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"Water is for Washing" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, [1] first published in Argosy (November 1947). It is based on the premise that an earthquake had catastrophically shattered the range of alluvial deposits separating the Imperial Valley from the Gulf of California, precipitating a tsunami moving north to transiently drown these lowlands.
"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1933; it was also included in his collection Winner Take Nothing (1933). Plot synopsis
It is the first modern short story to introduce bizarre, odd and grotesque elements in children's literature and thereby anticipates Lewis Carroll's tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [38] There are not only parallels concerning the content (the weird adventures of a young girl in a fantasy land), but also the origin of the tales as both ...
Good Women, by Halle Hill In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the ...
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Ancient Indian inter-related collection of animal fables in verse and prose, in a frame story format. Similar stories are found in later works including Aesop's Fables and the Sindbad tales in Arabian Nights. [4] Aesop's Fables: Aesop: c. 600 BC [5] [6] Kathasaritsagara: Somadeva: 11th Century AD
Land and water: hunting and fishing: ISBN 0-8090-0158-6: The Chilling Stars: Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder: 2003: Climate change: cosmic rays: ISBN 1-84046-815-7: Cinderella of the New South: A History of the Cottonseed Industry, 1855-1955: Lynette Boney Wrenn 1995 Agriculture ISBN 9780870498824: A Civil Action: Jonathan Harr: 1996 ...
The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke (1953 short story; 1957 novel) The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham (1953) [1] The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert (1956) [1] Dolphin Island by Arthur C. Clarke (1963) The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard (1966) Tunnel Through the Deeps by Harry Harrison (1972) The Godwhale by T. J. Bass (1974) The Illuminatus!