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  • Montezuma's Castle, and Other Weird Tales

    Eerie landscapes, supernatural occurrences, and mysterious legends in classic horror literature

    by Charles B. Cory ...
    In "Montezuma's Castle, and Other Weird Tales," Charles B. Cory crafts a captivating collection of short stories that intertwines supernatural elements with rich historical contexts and vivid imagery. Drawing inspiration from folklore, mythology, and the eerie landscapes of the American Southwest, Cory'Äôs literary style oscillates between ornate prose and stark realism, creating an immersive ... Read more

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    The Water-Babies

    by Charles Kingsley, Charles Kingsley ...
    Narrated by Cori Samuel ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 1 min

    Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task, he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief. He runs away, and, hot and bothered, he slips into a cooling stream, falls fast asleep, and becomes a water baby. In this new ... Read more

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    The Water-Babies (Unabriged)

    by Charles Kingsley ...
    Narrated by Cori Samuel ...
    Series series Svenska Ljud Classica

    Unabridged

    7 hours 2 min

    Drowning was the best thing that ever happened to Tom. Before, he was just another poor orphan, employed by the evil chimney-sweep, Grimes, who beat and overworked him. But now, he has escaped that life and become a water baby. From the river to the ocean, "The Water Babies" follows Tom's fun and moving adventures as he meets all sorts of unique, aquatic creatures. A wonder of Victorian fantasy, ... Read more

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  • Montezuma's Castle, and Other Weird Tales

    by Charles B. Cory ...
    The collection likely features a series of eerie and supernatural tales, each designed to captivate and intrigue readers with their mysterious and otherworldly themes. "Montezuma's Castle" may serve as the anchor story, possibly featuring themes of ancient mysteries, lost civilizations, or haunted locales.Cory, known primarily for his work in ornithology, demonstrates his storytelling prowess in ... Read more

    $0.97 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Rapture of the Nerds

    by Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century.Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick it obscures the sun.The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales

    by Charles B. Cory ...
    Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales by Charles B. Cory offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / literary. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative momentum. Ideal ... Read more

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  • Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales

    by Charles B. Cory ...
    *** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.***Synopsis:This is a collection of weird tales inspired from the natural history expeditions of the author, an independently wealthy bird collector, Olympic golfer, writer of many books on birds of the world, and, as evidenced in these pages, a fine storyteller to boot.FIND AND ENJOY! ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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    The New Space Opera 2

    by Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan, Robert Charles Wilson, Peter Watts, John Kessel, Cory Doctorow, John Barnes, Kristine Kathryn Rusch0, Jay Lake1, Neal Asher2, Garth Nix3, Sean Williams4, Bruce Sterling5, Bill Willingham6, John Meaney7, Elizabeth Moon8, Tad Williams9, Justina Robson0, John Scalzi1, Mike Resnick2, John C. Wright3 ...
    Narrated by various narrators, Tom Weiner4, Bahni Turpin5, Caroline Shaffer6, Sean Runnette7, Tom Taylorson8, Hillary Huber9, Marguerite Gavin0, Xe Sands1, Erica Sullivan2, Neil Shah3, R. C. Bray4, Lloyd James5, Tristan Morris6, Kevin Kenerly7, Terri McMahon8, Richard Powers9 ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 23 min

    Following the success of their Locus Award–winning anthology The New Space Opera, editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan up the ante with The New Space Opera 2, in which more of the most beloved names in science fiction spin stunning tales of interstellar adventure and wonder. Authors include:Neal AsherJohn BarnesCory DoctorowJohn KesselJay LakeJohn MeaneyElizabeth MoonGarth NixMike ... Read more

    $23.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Montezuma’s Castle and Other Weird Tales

    Supernatural and Strange Short Stories

    by Charles B. Cory ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 16 min

    Montezuma’s Castle and Other Weird Tales presents chilling weird tales of supernatural mystery, suspense, and eerie imagination. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales

    by Charles Barney Cory ...
    MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE. "No," said the curiosity dealer, "that mummy is not for sale. I had too big a job to get it." "Tell me about it," I asked. The curiosity dealer carefully closed and locked the case, and then meditatively rolled a cigarette. "Well, it was this way: you see I was out after snakes and Other natural history specimens. I had a special order from a chap in New York for three hundred ... Read more

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  • The Rapture of the Nerds

    A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations

    by Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross ...
    A brilliant collaboration from the two defining personalities of post-cyberpunk: Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross.Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century.Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Road To The Dead End, The

    A Journey Through Purpose, Perception, and Becoming.

    by WILLIAM CHARLES ...
    Narrated by Cory Barton ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 16 min

    Every journey eventually comes to a place you never expected — a point where the familiar ends, where your strategies fail, where your strength is exhausted, where your vision collapses, and where life refuses to move forward, no matter how fiercely you try to push.This place is the dead end.It is the moment where:Your old identity no longer worksYour old plans no longer fitYour old relationships ... Read more

    $11.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus