“Η Νύχτα αγγελιάστηκε,Ξεθώριασε και άρπαξε απ’το χέρι την Ηώ,Oυράνιο στήνοντας χορό.” Ποίημα του Χρήστου ΜουζεβίρηΕικονογραφημένο από Thanos K./Α.Ι. Ο Χρήστος Μουζεβίρης γεννήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη και στη συνέχεια μετοίκισε στο Δουβλίνο, στην Ιρλανδία, όπου και σπούδασε δημοσιογραφία. Έχει συνεισφέρει συχνά με άρθρα άποψης σε διαδικτυακές σελίδες, περιοδικά και μπλογκ,ενώ παράλληλα έχει εκδώσει μια συλλογή με ποιήματα…
The Sequel by Walter Scott
It was the night of the carnival. He had found me in the streets, dazed with wine, and, pretending that he wanted my judgment on a cask of sherry, had lured my staggering feet into the gloomy passages under his palazzo. And he had brought me into this narrow niche in the castle walls to…
The hidden treasure by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of…
The Notary of Périgueux by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
You must know, gentlemen, that there lived some years ago, in the city of Périgueux, an honest notary public, the descendant of a very ancient and broken-down family, and the occupant of one of those old weather-beaten tenements which remind you of the times of your great-grandfather. He was a man of an unoffending, quiet…
The invading asteroid by Manly Wade Wellman
“The Invading Asteroid” tells the gripping story of an asteroid that hurtles towards Earth, threatening to bring about cataclysmic destruction. As the world faces imminent doom, a team of scientists, led by the brilliant Professor Felton, race against time to find a way to divert the asteroid’s path and save humanity. While the main focus…
The unwelcome man by Waldo David Frank
The air was sluggish. Winter had died to a tepid dampness. Snowdrifts were mire; and where had been clear skies was now a dull and lowering shroud. It was as if, at its last effort, the year had lost heart and purpose. There was a note of spiritual sagging in this turn from the exuberance…
Finders keepers by Stephen Marlowe
Amhurst wanted to get married. But then an invisible ingenue moved in on his wedding day….Eddie Amhurst watched the scissors get up from the dresser and march across the room. If they had marched on the floor it would have been bad enough—but not this bad. They marched across the air of the bedroom, one…
The Mystery of the Thirty Millions by T. F. Anderson. & H. D. Umbstaetter
At eight o’clock on the morning of March 14, 1903, the Anglo-American liner, the Oklahoma, left her dock in North River on her regular trip to Southampton. The fact of her departure, ordinarily of merely local interest, was telegraphed all over the United States and Canada, and even to London itself; for there was a…
Susan Clegg’s Courting by Anne Warner
Susan indeed looked almost absolutely unaltered. She was a woman of the best wearing quality; she was hard and firm as ever, and if there were any plating about her, it was of the quadruple kind and would last. If the reader knows Susan Clegg at all, he will surmise that she was talking. And…
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, novel by Kate Chopin, published in 1899. Originally titled A Solitary Soul, the novel depicts a young mother’s struggle to achieve sexual and personal emancipation in the oppressive environment of the postbellum American South. When it was first published, it was widely condemned for its portrayal of sexuality and marital infidelity. Today it…
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