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The Angel of the Odd is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in Columbian Magazine in pgsk.com story follows a narrator who reads a story about a man who died because a needle sucked down his throat accidentally. He rages at the gullibility of humanity for believing a hoax like such odd stories. Just then, a strange-looking creature made of a keg and wine bottles appears. The creature announces that he is the Angel of the Odd and that he is responsible for the strange events. The man, unconvinced, drives the angel away and takes an alcohol-induced nap. Two hours later when he wakes up, He has missed an appointment to renew his fire insurance. Ironically, his house has caught fire and he escapes out a window using a ladder the crowd below has provided for him. The story is especially interesting as it was published only six months after Poe's own great hoax, "The Balloon-Hoax", which many believed to be true despite its elements of the odd.

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Renowned for his nonfiction accounts of the historical events of which he was both an eyewitness and shaper, Churchill was also an occasional writer of fiction. This is one of his fictional works—a short story in which the ghost of his father, Randolph, pays him a visit. Churchill reveals to his father all the goings-on in the world since his death in 1985, leaving out one crucial detail—his own important part in determining the unfolding of these events.At once lyrical and nostalgic, The Dream is a fascinating foray into creative narration for Churchill—demonstrating a surprising weightiness of emotion and significance.

天仍然那么高，星月依旧那么明亮，没有一点要下雨的模样儿。这天傍晚时分，牛顺肩上挑着两挑空水桶，一脸懊丧地瘸行在皂角垭通往牛角村子的山道上。此刻他心中正盘算着一件事哩。因为这件事藏在他心里已很有些日子了。他记得在去年刚开始天旱时他心里就有了。他也曾几次想向他的梨花妹子开口，但每次话到嘴边，嘴唇只那么动了动又止住了。眼下，地里的庄稼全干死了，漫山遍野枯枝败叶干柴一片，溅个火星子就能烧红半边天。一个个水井也相继枯了。因此，全村三百多张嘴，上千头牲畜都眼愣愣地瞅着村子外那口一天一夜不足十挑水的深井发痴发呆。

青涩蜕变，如今她是能独当一面的女boss，爱了冷泽聿七年，也同样花了七年时间去忘记他。以为是陌路，他突然向他表白，扬言要娶她，她只当他是脑子抽风，他的殷勤她也全都无视。他帮她查她父母的死因，赶走身边情敌，解释当初拒绝她的告别，和故意对她冷漠都是无奈之举。突然爆出她父母的死居然和冷家有丝毫联系，还莫名跳出个公爵未婚夫，扬言要与她履行婚约。峰回路转，破镜还能重圆吗？ PS:我又开新文了，每逢假期必书荒，新文《有你的世界遇到爱》，喜欢我的文的朋友可以来看看，这是重生类现言，对这个题材感兴趣的一定要收藏起来。

一个灵魂残缺，感受不到情绪的少年。两只性格迥异，相依为命的魔偶。九座鼎立群州，蕴养万物的宏碑。一段可歌可泣的英雄成长史……物极必反，这是一部废柴到一定程度，产生质变的故事。

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女人味是一个时髦的名词，是指女人所独有的魅力和吸引力，是女人温柔、优雅、善良、智慧、清纯、性感、独立的魅力体现。不同的人有不同的感受，或者说不同的理解。女人味的标准有书香满怀、会用肢体语言、善待自己、能很好的控制情绪、修饰得当、语言收放自如、小小的叛逆、留一点神秘感、有亲和力。现代的女性们已经有了更广阔的自塑空间，一些未曾完全逝去的传统规范，也早已无力承诺女人的终身幸福。她们在困惑中空前成长，她们在思索女性生活课题的时候，也为自己铺开了一条更加广阔的生活空间。因此，女人味的内涵也就变得宽广和深远。

“男神男神！绫糯告诉我她喜欢你！”某男神邪魅地挑了挑眉，问:“那你帮我问问她什么时候跟我表白？”众人都以为是绫糯偷偷暗恋她家男神，只有宫锡的朋友知道这家伙天天张口闭口就是他家绫糯

拥有最佳巫师天赋的梅琳却因为迟迟不能突破而成为同学间的笑柄，并即将沦为奴仆，一次意外的奇遇，获得一件奇妙的宝物，不仅弥补了识海中莫名的缺欠，而且还能够通过宝物的特性，变废为宝，终于成功走上巫师之路，利用自己的优势，成就永恒！

“我的意中人是个盖世猫熊，有一天他会踩着饺子皮，披着西瓜盔甲，戴着肯德基帽子，背着一麻袋吃的来找我”，少女双手相握一脸憧憬的对面前的男子说道。白黎上下打量了圆的跟个球似得少女，嘴角抽了又抽，忍无可忍的嫌弃道:“特么的白小染你有毒吧！”

碎神大陆的偏远地区，一位少年因神器碎片的指引意外被冰封了十年，其父为了寻找救子之法，出走家族。十年后，当少年醒来时，早已物是人非。跟随神器的指引，寻找碎神大陆中四散的碎片，展开了自己的冒险。

本书选入了作家王昕朋2011—2012年在《特区文学》发表的三个中篇《并非闹剧》、《并非虚构》、《并非游戏》，其中《并非闹剧》被《北京文学，中篇小说月报》和《领导科学》杂志转载；《并非虚构》被《作品与争鸣》转载；《并非游戏》被《中篇小说月报》转载。《特区文学》和深圳大学2012年5月还召开了以上三部作品的研讨会，著名评论家谢有顺等给予了较高评价。