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梶井基次郎の短編小説。実体験を基にした、6つの話から成っている。峻は妹の死後、「可愛盛りで死なせた妹のことを落ちついて考えてみたい」という思いから、姉夫婦の家へやってきていた。城跡のある風景を眺めていると、彼女がこと切れた時よりも、火葬場での時よりも、「失った」という思いが強く刻まれた。そしてある日、姉が病気に罹ってしまう。

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楠山が体験した神田での生活と、明治30年代から昭和初期にかけての神田の変遷を描いたエッセイ。昔も今も神田という街の外観は大きく変わってはいないものの、町の構造や住民は大きく変わったと指摘する。神田はかつて、浅草と並ぶ大衆娯楽の中心地であったが、今では娯楽の中心は本郷や下町へと移り、神田の賑わいは次第に失われつつある。

Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical view of the season and Selma Lagerlof and Angela Carter celebrate its miracles. Ranging from Cork to Lagos to the Wild West, and from Paris to San Paolo to outer space, this is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short-story writers of all time.

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辰吉は幼い頃に両親を亡くし、おばあさんに育てられた。辰吉は他の子供たちが親や兄弟と過ごす様子を見て、「自分ばかりは、どうして、独ぼっちなのであろう」と寂しさを感じていた。おばあさんは辰吉に、母親が星になって空から見守っていると教える。それから辰吉は毎晩空を見上げ、優しそうな赤い星を母親だと信じるようになる。

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows. This volume of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror offers tales from some of today's finest writers of the fantastique. Sure to delight as well as disturb!

Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story of three endearing misfits - an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies - who one day take up residence in a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, “that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of life.”

This last volume in the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964 contains 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced thousands of young listeners to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

This follow-up to the national best-seller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume of original stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.

With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.

This is a story from The Return of Sherlock Holmes II collection.

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

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1931年に発表された短編小説。ソヴィエト・ロシアに住む6歳の男の子ミーチャを中心に、1930年代初頭の社会状況、特に労働者家庭の日常生活と子育て環境が描写される。

Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer.

Before he gained wide fame as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary reputation with his short stories. Set in the varied landscapes of Spain, Africa, and the Americam Midwest, this definitive audio collection traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style: from the plain bald language of the first story to his mastery of seamless prose that contained a spare, eloquent pathos, as well as a sense of expansive solitude.

For listeners who are tired of Christmas commercialism, or who feel that Santa Claus and reindeer don’t tell the whole story, these classic gems provide a winning alternative. Selected for their insightfulness, spiritual value, and literary quality (nothing moralistic here) they project the spirit of the season in a fresh, compelling manner that will resonate with listeners of all ages - from children too young to read to themselves, to parents and grandparents who enjoy listening to stories, as well.

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災いをもたらすイノシシに困った王様は、退治した者に一人娘を妻にやるとお触れを出す。二人の兄弟が名乗り出て、兄は西から、弟は東から森の中に入ることに。弟は小人からもらった黒い槍で怪物を退治する。妬んだ兄は、王様のところへ持って行く途中で弟を殴り殺し、橋の下に埋める。数年後、ヒツジ飼いが橋の下で白い骨を一つ見つけると、削って笛にする。

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永井荷風による短編小説。戦後の日本社会を背景にしている。17歳の季子は、母の死後、姉夫婦の家に引き取られて暮らしていた。姉の家はありふれた家庭であったが、季子にはどこか居心地の悪さがあり、この家にいるのが嫌だと感じていた。ある日、鳥打帽をかぶった20代半ばの男が現れ、季子に話しかける。二人は夜店のある通りを歩き、汁粉屋で一緒に汁粉を食べた。

The Edgar-winning short story from the author of Gone Girl. A young woman is making a living, faking it as a cut-price psychic working at Spiritual Palms (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage - mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson, Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor, built in 1893.

本有声书内容涉及亲情，友情，爱情，成长，励志、官场等。在一个个故事和人物之间触摸真善美，触摸大爱情怀。…… 本有聲書內容涉及親情，友情，愛情，成長，勵志、官場等。在一個個故事和人物之間觸摸真善美，觸摸大愛情懷。

Maui's rich history and culture are the foundation of these new, original short stories by Maui's award-winning author/playwright. Under Maui Skies, and Other Stories presents seven Maui tales in different genres set in a variety of Maui locales ranging in time from pre-contact Hawai`i to the 1960s. In "The Cave of Whispering Spirits", a couple and family face the wrath of the goddess of fire, Pele, in the last eruption of Haleakala.