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B. J. Harrison Reads The Bet (EN)
While hosting a party, a banker makes a bet with one of his guests, who is a lawyer. The topic of the bet is capital punishment and whether it is worse or better than a life sentence. The banker sees the capital punishment as more humane than life imprisonment, whilst the young lawyer completely disagrees.
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Iba Fišer!
Hlavnému hrdinovi (volajme ho Fišer) zo dňa na deň zhorí duša a teraz musí skúsiť žiť bez nej. Absurdno-realistický román o tom, ako sa z človeka, ktorý dozrieva, vytráca bližšie nedefinovateľná energia, je rozprávaný cynickým rozprávačom, ktorý neberie vážne skoro nič a najmenej seba samého.
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Poznáte to? V noci sa zobudíte a cítite, že niečo horí. „Preboha, horí dom!“ je vaša prvá myšlienka. Lenže všade navôkol je (obvyklé) ticho a (obvyklá) tma. A potom to príde: je noc, temná noc, noc, aká býva len raz za storočie, noc, ktorú zažijete len raz za život. Temno stŕpne noc znocnie o odtieň hlbšie a vy si pomyslíte poviete si ste o tom presvedčení: „To horí moja duša!“ Vypijete asi liter vody, no nepomáha to. Zjete penu na holenie a stále nič. Zadržíte dych na hodinu a pol. Bez účinku…
Dnes sa už také veci nevyrábajú. Dnes už nie. Keby som si chcel kúpiť obyčajné zrkadlo, aby som sa do neho pozeral, či nemám na tvári vyrážku alebo či som súci do boja, išiel by som do jedného z tridsiatich piatich obchodov s nábytkom a zrkadlami
a vybral by som si také, v ktorom sa najlepšie odrážam. Ale keď chcem zrkadlo, do ktorého keď sa pozriem, neuvidím seba, ale uvidím históriu ľudstva, nevšímam si vyrážku na čele, ale precíznu prácu rezbára, ktorý zhotovil rám, musím zájsť do obchodu, ktorý existuje iba pár minút vznikne tesne predtým, než do neho vstúpite, a zanikne v momente, ako s kúpeným predmetom zahnete za prvý roh. Reklamácia nie je možná, záručný list je vaše vlastné svedomie.
Ak by mal pondelok nejakú chuť, chutil by ako kebab. Pravidelne raz do mesiaca si zakážem fastfood a poviem si, že už nikdy to nevložím do úst. No kam inam by som to potom dával? Je ho na svete tak veľa, predsa to musí niekto zjesť. Keby sme ten fastfood tak hromadne a často nekonzumovali, načisto by nás pohltil.
Domov je tak ďaleko. A každým ďalším krokom je ďalej a ďalej. Vlastne by som sa tam ani nemal snažiť dôjsť. Mal by som si sadnúť rovno tuto, na lavičku, a počkať do rána. Zajtra možno príde štvrtok aj keď v mojom prípade si ani týmto nemôžem byť istý a všetko sa vyrieši. Vo štvrtok sa vždy všetko vyrieši.
Kráčam po ulici major, vietor mám na hlave, dýcham smotanu z lámp, tak už to je, keď je sobotná noc a nič z ľudí ide von. Iba niekoľko krokov som sám, lebo potom sa stane niečo, čo sa akosi nezhoduje s mojou teóriou, že všetci sú predpokladateľní a Ilona je jedna z nich. „Fišer?“ začujem jej hlas za mojím chrbtom. Otočím sa a čakám bodnú ranu do brucha nejakou inou šalátovou vidličkou. No Ilona lebo je to ona, komu patrí hlas, čo ma oslovil nedrží bodnú zbraň ani žiadnu inú. Sama je zbraň. Stojí tam a pozerá na mňa divými očami.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Return and The Second Generation (EN)
Can people come back from the dead? Can they bring something or someone back from there? If so, can they reach out to people who are still alive? "The Return" and "The Second Generation" are two stories about supernatural occurrences, about people returning from a world, which most of us do not know.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Death of Halpin Frayser (EN)
Halpin Frayser awakes from a dreamless sleep and the only thing in his mind was the words "Catherine Larue". Frayer feels a shiver down his spine because this was not the first strange thing he had experienced that day. Earlier, he was hunting in the forest but he could feel that something was not quite right.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (EN)
Monk Ambrosius arrives at a rural monastery and the last thing he expects to happen is to be drawn into sympathy with a young girl. Her name is Benedicta, the local hangman’s daughter. Ambrosius is not allowed to spend time with Benedicta but he opposes his superiors and stands by her side until a young impetuous man confronts him.
