time when I had this weird dream. I could see an entire action sequence in my dream where a car was being chased by the several cars. Suddenly the chased car gets hit by something and smashes in a boulder. Then the major apert of the idea striked in when I saw a dodge charger enter the scene and a muscular man comes out of the car with a mini machine gun. This was the dream that I saw on 2019. Arranging the dream was quite tough because all the thoughts and the memories were scrambled at a certain place. I had to work on the way that the story would start. In 2021 there were a lot of scrambled papers lying around in the room and I was having a writer's block. So in deleted all the writing that I had and the tore all the scribbled notes that I had and kept the story undone. During December 2021, I went on a office tour and I don't know how but the story again started revolving in my head. This time I was determined that I have to pen down this vision that I am having every day. So Robots and Human is a story that revolves around a futuristic time where the Robots and humans are friends and foes to each other. I hope my first story will surely interest you.

A Times (of London) Best Fiction Book of 2022 A wildly inventive, savagely funny and topical novel about love, mortality and the afterlife, by the Booker-shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole.Angus is a reformed ne'er-do-well looking forward to the birth of his first child when he's murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife Gracie. Having never believed in God, heaven or hell, Angus finds himself in the afterlife - a place that provides more questions than answers. As a worldwide pandemic finally reaches the shores of Australia, the afterlife starts to get very crowded and Angus finds a way to reconnect with his wife Gracie and maybe even seek revenge on his murderer... Here Goes Nothing is a novel of exhilarating originality and scope about birth, death and everything in between and after by ‘a writer of prodigious talent'(Peter Carey) that contains a vision of the afterlife that rivals Dante's Divine Comedy and George Saunders'Lincoln in the Bardo, and the emmy-nominated The Good Place.

An odyssey of operatic proportions, featuring an obsession-fueled taxi driverAfter Lucía loses her job at an IT firm, she has a vision of her future career as a taxi driver, brought on by the intoxicating opera floating through her apartment's air vent. She obtains her taxi license and meets the neighbor responsible for the music. Calaf is the man's name, which also happens to be the name of the character in Puccini's Turandot and the bird Lucía received on her tenth birthday from her long-since-dead mother. When he moves out of her building, Lucía becomes obsessed, driving through Madrid and searching for him on every corner, meeting intriguing people along the way. What follows is a phantasmagoria of coincidence, betrayal, and revenge, featuring Millás's singular dark humor.Let No One Sleep is a delirious novel in which the mundane and extraordinary collide, art revives and devastates, and identity is unhinged by the treacherous forces of contemporary society.

Death plays dirty.It's 2112 and war between nations has become a spectator sport. Soldiers are now gamers who live and die based on the outcome of the match, and every 4 years a worldwide MegaDeath tournament gives countries a chance to air their grievances. This year, however, an enterprising company has made it possible for ordinary citizens to bet their lives on their country's team. Winning players will become national heroes, but losers will be responsible for the deaths of millions of their fellow citizens.For North America's talented star player, Megan Mori, death can't come soon enough. Haunted by the loss of her daughter, which she blames on her own government, she has nothing more to lose and no one to fight for.But as the games begin, it becomes clear that a much more sinister agenda is unfolding, and Megan will need to rally her fellow gamers against an enemy bent on annihilation of the human race.'A grim future...exciting take on war and sport.'- Advanced ReviewerFans of Death Race and Ready Player One will love this book.

Stephen King legújabb kötetében ezúttal négy lenyűgöző kisregény kapott helyet. A Mr. Harrigan telefonja a fiatal Craig és a magának való, idős Mr. Harrigan barátságát meséli el. Miután a fiú elveszti és eltemeti öreg mentorát, különös üzenetek érkeznek a telefonjára, amelyek végérvényesen megváltoztatják az életét.A Chuck életé-ben a világ összeomlani látszik, az internet leáll, az emberek kétségbeesetten próbálnak túlélni, csak egy bizonyos Chuckot éltetnek a városban mindenfelé. A kötet legformabontóbb és legmeglepőbb írásából megismerhetjük a titokzatos idegen életét.A Minél véresebb kisregényében gyanús körülmények között bomba robban egy iskolában. A híradásokat figyelve Holly Gibney gyanús nyomokat vesz észre és a tettes nyomába ered, miközben fény derül az évek óta lappangó, félelmetes titokra. King ebben az írásában a Mr. Mercedes és A kívülálló világába tér vissza, a folytatásból pedig megtudhatjuk, hogyan alakult a magánnyomozó további élete.A patkány hőse a kiváló novellista, Drew Larson, aki egy váratlan ihlet hatására családja erdei házába vonul, hogy megírja élete első regényét. A munka azonban lassan halad, ráadásul a férfi lázas betegen a hegyen reked egy viharban. Az ítéletidőben végül megment egy patkányt, és a váratlan látogatóval töltött éjszaka után hihetetlen erőre kapva befejezi élete fő művét. A sikernek azonban ára van, és Drew kénytelen szembenézni a következményeivel. A népszerű és legendás szerző csodálatos karrierje során újra és újra visszatér a rövidebb lélegzetvételű művekhez, és bizonyítja, hogy mind a mai napig képes különleges alkotásokkal meglepni olvasóját.

