Psyche is the most beautiful woman in the world, yet the oracle at Delphi foresees she will fall in love with a creature feared even by the gods themselves.
Magically, Psyche finds herself in a magnificent castle fitted with sweet music, attentive servants, and a charming but invisible host. Soon she falls in love with this man she has never seen, but in a moment of doubt she betrays his trust. To win back his love, Psyche must show that she is as brave as she is beautiful by performing three impossible tasks.
Academic Studies English - Reading Comprehension: The Short Story
The short story is a narrative which has the following characteristics:
1. It is short. The length is usually less than 15, 000 words; it can be read in one sitting.
2. It has unity. Short stories are so tightly organized that they can focus on only one defining moment in the life of one character, one event in time, one setting, or mood.
The Years Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (2005) MP3
Widely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction (Winner of the 2004 Locus Award for Best Anthology) continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year's best SF writing. The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow.
