Short stories
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By: DÃaz, Junot
The Best American Short Stories 2016
$14.95PaperbackAdd to cart“The literary ‘Oscars’ features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.” —Shelf Awareness for Readers
The Best American Short Stories 2016 will be selected by- Series: Best American Series (R)
- Author: DÃaz, Junot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0544582896
- Language: English
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By: Meijer, Maryse
Heartbreaker
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn her debut story collection Heartbreaker, Maryse Meijer peels back the crust of normalcy and convention, unmasking the fury and violence we are willing to inflict in the name of love and loneliness.
- Author: Meijer, Maryse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536066
- Language: English
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By: Keret, Etgar
Nimrod Flipout
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom Israel’s most popular and acclaimed young writer–“Stories that are short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren’t” (Yann Martel, author o
- Author: Keret, Etgar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 04 2006
- ISBN10: 0374222436
- Language: English
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By: Loory, Ben
Tales of Falling and Flying
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cart“Mesmerizing and magical. . . . A stunning book.” —NPR.org
“Short stories so imaginative — and yet so perplexingly familiar — they could have formed in a dream. . . . Taut, meticulously balanced an- Author: Loory, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0143130102
- Language: English
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Brodie’s Report
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartAt the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short stories. In Brodie’s Report, he returned also to the style of his earlier years with its brutal realism,… [more below]
- Author: Borges, Jorge Luis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0143039253
- Language: English
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By: Pu Songling
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
$20.00PaperbackRead moreThe Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle ch… [more below]
- Author: Songling, Pu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 31 2006
- ISBN10: 0140447407
- Language: English
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By: Coen, Ethan
Gates of Eden
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cart“A distinctive voice and an offbeat worldview…All of these stories take place in Coen Brothers Land, a parallel universe similar to our own–except it’s weirder, funnier, and better edited.” — New
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Coen, Ethan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0061684880
- Language: English
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By: Neswald, Amy
I Know You Love Me, Too
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartEight years apart, half-sisters Ingrid and Kate suffer the loss of their shared father when Ingrid is twenty and Kate only twelve. As they negotiate their uncertain sisterhood, Ingrid struggles with h
- Author: Neswald, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: December 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1941561268
- Language: English
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Everything Inside: Stories (a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick)
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – “Unforgettable tales of families and lovers–from Haiti to Miami, Brooklyn, and beyond–often struggling with grief, loss, and missed connections.” —Vanity… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Danticat, Edwidge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0525563059
- Language: English
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By: Kobayashi, Erika
Sunrise: Radiant Stories
$16.00PaperbackRead more“A knockout.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred review)
“A remarkable collection.” –Kirkus Reviews A collection of contemplative, lyrical stories examining the visible and invisible consequences of atomic- Author: Kobayashi, Erika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601174
- Language: English
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By: Mike Ashley
From the Depths: And Other Strange Tales of the Sea
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom atop the choppy waves to the choking darkness of the abyss, the seas are full of mystery and rife with tales of inexplicable events and encounters with the unknown.
In this anthology we see a t- Series: Tales of the Weird
- Author: Ashley, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0712352368
- Language: English
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By: Luke O'Neil
A Creature Wanting Form: Fictions
$19.95PaperbackRead moreA Creature Wanting Form is a bleakly funny work of fiction from a journalist widely celebrated for his wry, mordant take on life.
Filtered through the lens of a writer and characters who are horrified
- Author: O’Neil, Luke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1682193837
- Language: English
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By: Calvino, Italo
Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino’s important early short story collections
Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the stories in this collection–one- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0544146700
- Language: English
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Palm Springs Noir
$16.95PaperbackRead more“Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn’t require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Demarco-Barrett, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1617759287
- Language: English
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By: Bradbury, Ray
Killer, Come Back to Me
$17.99PaperbackRead moreCelebrating Ray Bradbury’s centennial, an illustrated commemorative collection of his finest crime stories — tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy.
Time travelers…dark carnivals.- Author: Bradbury, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1789096650
- Language: English
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By: Poe, Edgar Allan
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
$9.99PaperbackRead moreWith an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.
This collection of Poe’s best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic
- Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
- Author: Poe, Edgar Allan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2008
- ISBN10: 1840220724
- Language: English
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By: Datlow, Ellen
Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cart2022 Splatterpunk Award Winner
[STARRED REVIEW] “Hugo Award-winning editor Datlow (Edited By) brings together 29 spine-tingling tales of body horror to terrify even the most seasoned horror reader.”
–- Author: Datlow, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1616963603
- Language: English
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By: Struve, Gleb
Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe story, or novella, as a literary genre has a much shorter history in Russia than in some Western countries, but it has nevertheless produced important works by some of the greatest names in Russia
- Series: Dual-Language Books
- Author: Struve, Gleb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0486262448
- Language: English
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Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
In this entertaining anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legendary, larger-than-life New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank
- Author: Hilderbrand, Elin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0063048949
- Language: English
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By: Spivey, Jefferey
The Birthright of Sons: Stories
$29.95HardcoverAdd to cartThe Birthright of Sons is a collection of stories
centered around the experiences of marginalized people, namely Black and LGBTQ+
men. Although the stories borrow elements from various genres (horror,
s… [more below]- Series: Iron Horse Prize
- Author: Spivey, Jefferey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1682831957
- Language: English