In this #1 bestselling page-turner from'the queen of beach reads'(New York Magazine), a Nantucket novelist has one final summer to protect her secrets while her loved ones on earth learn to live without their golden girl.On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three “nudges” to change the outcome of events on earth, and with her daughter Willa on her third miscarriage, Carson partying until all hours, and Leo currently “off again” with his high-maintenance girlfriend, she'll have to think carefully where to use them.From the Beyond, Vivi watches “The Chief” Ed Kapenash investigate her death, but her greatest worry is her final book, which contains a secret from her own youth that could be disastrous for her reputation. But when hidden truths come to light, Vivi's family will have to sort out their past and present mistakes—with or without a nudge of help from above—while Vivi finally lets them grow without her.With all of Elin's trademark beach scenes, mouth-watering meals, and picture-perfect homes, plus a heartfelt message—the people we lose never really leave us—Golden Girl is a beach book unlike any other.

“An impressive debut.”–Publishers Weekly•••International Book Awards Finalist — Best New Fiction•••They said you can't take your money with you when you die. What if they were wrong? Srinath Adiga's timely satire explores the pitfalls of modern capitalism and the dangerous power of myth. Hong Kong, 2002. A stock market trader desperate to pay off a gangster debt invents a scam: Afterlife Dollars. A product inspired by an ancient Chinese custom that allows people to buy their way into heaven. It's the beginning of a dizzying chain reaction that ripples in Mumbai, where one man does the unthinkable to secure his afterlife—while thousands of miles away in Amsterdam, another man races against time to stop an apocalypse. As a cast of larger-than-life characters grapple with unprecedented moral dilemmas, their choices will affect the rest of humanity. Profound, exhilarating and full of unexpected twists, Dead Money balances intelligence and dark humour with compassion, empathy and hope. Its cleverness lies in its ability to convince us that the impossible can happen—a compelling, thought-provoking read at a time when the world stares at an uncertain future.“A memorable premise lifts Adiga's impressive debut. Adiga makes the central conceit work as he effectively sends up the tendency of people to believe anything.”–Publishers Weekly“Exhilarating pace, intriguing proposition, and plenty of dark laughs: Dead Money's the thriller I'll be burning through in the afterlife.”–Kate Veitch, author of Without a Backward Glance and Trust“A unique and highly original story. If you've ever wondered about the rise of BitCoin or how money really works, you'll enjoy this book.”–Sion Scott-Wilson, author of The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight

Mary Gray Phelps was born on 31st August 1844 in Boston, Massachusetts.Her mother, who wrote the Kitty Brown children's book series, died when she was only 8. The young girl asked to be renamed in honor of her mother.Two years later her father married her mother's sister, Mary Stuart, also a writer, but she died of tuberculosis only 18 months later. A mere six months later he married for a third time to Mary Ann Johnson, and they had two sons.Phelps received an upper-class education through her attendance at the Abbot Academy and Mrs. Edwards'School for Young Ladies. She had a natural gift for story-telling and at 13 she had a story published in Youth's Companion and other stories in various Sunday School publications.In most of her writings she used her mother's name ‘Elizabeth Stuart Phelps'as a pseudonym, even after her marriage in 1888 to Herbert Dickinson Ward, a journalist (and later co-author with her) 17 years her junior. Such was her talent that she gained a wide audience from her first publications. At age 19 she sent her Civil War story ‘A Sacrifice Consumed'to Harper's Magazine. A generous payment was made together with a request for more works to be sent for publication. During the 1860s she wrote her first books for children, the ‘Tiny'series and followed up with the 4-volume ‘Gypsy Breynton'series. In 1868, three years after the Civil War, came ‘The Gates Ajar', a controversial but best-selling Spiritualist work which told of an afterlife replete with home comforts and reunited families, and their pets, for eternity. Its success led her to write two more books to complete the trilogy and she was wont to use the word ‘Gates'in later book titles to allude to this success. She stated that she wrote ‘The Gates Ajar'to comfort a generation of women devastated by the loss of their loved ones who found no comfort in traditional religion. Phelps became a determined advocate through her lectures and other work for social reform, temperance, women's emancipation, and even clothing reform for women, and in 1874, urging them to burn their corsets.Her deteriorating health was now restricting some of her activities and kept her contributions to mostly literary in nature rather than public appearances.In 1876 Phelps was the first woman to present a lecture series at Boston University. Her presentations, ‘Representative Modern Fiction', analyzed the works of George Eliot.In 1877 she published ‘The Story of Avis'. The work focuses on many of the era's early feminist issues, portraying a woman's struggle to balance her married life and domestic responsibilities with her longing to become a painter. At no time did she attempt to hide, either in real life or her stories, her contempt of the inequities of the then class structure and gender disparities. Her work, ‘Mary Elizabeth'depicts a homeless girl's choices between theft and begging as a means of survival. ‘One Way to Get An Education'tells of a child laborer's desire for a better life than mill work offers and sees self-injuring as a way to a better education. Her work often depicted women succeeding in non-traditional careers such as physicians, ministers, and artists.In 1884 came her well-regarded poetry collection ‘Songs of the Silent World'Along with her husband she wrote two Biblical romances in 1890 and 1891. Her autobiography, ‘Chapters from a Life'was serialized and then published in book form in 1896. Phelps continued to write short stories and novels up to her death and over her life authored 57 volumes of fiction, poetry and essays. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps died 28th January 1911, in Newton Center, Massachusetts. She was 66.

