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Fairies steal a careless young man's diamond ring before he can propose; he must trick them into returning it before the engagement dinner that night. This short fantasy tale will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman's Stardust and P.G. Wodehouse.

An old man wakes inside his comatose, completely nonresponsive body. According to his insurance company, in order to return to his life and family, he must pass a test. As if coming out of a coma weren’t enough of a challenge, our patient must also pass the Turing test, i.e., prove he’s human to an AI resuscitation machine. This satirical but heartfelt tale reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut and Ted Chiang asks the question: Can a person articulate the deepest truths he knows to be real?

In this short fantasy tale, a clueless, bombastic, and loving father moves his family to another country so that his brilliant younger daughter can attend a magical academy. He knows his elder daughter is unhappy with the move, but he doesn’t realize that her talent for sewing is not as ordinary as he imagines.

Polly lets her elderly neighbor Edith wander in and out of her yard, unlike other people on the block who shoo Edith along. Over the winter, Edith’s children move her into assisted living, and when spring comes, Polly’s yard explodes in a profusion of flowers—the surprise fruits of Edith’s labors.

Audible presents Old School Romance, an Audible Original created by Pankaj Dubey.

Spending summer vacation at his grandparents’ boring seaside town was not at the top of Bennet’s vacation list. Like a modern-day Little Red Riding Hood, he discovers that his grandparents have a certain terrifying, lupine quality at the full moon.

The first superhero in a world that doesn't otherwise have them is roundly mocked for his costume and attitude, so decides to strike terror in the hearts of the city by becoming a super-villain, only to discover that there are other people out there who have powers—including his ancient but still sprightly grandmother, who lived through the German occupation of Greece in WWII.

In this tale inspired by Cinderella (and for fans of The Last Airbender), Ellie is a firemage in a kingdom of water and windmages. Her worried stepmother warns her against showing off her powers, but when everyone at the king’s ball is in danger from a dragon, Ellie can no longer keep them secret. She works together with another firemage to save the entire kingdom.

Some People Have Real Problems (Algunas personas tienen problemas de verdad), escrita por Brit Bennett, la autora más vendida del New York Times de The Vanishing Half (La mitad evanescente), es una historia corta oscuramente divertida sobre las reflexiones de una mujer sobre las rutas que ha tomado en la vida y los desvíos que ha hecho por el camino.

This magical realist short tale was inspired by the Latin American myth of El Sombrerón, the nighttime guardian of peace and justice. El Sombrerón arrives in a sleepy town to find that a young girl has stolen a golden necklace. El Sombrerón must convince the girl to return the necklace so she can avoid El Sombrerón’s justice…and before the sun rises.

Nicole has wanted to own a haunted car her entire teenaged life, and when she finally finds one - a junker of a Chrysler Neon with its own tragic backstory - her best friend, Johnny, has some serious doubts. Would a demon even want to possess a Chrysler Neon? But when the two of them take it for a test drive, Johnny’s doubts begin to fade: The steering wheel burns hot, the car traps Johnny in the back seat, and is Nicole even driving? Or is the car driving itself? They soon find themselves forced to face the potential evil controlling the car, and possibly even themselves.

An exhausted mother decides to take part in a pilot program where a robot takes care of her children after school—cooking, cleaning, and helping with homework. The only problem? The robot just might be too good at her job.

L'Appli Rose, c'est le téléphone rose, en plus réel, plus sexy, et en beaucoup plus ouvert d'esprit. En plus intime, aussi. Pas de photos, zéro message écrit. Celles et ceux qui désirent faire l'amour au téléphone enregistrent une annonce vocale. Hésitantes ou séductrices, les voix en disent long. Les oreilles se tendent, les sexes, aussi. Quand ça matche, le téléphone sonne et met en relation deux étrangers qui se sont plus.

A saga of love, loss and seasons of hope, Signs of Life is a vivid and evocative record of life in the times of pandemic. With uncertainty and unrest gripping the world, Kunti finds solace in translating the Mahabharata, cobbling together bits and pieces. As time and space stand suspended, she finds that stories repeat and renew themselves.

Robots aux angoisses existentielles, mission polaire schizophrène, ruches humaines, plantes envoûtantes et laboratoires de viande de synthèse, plongez dans l'univers futuriste de Wild Whispers, où la Nature a décidé de reprendre le contrôle. Quand les arbres ne seront plus que des monceaux de poussière, et quand l'air aura l'odeur et le goût de la suie : qu'allons-nous devenir ? Nous n'avons pas la réponse à cette question. Peut-être simplement parce qu'elle ne peut pas venir de nous...

Souce: Luego de un año de retiro y reflexión, Humberto Ramos regresa para demostrar que no ha aprendido nada, y en su camino por encontrar "la verdad" arrastrar a Víctor Hernández a los rincones más absurdos de los conspiranoicos.

Desde tiempos inmemoriales, la humanidad ha estado fascinada por el futuro e imagina el mundo del mañana como una tierra que a veces es distópica y a veces utópica. "Futuro Salvaje" muestra cinco escenarios futuros completamente diferentes que son tan atractivos como impactantes. Cada relato presenta un género específico y, por lo tanto, una perspectiva diferente de lo que nos espera. Y entonces, todo lo que queda es hacerse una sola pregunta: ¿algún día la Tierra se vengará de todo lo que le hemos hecho?

Audible y Planeta Audio, con la colaboración de Lorenzo Silva presentan la versión dramatizada de la exitosa novela Nadie vale más que otro. Cotidianidad y realidad se mezclan en estos cuatro apasionantes relatos de Bevilacqua. En Nadie vale más que otro, Lorenzo Silva nos convierte de nuevo en testigos privilegiados de las pesquisas de los célebres Chamorro y Bevilacqua, pero en esta ocasión el lector tendrá la oportunidad de adentrarse en cuatro casos diferentes en los que se pondrá en juego la pericia y perspicacia de esta pareja de investigadores.

Audible presenta: StraStorie Audio Edition. Una storia tutta da ascoltare, un racconto scritto con i lettori. Francesco Gungui, scrittore e editor, si cimenta nella scrittura di un nuovo racconto attraverso il confronto con i lettori sul web e nell'ambito di quattro appuntamenti dal vivo. Gli incontri live sono stati un'occasione per interagire con l'autore in fase di scrittura e, al tempo stesso, un laboratorio in cui, con la conduzione e gli input dell'esperto di editoria Oliviero Ponte di Pino, Gungui ha spiegato come procede, illustrando tecniche narrative e scelte stilistiche.