"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he be...
"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for h...
Ram, a teenager from Canada, meets his fate while trying to rescue his true love. Will he succeed ??? Will he able to know who he really is ???
"Well, seeing as this is my castle," Jonah began sarcastically. "I feel I have a right to know what it's occupants are up to." "As fascinating as it is to know what you feel you have a right to, I feel that I don't much care." Aura said whilst shoving him out of her path. "Goodbye." ****** Aura was not looking forward...
Aegaa and Palnudus walked the human world together in peace for years after Aegaa left Estonia. The Aegaa would share their spells and enchantments while the humans shared their customs and arts. Only until the Great Fire of 1788 does this Creature and Human alliance cease. Since then, no Aegaa has ever stepped foot...
When Berdina Wolff boards a ship to America in 1752, she believes the trip is just a means to an end. It is a voyage to a new life. The most exciting part is supposed to be the arrival in the colonies. When she starts receiving letters from the mysterious Izaak, Berdina discovers that the excitement will begin long be...
-HIGHEST RANKING: #261 in Historical Fiction- Penelope Lane is a Lady, John Ains is a farmer's son who skips stones on the brook that runs under the castle bridge. Paths will cross, perspectives will change. With her mother sick, and her father and eldest brother building railways across the sea, Penelope is left with...
An American Indian grandmother begins her daily routine, along with her granddaughter Blue Bird. But their evening is anything but their serene morning.
(Was once, 'the boy in the mask') He's just one of those cliche guys. You know, the ones from the books. The football player, blondie, popular, blue eyes, chick magnet, has a group and is known. But is that really all there is to it? She isn't your average girl, but she isn't cliche at all. She has a tragic past that...