From William C. Morris and Edgar Award finalist Leah Thomas comes an ethereal, thought-provoking YA tale about a teen who can see ghosts... and helps them avenge their deaths.Dani's best friend, Sarah, is a ghost. But maybe that's normal when you've spent your childhood running from an abusive parent.Dani and Sarah might be more than friends, though Dani dares not say so. Dani is afraid that if he tells Sarah he's trans, she won't bother haunting him anymore. Sarah's got good reason to distrust boys, having been strangled by one.After Sarah and Dani come across another ghost haunted by her own brutal murder, they set out to bring peace and safety to spirits like her. But when an old rival reenters Dani's life, their unexpected friendship gives Dani a strange new feeling of belonging. As Dani starts to find his place in the living world, he'll need to let go of his ghosts.Equal parts chilling, raw, and emotionally resonant, acclaimed author Leah Thomas's ghost story for the #MeToo era is about reclaiming trauma and finding peace among true friends.

For fans of Gordon Korman comes a “funny and original” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade adventure about a school club whose members stumble across video footage of themselves from five years in the future.What if a school club changed your life forever? In the second week of seventh grade, Jason Sloan signs up for the brand-new HAIR Club. He and his friends have no idea what it's about, but since they're the first to sign up they figure they'll be in charge in no time. The club turns out to be super weird: using fancy new equipment donated by a mysterious benefactor, the members are supposed to monitor school security footage. Their first assignment: find out what is stealing the cafeteria's croutons. Instead of the expected dark cafeteria, the computers show the club members something else entirely: actual footage of themselves as high school seniors, five years in the future! What on earth could be happening? Is it some kind of time warp or alternate reality? Or is it just an unfunny prank? As they scramble to solve the mystery, they can't help but notice something else—none of them like what they see five years from now. Is there any way to change the future—and their fates? Figuring out who you are and who you want to become has never been funnier in this laugh-out-loud romp through the perils of middle school—and beyond.

Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to belief in ‘art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he later recalled the ‘note of doom'which runs like ‘a purple thread'through its carefully crafted prose. A wonderful book! —W. B. Yeats While in one sense “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is as transparent as a medieval allegory and its structure as workmanlike as that of Marlowe's “Dr. Faustus”… in another sense it remains a puzzle: knotted, convoluted, brilliantly enigmatic. —Joyce Carol Oates A story strange in conception, strong in interest, and fitted with a tragic and ghastly climax… A remarkable book. —Julian Hawthorne Mr. Wilde's work may fairly claim to go with that of Edgar Poe. —Walter Pater

This manuscript is a futuristic theory based on a mind, and scientific data, Today is fiction, who knows, tomorrow it may be feasible To all those who do not put barriers to scientific research. Who are we? What are our capacities, our powers, and our limits. The most eminent scholars will say to you: We know little about these questions. All the more reason to look all over the place. This theory, which you will discover while leafing through this little book, opens a door to these questions; especially on our powers. Only one recommendation from the author. If you are conservative in mind, choose another read. On the other hand, if you are curious and free, you will have plenty of questions to ask: the first is:'what if it was possible?'

Genie has everything – a BRIT award, a singing career, the attention of the press and Oliver Fox, a pretty boy who looks good on her arm. Until he dies.His death brings Genie's long buried feelings bubbling to the surface. Her grief over the death of her lover Wendi who introduced her to this world. Her self doubt and fear that she will be exposed as a fraud.How far is she prepared to go to fix things? The afterlife isn't the most comfortable of places for anyone who's still alive, but Genie's not going to take any crap from the dead – she's got years of experience in the music business.Sometimes going to Hell and back takes a lifetime...

