Lo único peor que no tener empleo es tenerlo. Una novela afilada y salvaje sobre lo que queda de nosotros fuera de la oficina. El descontento es la historia de Marisa, una mujer en la treintena que vive anestesiada mediante orfidales y vídeos de Youtube para soportar las rutinas y pesares de su día a día en una agencia de publicidad. Tan solo acude a la oficina para ahorrar dinero en aire acondicionado durante el sofocante agosto madrileño. Marisa odia el trabajo. Sin embargo, no puede dejarlo: le gustan demasiado las cosas bonitas. La semana previa a un team building organizado por su empresa, la ansiedad de Marisa se dispara; compartir un fin de semana entero con sus compañeros de oficina le resulta insoportable, y el recuerdo enterrado de una tragedia ocurrida en la oficina tiempo atrás vuelve para atormentarla. A medida que pasan los días, su máscara social, tan cuidada y pulida a lo largo de los años, se irá resquebrajando hasta hacerlo volar todo por los aires. Esta es una novela sobre las crisis vividas por cualquier persona que trabaja. Sobre la soledad, la necesidad de vínculos y conexiones y de encontrar la chispa para no tirarse delante de un autobús un lunes por la mañana.

Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry. When she finally claws her way up the ranks to become a highmage, however, she finds that her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues will stop at nothing to let her know she is unwelcome, beginning with giving her a janitor instead of a qualified lab assistant. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was once more than a janitor; before he mopped floors for the mages, Thomil was a nomadic hunter from beyond Tiran’s magical barrier. Ten years have passed since he survived the perilous crossing that killed his family. But working for a highmage, he sees the opportunity to finally understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the Tiranish in power. Through their fractious relationship, mage and outsider uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first. Sciona has defined her life by the pursuit of truth, but how much is one truth worth with the fate of civilization in the balance? A standalone dark academia brimming with mystery, tragedy, and the damning echoes of the past. For fans of Leigh Bardugo, V. E. Schwab, and Fullmetal Alchemist. (Content warnings for gore, sexual assault, and suicidal ideation)

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him. Kill for him. High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for the only person who can ground him to reality—Thomas Rye, the boy with perpetually ink-stained hands and hair like autumn leaves. And with his twin sister, Dove, inexplicably keeping him at a cold distance upon their return to Wickwood Academy, Andrew finds himself leaning on his friend even more. But something strange is going on with Thomas. His abusive parents have mysteriously vanished, and he arrives at school with blood on his sleeve. Thomas won’t say a word about it, and shuts down whenever Andrew tries to ask him questions. Stranger still, Thomas is haunted by something, and he seems to have lost interest in his artwork—whimsically macabre sketches of the monsters from Andrew’s wicked stories. Desperate to figure out what’s wrong with his friend, Andrew follows Thomas into the off-limits forest one night and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster—Thomas’s drawings have come to life and are killing anyone close to him. To make sure no one else dies, the boys battle the monsters every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew begins to fear that the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator…

¿Qué hay en el fondo de nosotrxs? ¿Qué hay, a su vez, en lo más profundo de lxs demás? El terror ilumina esas preguntas, es costura fina, una manera de explorar lugares lejanos, propios y ajenos, y de hablar de las diferencias, que hoy espantan a tanta gente. Sin duda, el terror descoloca nuestros prejuicios sobre la otredad, evoca los fantasmas que nos acompañan, piensa a la sociedad, la naturaleza, en nuestros límites, es una forma de mirar de cerca lo que, quizás, queremos esconder. ¿Qué significa el destape de lo macabro o, mejor dicho, de lo incomprensible? Este libro congrega textos inéditos de las voces más trascendentales (aunque no todas, claro) del terror actual latinoamericano. Una de las mejores dimensiones de la literatura híbrida sin duda reside en él. Con textos inéditos Mariana Enriquez (Argentina), Verena Cavalcante (Brasil), Elaine Vilar Madruga (Cuba), Ramiro Sanchiz (Uruguay), Malena Salazar Maciá (Cuba), Jumko Ogata Aguilar (México), Oscar Nestarez (Brasil), Bernardo Esquinca (México), Zezé Atabales (Chile), Marina Yuszczuk (Argentina), Hank T. Cohen (Colombia), Natalia Chávez (Bolivia), Pabsi Livmar (Puerto Rico), Stephany Méndez Perico (Colombia), Varela Leyva (Cuba), Jacobo Villalobos (Venezuela), Isis Aquino (República Dominicana), Lina María Parra Ochoa (Colombia), Alberto Chimal (México), Alexandra Pagán Vélez (Puerto Rico), Gabriela Damián Miravete (México), Markus Edjical Goth (República Dominicana), Natasha Rangel (Venezuela), Enrique Urbina (México), Solange Rodríguez Pappe (Ecuador), Gustavo Munckel (Bolivia) y Enza García Arreaza (Venezuela).

