Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults.
'The absolute master of the twist in the tale.' (Observer ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by the sublime Stephen Mangan. The Wish is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach and others. Here, an imaginative boy plays a game that quickly gets out of hand. Book excerpt: The Wish is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale In The Wish, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. This book was released on 13 September 2012 with total page null pages. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.Download or read book entitled The Wish (A Roald Dahl Short Story) written by Roald Dahl and published by Penguin UK online.
These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson.
This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Richard E. 'One of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation.' (The Times ) The Visitor is taken from the short story collection Switch Bitch, which includes three other black comedies which capture the ins and outs, highs and lows of sex (including another Uncle Oswald story, Bitch). Here, Uncle Oswald gets more than he bargained for in Arabia. In The Visitor, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a funny, fruity story about one of his favourite characters, adventurer and seducer Oswald Hendryks Cornelius. The Visitor is an amusing and chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the twist in the tale.
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