james joyce the dead short story

When they first met, Tang Wan sighed, “The fifth young master of the Jiang family is just as the rumors said. He’s celibate, aloof, prideful, and is a man to be revered. Unfortunately, he’s so smart that he no longer has any will to live, which made him sickly, and he’s going to die soon… Later on, the fifth young master brought her into his room. When she came out, everyone stared at her in shock. Why was she crying? …… Later on, it was said that the fifth young master returned after he recovered from his illness, and he brought a girl back. She appeared pure and harmless, but underneath that harmless appearance, she was actually a spitfire that offended quite a number of people. But the fifth young master just said, “I brought her back, so I’ll let her do whatever she wants. If… anything happens, I’ll take responsibility.” His best friend gave him a reminder. “You’re going to be responsible for someone from the Tang family?” “Since she came back with me, she’s mine. She’s just a young girl and is spoilt. I have to take responsibility.” After Tang Wan married into the Jiang family, she only had one mission. She must give birth to his children before he died! Meanwhile, the fifth young master was puzzled. “You’re a gentle and shy girl during the day, so why are you so different during the night?” Tang Wan thought. ‘I have to make every second count. He won’t be able to live long.’ After she gave birth to his son and he became one year old, Tang Wan was prepared to become a widow. However… ‘Why isn’t he dead yet?’ Much later, the fifth master of the Jiang family asked her, “I heard that you’ve been looking for my death every day. Do you want to kill me by sucking me dry?”

Liszt finds himself reborn as a countryside baron in an alternate world resembling medieval Europe. In this world, there are dragons that can discharge metals, elves that can tend to crops, and missions written in mist that only Liszt can see. With the help of the mysterious missions, can Liszt gradually grow from Baron of Flower Town into something greater, claiming the whole continent and beyond?

A new world. A new reality. Something straight out of the novel huh? Well then, let's see what this new world have to offer? Shall i be a good guy?..... Meh. Lets just play it my way. Lets be a freaking villian.

Wu Chang has a special talent. He can see the words left by the dead in the form of bloodstains. After being involved into a Global Game, Wu finds his ability exceptionally useful. "Successfully entered 'Desolate—Plane 46957.'" "Dungeon Name: Moonlight Sanatorium." "Dungeon Type: Single Player Survival Dungeon." "Dungeon Difficulty: B." "Dungeon Status: On the verge of losing control."

Zhang Feng, as a powerful mentor destined to become the next generation Celestial Master, encountered a mishap during the Celestial Master transition ceremony and found himself traversed into this world. Upon opening his eyes, he discovered he had become a forensic scientist and was immediately tasked to perform an autopsy to determine the victim’s cause of death. Zhang Feng expressed his utter breakdown: “I don’t know anything about performing autopsies! What do I do now?” Holding a scalpel, Zhang Feng looked at the pale corpse before him: “Dissection? What nonsense!” “Today, I’m borrowing this body! Arise at my command! Rise!” At the moment the already decomposed corpse on the dissection table sprang to life, the whole world fell silent.

For five years, I played the part of the perfect Luna. My husband, the powerful Alpha King Caleb, saw me only as a spy from the pack that murdered his parents. Our marriage was a cold contract, his touch forbidden. Then, a death sentence: my wolf was fading, giving me one year to earn his mark or be rejected before I died. Desperate, I shed my skin as the obedient wife. My rebellion lit an unexpected fire in him, and for the first time, he truly saw me. But just as I began to trust the pull between us, a rival’s lie shattered everything. He locked me away, and I died in childbirth—alone and betrayed.

Xu Yun is reborn to his age 15 and awakens a system. When he finally unlocks the system by obtaining his doctor degree, he's sent to a strange place. There's a man before him and when the man turns around, Xu immediately recognizes him, Issac Newton.

Labeled as a delinquent and bad influence, high school student Kyosei Ichinose choose to stay out of the people around him, indulge himself to his headphones, pick fights against other people and stay alone. He was later famous for being a dangerous fellow that even his fellow students and his teachers feared him. One day, everything is normal until the world is now in turmoil after the appearance of a mysterious disease that turns humans into mindless cannibals, infecting humans all around the country in an alarming state. After receiving a distressed message from his former friend, he reluctantly returned only to find the school overrun by the dead. Armed with his house keys, a revolver and a duffel bag containing a few items to aid the rescue, he returned to the school without knowing why he still need to rescue a former friend.

[Pain and tormenting + Paranoid possession + One-on-one romance + Painstaking pursue] Jazmine Gardner loved Giancarlo Tapia so much, and everyone in the city knew that to marry him, Jazmine abandoned everything. However, Giancarlo hated Jazmine. He hated her for taking the position of his wife which was meant for the woman he had been liking, Yoselin Larsen. He hated Jazmine for being unscrupulous. When Yoselin was pregnant with Giancarlo's child, the baby was brutally aborted. Jazmine knelt humbly on the ground and begged him to let her go, but only saw a flash of disgust in his eyes, and he sneered, "Do you think you deserve it?" Overnight, her company went bankrupt and her parents died. She fell from heaven to hell. Until that day, he received news about her... "Mr. Tapia, your wife had a difficult birth. Both she and the baby died." At that moment, Giancarlo went mad...

An Apocalypse descends—as a lethal super-virus wipes out most of the human population. It took less than a day for the world to change forever—bringing mankind to its knees. It’s a time of misery and death for most, however, there are some who are lucky. Zane Graves, who came across a “Blood Crystal” is given an ability: [Dead Man Walking]—which grants him a special power, and so setting him off on his path to the top!