A trilogia de romances mediúnicos ditados à médium Mônica Aguieiras Cortat termina de forma surpreendente, dada a enormidade de informações minuciosas sobre o umbral, uma dimensão vibracional densa, criada e mantida por fluidos emitidos pelos pensamentos, desejos e vontades dos espíritos encarnados e desencarnados. Eulália: Uma mãe aflita pede ajuda a Clara para resgatar seu filho suicida que se encontra perdido e sofredor nos mais sombrios recantos do umbral. Clara, Ariel e Olívia partem, então, em missão para atender o apelo dessa mãe. Porém, findo o primeiro dia de busca, o grupo socorrista depara-se com uma cena chocante – uma jovem, vestida de noviça, menina ainda, sendo mantida sob o jugo de uma freira num local lamacento e úmido. Tobias: Os amigos Ariel, Clara e Olívia estão novamente em missão de resgate nas zonas umbralinas. Num local escuro e úmido, se deparam com uma cabana que abriga um velho, um senhor, um jovem e um menino de treze anos. Curiosos por ver reunidas pessoas de idades tão diversas e vivendo de maneira tão precária, se interessam por conhecer suas histórias. Nesse relato, então, nos chocaremos ao tomar conhecimento do suicídio do menino. Como pode uma quase criança, ainda, abandonar a vida de forma tão trágica? Fabrício: À procura de Fabrício, a equipe de socorristas se depara com uma Vila administrada com mão de ferro por um pastor que prepara seus fiéis para o dia do juízo final. Muitas histórias dos personagens dessa vila serão relatadas neste livro - e muita ajuda espiritual será proporcionada aos seus habitantes -, enquanto os leitores conhecem mais a respeito desta região transitória conhecida com o nome de umbral.

A beloved and bestselling classic in Japan, this groundbreaking tale of a dead soul who gets a second chance is perfect for readers of The Midnight Library.'Congratulations, you've won the lottery!'shouts the angel Prapura to a formless soul. The soul hasn't been kicked out of the cycle of rebirth just yet—he's been given a second chance. He must recall the biggest mistake of his past life while on'homestay'in the body of fourteen-year-old Makoto Kobayashi, who has just committed suicide. It looks like Makoto doesn't have a single friend, and his family don't seem to care about him at all. But as the soul begins to live Makoto's life on his own terms, he grows closer to the family and the people around him, and sees their true colors more clearly, shedding light on Makoto's misunderstandings.Since its initial release over twenty years ago, Colorful has become a part of the literary canon, not only in Japan—where it has sold over a million copies—but around the world, having been translated into several different languages. Now, Eto Mori's beloved classic is finally available in English.

A Mystery Scene Magazine 2021 Editor's PickTrust No One. Especially Your Neighbors.Rachel Drake is on the run from the man who killed her husband. She never leaves her safe haven in an anonymous doorman building, until one night a phone call sends her running. On her way to the garage, she is murdered in the elevator. But her story doesn't end there.She finds herself in the afterlife, tethered to her death spot, her reach tied to the adjacent apartments. As she rides the elevator up and down, the lives of the residents intertwine. Every one of them has a dark secret. An aging trophy wife whose husband strays. A surgeon guarding a locked room. A TV medium who may be a fraud. An ordinary man with a mysterious hobby.Compelled to spend eternity observing her neighbors, she realizes that any one of them could be her killer.

•#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• Featuring the novella “The Life of Chuck,” now a feature film adapted for the screen and directed by Mike Flanagan (The Fall of the House of Usher, Doctor Sleep) and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan—a Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award winner! From the legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new “exceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm [King's] mastery of the form” (The Washington Post).Readers adore Stephen King's novels, and his novellas are their own dark treat, briefer but just as impactful and enduring as his longer fiction. Many of his novellas have been made into iconic films, including “The Body” (Stand by Me) and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (Shawshank Redemption). The four brilliant tales in If It Bleeds prove as iconic as their predecessors. In the title story, reader favorite Holly Gibney (from the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and The Outsider) must face her fears, and possibly another outsider—this time on her own. In “Mr. Harrigan's Phone” an intergenerational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. “The Life of Chuck” explores, beautifully, how each of us contains multitudes. And in “Rat,” a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition. If these novellas show King's range, they also prove that certain themes endure. One of King's great concerns is evil, and in If It Bleeds, there's plenty of it. There is also evil's opposite, which in King's fiction often manifests as friendship. Holly is reminded that friendship is not only life-affirming but can be life-saving. Young Craig befriends Mr. Harrigan, and the sweetness of this late-in-life connection is its own reward. “An adroit vehicle to showcase the…nature of evil” (The Boston Globe), If It Bleeds is “exactly what I wanted to read right now,” says Ruth Franklin in The New York Times Book Review.