Vint-i-un contes que abracen la grolleria i l'humor negre i que exploren qüestions com els finals -de l'amistat, de l'amor, de la vida-, els consells dels altres, els periquitos perduts, els bons àpats o com els humans afrontem les tragèdies. Àgils i llegidors, senzills en la forma i profundament vitals en el contingut, aquest contes formen un conjunt irreverent i incòmode, entre hilarant i pertorbador.

A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes. After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success—not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.

Sau són dues històries condemnades a trobar-se, dos fils entrellaçats que es busquen sense saber-ho. A principis del segle xx, els Sala de Bruc tornen a la plana de Vic des de les seves plantacions de Guinea, portant amb ells dues esclaves i un fantasma. Anys més tard, al poble de Sant Romà de Sau, a punt de desaparèixer sota les aigües del Ter, una mort fa que dos amics ensellin els cavalls i cavalquin cap a un destí incert per corriols on passat, present i futur es barregen. La nova novel·la de l’autor de Guilleries és la llegenda d’un amor prohibit. Un llibre immens i generós en què les ferides busquen cicatrius, mentre la bellesa i el dolor es barregen sota la ploma sempre enlluernadora de Ferran Garcia. Una tragèdia sobre allò que mai desapareix, i sobre les ombres que caminen amb nosaltres. Una obra atemporal que ressonarà per sempre més en la imaginació dels lectors.

The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women at the heart of classical stories Greek mythology from Helen of Troy to Pandora and the Amazons to Medea. The tellers of Greek myths--historically men--have routinely sidelined the female characters. When they do take a larger role, women are often portrayed as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil--like Pandora, the woman of eternal scorn and damnation whose curiosity is tasked with causing all the world's suffering and wickedness when she opened that forbidden box. But, as Natalie Haynes reveals, in ancient Greek myths there was no box. It was a jar . . . which is far more likely to tip over. In Pandora's Jar, the broadcaster, writer, stand-up comedian, and passionate classicist turns the tables, putting the women of the Greek myths on an equal footing with the men. With wit, humor, and savvy, Haynes revolutionizes our understanding of epic poems, stories, and plays, resurrecting them from a woman's perspective and tracing the origins of their mythic female characters. She looks at women such as Jocasta, Oedipus' mother-turned-lover-and-wife (turned Freudian sticking point), at once the cleverest person in the story and yet often unnoticed. She considers Helen of Troy, whose marriage to Paris "caused" the Trojan war--a somewhat uneven response to her decision to leave her husband for another man. She demonstrates how the vilified Medea was like an ancient Beyonce--getting her revenge on the man who hurt and betrayed her, if by extreme measures. And she turns her eye to Medusa, the original monstered woman, whose stare turned men to stone, but who wasn't always a monster, and had her hair turned to snakes as punishment for being raped. Pandora's Jar brings nuance and care to the millennia-old myths and legends and asks the question: Why are we so quick to villainize these women in the first place--and so eager to accept the stories we've been told?

La escopeta de caza es una pequeña obra maestra de uno de los mejores escritores japoneses del siglo. Fue galardonada con el Premio Akutagawa, el más importante galardón de su país. En ella se relata la historia de la relación adúltera entre un hombre casado, Josuké, y una mujer divorciada, en tres cartas dirigidas a Josuké. En la primera, la hija de la amante explica a Josuké que ha leído el Diario de su madre y que, por tanto, sabe su secreto y las causas de su muerte. En la segunda, la mujer legítima explica las razones por las que ha decidido abandonarle. La tercera carta es la escrita por la amante antes de su suicidio. En el centro, omnipresente, el hombre solitario con su escopeta de caza. De carta en carta, de sorpresa en sorpresa, el lector descubrirá los diferentes aspectos de la tragedia, en esta novela, a la vez apasionada y glacial, de una extraordinaria intensidad.