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The Cripple (EN)
Ole and Kristen worked for a lord who was both rich and good. Every year, for Christmas, together with his wife, he welcomed all the poor children of the area to the castle and treated them to a great celebration with gifts and feasting. As Ole and Kristen worked very hard, their children received more gifts than the others, even Hans, who was called the Cripple because his legs were too weak to carry him.
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The Gardener and the Noble Family (EN)
Larsen was a very good gardener, but the noble family he served always found fault with the fruit and vegetables he produced in the garden and the vegetable patch or with the flowers chosen to adorn the castle interior. However, proof of his excellence was everywhere and Larsen never abandoned his work.
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The Great Sea Serpent (EN)
One sunny day, when a little sea fish was swimming joyfully with his eighteen thousand brothers and sisters, the water was darkened by an enormous eel who came from above and was heading deeper into the sea. It disappeared very quickly and as soon as the calm had returned, the cutest little fish, who was also the most curious, went looking for information to find out who this newcomer to the Ocean was.
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She Was Good for Nothing (EN)
While the town judge was at his window, the son of the washerwoman passed before him. The judge said him unkind words to him about his mother. She drank to keep warm during the long days she spent washing in the freezing water of the river. He even told her son that she was good for nothing. But, not everyone thought so!.
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Something (EN)
Once upon a time there were five brothers who had arrived at the age where they asked themselves what they would become. Each of the brothers wanted to become "something" and each thought that their profession would be better than that of his brothers. However, whatever profession we choose, the important thing it to bring something good and useful to the world.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Man in the Iron Mask (EN)
The story of "The Three Musketeers" continues in "The Man in the Iron Mask" but the plot is even more intricate. D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis return to the scene but this time each of them is fighting for completely different things. D’Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV while his "brothers" try to remove him from the throne.
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Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War (EN)
In "Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography," Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a topographical engineer, making maps of likely battlefields.
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The Parenticide Club (EN)
"The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself.
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All The World (EN)
"All the World" (1919) takes place in the aftermath of the Great War. The soldiers are back but they are struggling to settle down again, and so are the women who worked so hard during the war as well. One Sunday, after Dr. Ward’s sermon, something happens that will turn the life in his town upside down.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Moonlit Road (EN)
Joel Hetman Jr. is summoned home because his mother was found dead. The only thing his father saw was an unknown man fleeing their home. The murderer was never found and the crime case turned to a mystery. One night Joel and his father were walking down a moonlit road when suddenly the father saw a pale figure.
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B. J. Harrison Reads An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Tales (EN)
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Tales" is a collection of 23 stories by the American author Ambrose Bierce. It consists of some of the author’s best known works such as "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "Chickamauga", "A Horseman in the Sky" and many others. The American Civil War, execution of plantation owner, twist endings, stream of consciousness narration, soldiers who are morally challenged, horses running through the sky, murder and supernatural occurrences.
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Dragon Harem (EN)
Dragons. A warrior princess. An immortal king and a prophecy set by gods. This paranormal fantasy romance sends you to a magical adventure of passion and love.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Count of Monte Cristo (EN)
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused of treason on the day of his marriage. He is directly imprisoned in the fortress of If without any investigations being conducted. Edmond does not give up and he is determined to find his way out. The endpoint is the Isle of Monte Cristo which hides a great fortune.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (EN)
A man named Manton killed his wife and his two children and managed to get away with it. Ten years later he returns to the house where the crime was committed. He is recognized by the locals and he is provoked into a duel which is to be held in the haunted house where Manton killed his family. The locals were aiming to scare Manton away.
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