A philosophical story that reviews the existence of three characters as they approach the end of their lives with an exploration into the concept of an afterlife, offering insights how we can all fulfil our life's purpose with positivity

Dorian Gray is arrogant. He is pompous, selfish, devastatingly narcissistic, and for much of his life he has never had to think twice about the ramifications of his actions.When the arrival of artist Basil Hallard forces Gray to confront his deepest insecurities, Dorian's most vulnerable self is imminently revealed. After having traded his righteousness for riches, Dorian Gray becomes faced with many regretable truths. Needing to own up to his actions, Gray must finally learn to deal with the consequences of living a life completely self-obsessed. Gripping with prose so relateable to the many connundrums of growing up, Wilde weaves a narrative of self-desire and self-actualization. A true coming of age tale in a time where the glamour of appearance was as heavy as the currency in your pocket. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Death is no longer a mystery.The magic of eternity has been found.I often hear people wondering if life carries on after death. It always makes me smile. That's exactly what happens.And I used to think no one would discover the truth while they were alive. I was wrong. A sixteen-year-old boy just did. His name is Jonathan Powers and this is his story.Jonathan's from a planet called Centurian, but that's not where his story begins. It begins on Earth with the tragic death of a boy from London, Jonathan Prior.Jonathan Prior's soul travelled from Earth to Centurian and became part of Jonathan Powers. That much is as it should be. Humans join the consciousness of other humans on a distant planet when they die.It's what happened next that I don't understand. Jonathan Powers entered the world of the dead, alive.I'm still searching for answers to how he did it and I'm supposed to know about these things. My name is Rose. I'm a little robin. You might have met me outside your house or in a local park.Don't worry if you haven't, you'll meet me inside this book. I'm helping Jonathan find a way home. It's one thing to go where only the dead have been, quite another to find a way back.

Sinfín es una distopía hiperbólica que orbita alrededor de la gran obsesión humana: la inmortalidad. Una novela en la que el escritor y periodista argentino Martín Caparróscombina lo mejor de la escritura periodísticay la ficción. El error es el cuerpo. Morir es fallar. En 2070, una forma nueva de la vida eterna se ha convertido en el mayor logro de nuestra civilización. La palabra china pronunciada tsian -paraíso- es el invento que la gran Samar ofreció al mundo y que ha transformado las vidas y las muertes de miles de millones. Pero más allá de lo que cuenta la mitología oficial nadie conoce su verdadera historia. Sinfín empieza en un pequeño pueblo de la selva patagónica, un lugar remoto detenido en el tiempo donde la enfermedad, la vejez y la muerte existen todavía. Allí se inicia la búsqueda de la mujer que desvelará la verdadera historia: los sacrificios humanos silenciados, los intereses ocultos y las circunstancias que propiciaron el salto más sorprendente de la técnica humana en un mundo que, mientras tanto, se deshace en guerras religiosas y migraciones sin fin. Sinfín no es una novela sin ficción sino una ficción sin novela. Es el relato fidedigno de algo que todavía no terminó de suceder: una historia fascinante y reveladora contada a la manera de las mejores crónicas, pensada al modo de los mejores ensayos, que ofrece los datos menos conocidos, las hipótesis más atrevidas, los análisis definitivos sobre aquel golpe de genio que terminaría por cambiar el mundo. Reseñas: «Caparrós utiliza la literatura para acompañarnos a un infierno hecho de una realidad a la que a menudo se le presta solo una atención distraída» Roberto Saviano «Caparrós es colosal en esos terrenos resbaladizos donde las cosas dejan de encajar en los moldes correctos.» Leila Guerriero, Babelia «El mejor cronista actual de América Latina: un soberbio entrevistador, un viajero dotado de cultura enciclopédica y de una fina ironía.» Roberto Herrscher, La Vanguardia «La lectura de La Historia liquida la discusión sobre si en Martín Caparrós predominael cronista sobre el novelista: lo que leemos es una gran crónica, como en sus otras dos obras maestras, El Interior y El Hambre, pero de un mundo que no existe.» Jorge Carrión, Revista de Letras «Es una obra rica y ambiciosa, una empresa arriesgada que debe ser conocida.» Juan Goytisolo «Caparrós es un escritor superdotado, seductor, con un talento natural para mantener el equilibro narrativo.» Nadal Suau, El Cultural «Martín Caparrós no es de esos que te dicen lo que quieres escuchar. Seríamás bien del campo contrario: esos que te tiran a la cara lo que rechazas y escondes.» Oriane Jeancourt, Le Transfuge

The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year'A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits.'—The Washington Post The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.Don't miss Matt Haig's new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024 Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

