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Uno de los más importantes exponentes, junto con William Faulkner, de la narrativa del sur de Estados Unidos. El presente volumen reúne algunos de los mejores cuentos que escribió McCullers, portavoz privilegiada del sur norteamericano, un universo que supo capturar en toda su riqueza y belleza. A medio camino entre William Faulkner y Truman Capote, su obra constituye una galería formidable de desolados personajes sureños, atravesados por el amor, la violencia, la soledad y el fracaso. Dotada de una insólita musicalidad, la prosa de la autora desprende una fuerza y una pasión que sacude al lector.

One evening Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight. But there wasn't any moon, and Harold needed a moon for a walk in the moonlight. Fortunately, he had brought his purple crayon. So he drew a moon. He also needed something to walk on. So he drew a path...

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye. What will happen to Sophie Hatter when she enters Howl's castle? In this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem. Destinies are intertwined, identities exchanged, lovers confused.

When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives. In need of someone who can solve the murder quickly and retrieve the missing information, the U.S. government knows just the chameleon they can call on. Ex-Army Ranger Travis Devine spent his time in the military preparing to take on any scenario, followed by his short-lived business career chasing shadows in the deepest halls of power, so his analytical mind makes him particularly well-suited for complex, high-stakes tasks. Taking down the world’s largest financial conspiracy proved his value, and in comparison, this case looks straightforward. Except small towns hold secrets and Devine finds himself an outsider again.

When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt "Doc" Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight land on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic, they think they've found a perfect utopia. An escape from their tumultuous pasts. But they don't have long to enjoy their newfound peace before they are violently separated and dragged to opposite ends of the Earth. Doc's search for Kira takes him from the coast of Brazil to northern Europe and the jungles of the Congo, and he discovers they are entangled in a global conspiracy that is bigger he ever could have imagined.

Joseph Conrad, maestro de la creación de atmósferas, despliega aquí en realidad dos cuentos: uno envuelto en la noche, en el que una pareja dialoga en pleno fervor de un reencuento; el segundo, dentro del primero, está envuelto en la niebla de la guerra, y en él se exponen los dilemas morales del capitán de un barco de guerra británico. En un modo típicamente conradiano se entremezclan el ambiente marino, la penetración psicológica, la reflexión acerca del bien y el mal, la búsqueda de la verdad y la visión pesimista sobre la naturaleza humana. Publicado por primera vez en inglés en 1917 en la revista 'Strand', la traducción al castellano de este relato se incluyó primero en el volumen 'Cuentos de la Gran Guerra' (Alpha Decay, 2008), y un año después se publicó por separado en la colección Alpha Mini. Esta nueva edición viene acompañada por un espléndido y atinado prólogo de Gonzalo Torné.