Short stories
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Pandit Vishnu Sharma’s Panchatantra
$29.99 Read morePandit Vishnu Sharma’s Panchatantra, retold by Shubha Vilas, is an amazing compilation of moral stories from the five books of Panchatantra, namely Mitra-bheda, Mitralá bha, Ká kolù kï yam, Labdh
- Series: Classic Tales from India
- Author: Vilas, Shubha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 25 2019
- ISBN10: 9388810910
- Language: English
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Let the Dead Bury Their Dead: And Other Stories
$18.99 Add to cart“A three-year-old boy begins to deliver messages from dead relatives. A zombie uprising is led by an evil preacher. A woman is haunted by a child her husband may have drowned. A pig talks. The stories… [more below]
- Author: Kenan, Randall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 006332525X
- Language: English
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Cat Diaries: Secret Writings of the Meow Society
$9.99 Read moreAn irresistible collection of short stories for cat lovers.
At the annual gathering of the MEOW society, cats of all kinds convene to share their stories and those of their ancestors. Chico, the small- Author: Byars, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1250073286
- Language: English
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In the War Zone of the Heart and Other Stories: Willie Cuesta Mystery Stories
$18.95 Read morePrivate eye Willie Cuesta returns in twelve stories that follow his quest for justice in Miami’s Latin-American community.
- Author: Lantigua, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1558859500
- Language: English
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Wonders of the Invisible World
$14.95 Add to cart[STARRED REVIEW] “Endlessly astonishing and impressive fantasist McKillip (The Bards of Bone Plain) travels the shadowy twilight realm between worlds and returns with the raw stuff of dreams.”
?Publish… [more below]- Author: McKillip, Patricia A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1616960876
- Language: English
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Columbus Noir
$15.95 Read more“Perfect for fans of crime novels and mysteries. The book tells stories of Columbus’ dark doppelg舅ger, where greed and pride have run rampant.” —Columbus Monthly Magazine
Akashic Books continues its
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Welsh-Huggins, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1617757659
- Language: English
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Montana Noir
$18.95 Read more“Montana may not have the back alleys so common to noir but it has western justice which can be quick, brutal and final and that is as satisfying as anything found in the urban streets that typically
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Grady, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755796
- Language: English
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The Bear and the Paving Stone
$13.95 Read moreWinner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing
A Japanese man, far from hom- Series: Japanese Novellas #5
- Author: Horie, Toshiyuki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1782274375
- Language: English
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First Person Singular: Stories
$28.00 Read moreNATIONAL BEST SELLER – A mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author. – “Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Mur… [more below]
- Author: Murakami, Haruki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0593318072
- Language: English
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Sunny Days Inside: And Other Stories
$16.99 Read moreWhen the “grownup virus” hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings.
And they survive brilliantly, each in
- Author: Adderson, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1773065726
- Language: English
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Nine Stories
$10.00 Read moreA carefully curated selection of stories from “one of the foremothers of 20th-century literature and feminist thought” (The New York Times), known for her deep emotional acuity and nuanced depictions … [more below]
- Series: Counterpoints
- Author: Chopin, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1640095748
- Language: English
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Life with My Dragon: Five Heart-Warming Tales
$17.95 Read moreIn this delightful follow-up to How to Light Your Dragon, readers see how fun life with a pet dragon can be. In five short, amusing stories full of colorful illustrations, the child and dragon playact… [more below]
- Series: Life with Dragon #1
- Author: Lévy, Didier
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0500653127
- Language: English
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Us, in Progress: Short Stories about Young Latinos
$9.99 Add to cart“Beautifully written with candor, honesty, and perfect brevity. A collection not to be missed.” (Booklist starred review)
Acclaimed author and Pura Belpr? Award honoree Lulu Delacre’s beautifully illu
- Author: Delacre, Lulu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0062392158
- Language: English
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Sorry Please Thank You
$16.00 Add to cartFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Interior Chinatown, comes a hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly original collection of short stories.
A big-box store employee is confronted by- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Yu, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 0307948463
- Language: English
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Cat Stories
$25.00 Read moreTwo centuries of literary homages to the fascinating feline: stories by writers of every stripe–from P.G. Wodehouse to Doris Lessing, from Damon Runyon to Steven Millhauser.
The essential unknowablen- Series: Everyman’s Library Pocket Classics
- Author: Tesdell, Diana Secker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0307700895
- Language: English
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Our Fruiting Bodies: Short Fiction
$19.00 Read moreOur Fruiting Bodies collects stories of old growth and fresh decay, of stubborn rebirth and the faint but nonimaginary paths connecting life and nonlife. From the sharp, sweet confessional of their Pe
- Author: Shawl, Nisi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1619762242
- Language: English
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Namaste Trump and Other Stories
$17.00 Read moreA collection of other stories from shining India–those not often told.
The short story “Namaste Trump” starts in a deceptive domestic setting, where a servant from the hinterlands is patronized and e- Author: Khair, Tabish
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717485
- Language: English
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Strange Pilgrims
$17.00 Add to cartIn Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position wit… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: García Márquez, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 14 2006
- ISBN10: 1400034698
- Language: English
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Houston Noir
$15.95 Read more“There’s precious little comfort to be found in any of these Houston neighborhoods, most of which are set light-years away from the city’s notoriously cushy new-money culture . . . Houston comes acros
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Zepeda, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1617757063
- Language: English
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El Libro de Los Valores Para Niños / The Book of Values for Children
$16.95 Read moreLa peque a Adriana echa de menos a su padre; Vika entabla una amistad inesperada; Yuri y sus amigos se las ven con una pandilla… Estas y otras historias se encuentran en las p ginas de este precioso… [more below]
- Author: Blanch, Teresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 28 2017
- ISBN10: 8416712247
- Language: Spanish