For readers of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and P.G. Wodehouse, and fans of The Good Place – a tongue in cheek fantasy that imagines Isaac Newton in the afterlife. Where do you go after you die? Detroit. “Finally, a hitchhiker's guide to the hereafter.” — Corey Redekop, author of Husk Something's rotten in the afterlife. At least that's how it seems to Rhinnick Feynman, the one man who perceives that someone in the afterlife is tugging at history's threads and retroactively unraveling the past. Doing his best to navigate a netherworld in which history won't stop changing for the worse, Rhinnick sets off on a quest to put things right. This would be a good deal easier if Rhinnick didn't believe he was a character in a novel and that the Author was changing the past through editorial revision. And it'd be better if Rhinnick didn't find himself facing off against Isaac Newton, Jack the Ripper, Ancient Egyptians, a pack of frenzied Napoleons, and the prophet Norm Stradamus. Come to think of it, it'd be nice if Rhinnick could manage to steer clear of the afterlife's mental health establishment and a bevy of unexpected fiancées. Undeterred by these terrors, Rhinnick recognizes himself as The Man the Hour Produced, and the only one equipped to outwit the forces of science and mental health.

NOT EVERY SPIRIT SEEKS REDEMPTION. NOT EVERY VESSEL WILL SURVIVE.What if you could help those who've passed on get a second chance—but at the risk of your own life? Four broken strangers volunteer to become the first humans in North America to join the international VESSELS program. Their bodies will host the Spirits who seek to right past wrongs and earn a chance at Elysium. Disguised inside a homeless shelter in Reno, the program is facilitated by a retired Army officer, a former ER Doctor, and a tech-savvy teen who tracks the Spirits merged with their Vessels through an ancient ritual on the Anaho Reservation. The Vessels only have seven days to succeed—and to survive. But when the vengeful spirit of a serial killer enters one of them, they learn not all Spirits are here for redemption.

'A cheeky take on the afterlife brimming with sass, angst, and heart.'--Christine Riccio, New York Times bestselling author of Again, but Better.Beatrice Fox deserves to go straight to hell. At least, that's what she believes. Her last day on Earth, she ruined the life of the person she loves most--her little sister, Emmy. So when Bea awakens from a fatal car accident to find herself on an airplane headed who knows where, she's confused, to say the least. Once on the ground, Bea receives some truly harrowing news: she's in purgatory. If she ever wants to catch a flight to heaven, she'll have to help five thousand souls figure out what's keeping them from moving on.But one of Bea's first assignments is Caleb, the boy who caused her accident, and the last person Bea would ever want to send to the pearly gates. And as much as Bea would love to see Caleb suffer for dooming her to a seemingly endless future of eating bad airport food and listening to other people's problems, she can't help but notice that he's kind of cute, and sort of sweet, and that maybe, despite her best efforts, she's totally falling for him. From debut author Gabby Noone comes a darkly hilarious and heartfelt twist on the afterlife about finding second chances, first loves, and new friendships in the most unlikely places.

Three deaths in three years. His mother. His best friend. And now, his two-year-old daughter. In this moving story a Christian author goes to a retreat center to grieve and face the hard questions about God that he is asking in the wake of these losses.If you have ever felt alone, betrayed, abandoned—if you have found yourself asking God why—this novel may be a source of hope. And if you have ever wondered what heaven is like, this book provides a beautiful vision. Room of Marvels is a masterful, dream-like tale that speaks to the eternal in the midst of our most painful earthly losses.This expanded edition of the beloved book has a new afterword from James Bryan Smith and a discussion guide for group use.Finding your room of marvels will give you reason to live. Again.

Wrapped in controversy, the publication of'The Picture of Dorian Gray'in 1891 was a milestone in world literature. The work was censored by publishers, who were afraid of shocking British morale with the publication, then scandalized and turned into evidence against the author himself in a lawsuit of moral aggression. But the qualities of the novel – the only one written by Oscar Wilde, famous for his plays – spoke louder and it is still fascinating to meet Dorian Gray, a character who lives a double life. He shows himself to society as an elegant and virtuous man, while secretly indulges in the most extreme hedonism, a result of selling his soul to ensure that he remains as handsome and youthful as his portrait, painted by his friend Basil Hallward, a young painter. Mixing the philosophical and the fantastical, this is Oscar Wilde's sagacity at its best. The ns_english collection features literary classics in their original language, putting the reader in direct contact with the words – and the legacy – of the greatest names of the world literature. Here you will find the integral text in English, enabling new interpretations, insights, and studies of works that have helped weave the history of the world – and that will be forever in our memories.

This brilliantly written thriller explores the lives--and deaths--of two girls, and what they will do to win justice. Sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year!Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since the day she died.Her dad is drowning in grief. He's also the only one who has been able to see and hear her since the accident. But now she's got a mystery to solve, a mystery that will hopefully remind her detective father that he needs to reconnect with the living.The case takes them to a remote Australian town, where there's been a suspicious fire. All that remains are an unidentifiable body and an unreliable witness found wandering nearby. This witness speaks in riddles. Isobel Catching has a story to tell, and it's a tale to haunt your dreams--but does it even connect to the case at hand?As Beth and her father unravel the mystery, they find a shocking and heartbreaking story lurking beneath the surface of a small town.

