Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings
Jez Burrows opened the New Oxford American Dictionary and sat, mystified. Instead of the definition of "study" he was looking for, he found himself drawn to the strangely conspicuous, curiously melodramatic sentence that followed it: "He perched on the edge of the bed, a study in confusion and misery." It read like a tiny piece of fiction on the lam and hiding out in the dictionary—and it wasn't alone. Was it possible to reunite these fugitive fictions? To combine and remix example sentences to form new works? With this spark and a handful of stories shared online, Dictionary Stories was born.
A Pair of Ghostly Hands and Other Stories - Bookworms 3
You are alone in the house, ad you know you turned the tap off. What do you do then?The ghosts in these stories all have unfinished business with the living world. They come back from the grave to continue their work, to keep a promise
Ten strangers are invited to an island off the Devon coast. Most are happy to be there. But then, very soon, one of them is dead. What is happening? Is it murder? Is the killer one of them – or the mysterious Mr Owen? And are the other guests in danger too?
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The fastest flying insect is a dragonfly. A kangaroo can jump 13.5 metres. Dolphins are intelligent and friendly animals. Animal Athletes of land, sea and air. There are cool cats and other acrobats. Let’s read about them all.
