Collection: Fiction

This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of "The Pit and the Pendulum" and other similar tales, all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.

Born on a poor dairy farm in Queensland, Frank Harland's life is centred on his great artistic gift, his passionate love for his father and four brothers and his need to repossess, through a patch of land, his family's past...

The story of the Roman poet Ovid, during his exile in Tomis. Whilst there, Ovid lives with the natives, although he doesn't understand their language, and forms a bond with a wild boy who is found after having been brought up by wolves.

Dante and Johnno are unlikely childhood friends, growing up in the bustle of steamy, wartime Brisbane. Later, as teenagers, they learn about love and life amidst the city's pubs and public libraries, backyards and brothels, Moreton Bay figs and tennis parties. As adults, they make the great pilgr...

As the public face of Vows wedding planning company, Parker Brown has an uncanny knack for fulfilling every bride's vision. Mechanic Malcolm Kavanaugh loves figuring out how things work, and Parker Brown, with her mile-long legs, is no exception..

Mary Leonard is driving in the hills above Florence alone, having just received a proposal of marriage. Mary offers a ride to a handsome stranger and suddenly, her life is utterly, irrevocably altered.

Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair.

Set in the rugged far north-west of Western Australia, this is the story of Heriot, an old missionary, whose faith has deserted him. He sets out on a journey of self discovery through the desolate country

Michigan, 1881. Widow Analisa Weiss is alone with her young daughter. She must raise the money needed to pay back the land contract her husband purchased. Her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country asking him to find Analisa a groom

The time has come for Arthur to brave the dangers of the frozen north as he and a band of daring sea-faring warriors prepare to embark on his ultimate voyage - to return to Britain and to create a kingdom of his own...