Barnstaple, a burnt out journalist, decides to go on holiday and leave the rat race behind. He leaves his family at home and hits the road. His car along with several others are miraculous transported 3,000 years into an alternate future. The world he lands in, a veritable utopia, has a history very much like his own but for small details. Mankind has left behind its governments and religions for good or ill. Each person lives a life of their own choosing.Barnstaple and the occupants of the other cars are quarantined because of the illnesses they have unwittingly transported to this alternate future. During the quarantine his fellow time travelers decide that they can conquer this idyllic world and live like kings. Barnstaple must decide if he will join them or betray his own kind to protect utopia.'Men Like Gods'was the first novel of it's kind a blend of science fiction and fantasy. It's influence forever changed genre fiction creating the sub-genre science fantasy. A classic.

Milton Pitt leads an uneventful life in the city of Oxford, with a dull job and a secret longing for adventure. One morning, on his way to work, he is hit by a speeding car. For a moment he hovers above his body in the shape of a butterfly, until he re-awakens in his bedroom, as if the morning so far never happened. Is he dead? Was it just a dream? Everything in his room looks exactly the same as when he first woke up. Everything, that is, except for the bloody footprints leading to the fireplace…

The secrets of endless life have been jealously guarded to keep a people safe. Now, as evidence grows of failure, one man embarks on a quest to find life that is eternal, not endless, little realising an evil seed is emerging close by that will bring desolation to his world. When he is joined by survivors of brutal land clearances, an unlikely alliance forms to pursue life, as dark forces seek to prevent their quest. As chaos engulfs the world, demonic forces behind the Final Solution are unmasked during a deadly race to save humanity from the rise of the Nephilim.

“Clarice” se despierta dentro de un cubo de basura, sin saber ni siquiera su nombre. Lo más extraño: corre el año 2040, en un San Pablo decadente. Mientras que comienza una búsqueda desesperada para descubrir quién es, trata de adaptarse a ese mundo extraño lleno de avances tecnológicos y retroceso social de la humanidad. Su obsesión por encontrar una manera de volver a su época no le impide sumergirse en esa aventura. En medio de esta búsqueda, se encuentra con personas que fueron parte de su misteriosa historia - que podrá ser modificada tanto para mejor como para peor. Pero, muchas veces, el olvido es mejor que descubrir la verdad dura y cruda. Por un capricho del destino, ella termina conociendo al enigmático Elvis y a su fiel compañero Kurt, un gato que resulta aún más enigmático. Ese encuentro, aparentemente común, podrá marcarla profundamente. Viviendo en el límite entre ser presa y cazadora, ella se va redescubriendo en el futuro al mismo tiempo que el pasado se filtra hasta que todo se transforme en una sola cosa: el presente. Como todo buen thriller, no faltaran reveces, persecuciones y un psicópata suelto. La Huella del Alma trata de asesinatos, violencia y pasión. Un libro que invade, sin pedir permiso, en el territorio de la novela negra. Una historia electrizante con un toque de distopía y sadismo. Todo eso separado por una línea tenue entre el futuro, el pasado y el presente… “Clarice” se despierta dentro de un cubo de basura, sin saber ni siquiera su nombre. Lo más extraño: corre el año 2040, en un San Pablo decadente. Mientras que comienza una búsqueda desesperada para descubrir quién es, trata de adaptarse a ese mundo extraño lleno de avances tecnológicos y retroceso social de la humanidad. Su obsesión por encontrar una manera de volver a su época no le impide sumergirse en esa aventura. En medio de esta búsqueda, se encuentra con personas que fueron parte de

Milton Pitt leads an uneventful life, with a dull job and a secret longing for adventure. One morning, after he is hit by a speeding car, he suffers an out-of-body experience and awakens back in his bedroom. Everything is just the same - that is, except for the bloody footprints leading to the chimney...Is this his chance to lead a better life? Was it just a dream? Or is he simply dead?In this richly inventive and humorous novella, Edward Vass brings the themes of ‘Dante's Divine Comedy'700 years into the future.

Carolyn's parents did not, after all, make genomics history by synthesizing her genome in a lab. She has known she is the'Human Hoax'ever since a high school genetics exercise revealed she has trisomy X—a chromosomal abnormality—yet no synthetically constructed genome would have such clear traces of natural conception. Many years later, as molecular biologist, she hopes her colleagues never learn of her embarrassing origins. But when someone ransacks her office and lab, she finds professional embarrassment is the least of her worries. Someone believes she has the results of her parents'last, secret experiments, and is willing to kill to get them. But all she has from her parents are their genes—can she find what else they may have left her before somebody else does? In a not-so-distant society, where corporations wield as much power as nations and the line between corporate employee and state authority is blurred, the chase is on. Carolyn may have just too little time at hand to unravel the mystery of her parents'final days and to realize the deep consequences for the future of mankind. This fast-paced novel is followed by an extensive science chapter where the author provides a non-technical primer on modern genetics and on the speculative biology behind Carolyn's code.

Dorian is a cultured, wealthy, and impossibly beautiful young man. He becomes a disciple of the new Hedonism and proposes to live a life dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure. Lord Henry gives Dorian a book that describes the wicked exploits of a nineteenth-century Frenchman; it becomes Dorian's bible as he sinks ever deeper into a life of sin and corruption. Dorian's reputation suffers in circles of polite London society, where rumours spread regarding his scandalous exploits. His peers nevertheless continue to accept him because he remains young and beautiful.

Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter,'Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps.'

O ano é 2084. O mundo é um paradoxo. Alta tecnologia e mortes por desnutrição. Veículos autônomos e pessoas sem teto. Teletransporte e imigrantes sem destino. Manipulação genética e doenças degenerativas. Ordem e caos. No mesmo lugar.

Junho de 2060 Maurice não conhecera seu avô, Hansel Égoyan. Divorciado, infiel, solitário, desonesto, os adjetivos sarcásticos não faltavam na família para descrevê-lo. Até o dia em que Maurice descobre por acaso uma carta escrita quarenta anos antes, endereçada a seu pai, comunicando a morte repentina de seu avô na prisão. Uma carta que ele guarda secretamente em seu quarto. A aura de mistério que envolve seu avô, de quem ele não conhecia nem mesmo o rosto, intriga-o agora mais do que nunca. Quem era Hansel exatamente? Um simples artesão-relojoeiro? Teria ele sido assim tão desonesto e desagradável como pretendia sua família? Determinado a formar sua própria opinião, ele embarca para Ispah. Lá, nesse longínquo e desconhecido país em plena campanha eleitoral, Maurice se verá envolvido na luta contra o poder estabelecido e revelará um segredo cuidadosamente guardado pelo Governo. Ajudado por seus novos amigos, Thibault e a bela Elvyne, ele descobrirá uma sociedade singular onde o tempo desempenha um papel bem particular.

“Ridiculously good” (The New York Times) author Thomas Pierce's debut novel is a funny, poignant love story that answers the question: What happens after we die? (Lots of stuff, it turns out).Jim Byrd died. Technically. For a few minutes. The diagnosis: heart attack at age thirty. Revived with no memory of any tunnels, lights, or angels, Jim wonders what--if anything--awaits us on the other side. Then a ghost shows up. Maybe. Jim and his new wife, Annie, find themselves tangling with holograms, psychics, messages from the beyond, and a machine that connects the living and the dead. As Jim and Annie journey through history and fumble through faith, they confront the specter of loss that looms for anyone who dares to fall in love. Funny, fiercely original, and gracefully moving, The Afterlives will haunt you. In a good way.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she's struggling to get her life back. But moving on isn't easy, not when her dreams are haunted by what happened. She knows the past is past, knows it cannot hurt her, but it feels so real. When her nightmares begin to creep into her waking hours, she starts to wonder if she's truly safe.Meanwhile, people are vanishing without a trace, and the only thing they seem to have in common is Mackenzie. She's sure the Archive knows more than they are letting on, but before she can prove it, she becomes the prime suspect. Unless Mac can track down the real culprit, she'll lose everything: not only her role as Keeper, but her memories – and even her life. Can Mackenzie untangle the mystery before she herself unravels?

How Would You Spend Your Last Few Hours on Earth?Early readers called So This Is the End'a breath of fresh air,”'moving and beautiful,'and something with which you'll'fall in love the instant you start reading.”#1 New Release in Science Fiction & Fantasy In Nora Hamilton's world, doctors have found a cure for death, with just one caveat—it only lasts for 24 hours. This beautifully-written novel poses a thoughtful question: how would you spend your last 24 hours before death?One more day. One more chance to tell family you love them, feel the grass beneath your feet, or finally speak your mind. So This Is The End follows Nora Hamilton as she navigates her last 24 hours before death, and she is determined to do something meaningful with her last moments. While looking for unique bucket list ideas, a friend suggests going on one last first date. What happens next is like a love story. Of course Nora would fall in love in her last 24 hours before death.Enter: Renzo. Ren, for short. Their connection is immediate. Nora wants love, no lies. Should she tell Ren the truth about her condition—that she has less than 24 hours left before her second death? How will he react? Is it unethical to fall in love with someone if you only have one day left on earth? Or is love a gift, even when it's found on the final day a person has left? Inside So This Is The End, you'll find:A love novel about taking chances, making your own rules, and how love does prevailHow to treat all days like your final days—escape mundane livingA moving romantic drama about finding love in your last 24 hours before deathIf you liked The Midnight Library, Me Before You, or The Light We Lost, you'll love So This Is The End.