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From one of our most imaginative and inventive writers, a crystalline collection of perfectly modulated, sometimes harrowing and often hilarious investigations into the multifaceted ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves. A couple suspects their friends think them boring; a woman resolves to see herself as nothing but then concludes she's set too high a goal; and a funeral home receives a letter rebuking it for linguistic errors....
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Women's lives are at the center of this stunning collection of short stories by the writer The New Yorker says "provides unexpected delights....Questions and answers alike shine with intelligence and an almost ninteenth-century concern for ideals."
Though Sara Maitland's interests are as varied as the people who inhabit her stories, there is a common theme to this work that extols risk taking over safety. Acrobats, women warriors, a girl who wants...
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The short fiction of Colum McCann documents a dizzying cast of characters in exile, loss, love, and displacement.
There is the worn boxing champion who steals clothes from a New Orleans laundromat, the rumored survivor of Hiroshima who emigrates to the tranquil coast of Western Ireland, the Irishwoman who journeys through America in search of silence and solitude. But what is found in these stories, and discovered by these characters, is the astonishing...
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The final book by one of America's most treasured writers.
Upon his passing in January 2017, Howard Frank Mosher was recognized as one of America's most acclaimed writers. His fiction set in the world of Vermont's fabled Northeast Kingdom chronicles the intertwining family histories of the natives, wanderers, outcasts, and others who settled in this ethereal place. In its obituary, The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Mosher's fictional Kingdom County,...
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Shortlisted for the 2009 Commomwealth Writers' Prize
Shroff's vibrant narratives in this concept collection of 14 stories set in contemporary Bombay feature a range of beautifully drawn characters in fascinating situations: from the laundrywallas' water shortage problems, to the doomed love affair of a schizophrenic painter and his Bollywood girlfriend, to the wandering thoughts of a massagewalla at Chowpatty Beach, to the heart-warming relationship...
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These seven spine-tingling short stories will have you quivering in your jammies. Witches, black-eyed kids, dogman, death, aliens, fairies, and genies will do their best to frighten the bejeebers out of you. If you're short on time and want some quick blood-curdling reads, this creepy short story collection is perfectly putrid for you. Enjoy! You will find Apple Pie, Black-Eyed Kids, Creature, Dungeon, Electric, Fairy, and Genie bound up tightly in...
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For the first time ever, get all of horror author Dan Padavona's fiendish tales in one collection.From serial killers and vampires to deadly spiders on a deserted island, this terrifying collection will leave you afraid of the dark!"Spider Horror that leaves fang marks!"_________________________________Collection Includes:The IslandTreman MillsOne Autumn Kane GrovePlus a free preview of Dark Vanishings!"One of the most exciting writers to burst upon...
9) Leyendas
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Incluimos las diecisiete leyendas publicadas entre 1858 y 1865. Estas narraciones tienen un carácter íntimo que evoca el pasado histórico y se caracterizan por una acción verosímil con una introducción de elementos fantásticos o insólitos. La temática y localización es muy diversa; Maese Pérez, el organista narra los misteriosos sonidos que emite el órgano de la Catedral en Sevilla, tras la muerte del organista, El Cristo de la calavera,...
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An inventive, ranging debut story collection from a writer hailed by Charles Yu as "a stunningly original voice-warm, bleak, dark, ecstatic, full of silences and power and life"
Reinventing a great American tradition through an absurdist, discerning eye, Joseph Scapellato uses these twenty-five stories to conjure worlds, themes, and characters who are at once unquestionably familiar and undeniably strange. Big Lonesome navigates through the...
11) Pebble Island
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Eccentrics, questing spirits and oddball friends are among the offbeat, funny and intriguing characters in this collection of short stories by Robert David Duncan.
12) Comportamientos
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¿Cuál es la vida de tus sueños? ¿Qué haría si la conseguiste?¿Qué pasaría si la humanidad fuera juzgada por su comportamiento?¿Qué pasa cuando dos mujeres descubren que están embarazadas?Una de ellas quiere el bebé, pero la otra no.¿Qué lleva a una persona a actos irresponsables y sin límites?¿Qué pasa con una adolescente increíble que no tiene apoyo de sus padres? Estas preguntas son respondidas en cinco cuentos: La vida de mis...
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Los matrimonios pasan por buenos y malos momentos. Fernanda vive una mala situación, donde no hay felicidad, ni amor, ni romanticismo. Ella se pregunta: "¿Es esta la boda de mis sueños?" Una vieja señora vive una vida simple, con pocos recursos y muchas dificultades. Mismo frente a los muchos problemas, ella mantiene "Una fe inquebrantable". La elección de la pareja para una relación es algo muy serio y exige mucha sabiduría. Nicolás delegó...
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The book might be closed on The Opera Ghost, but the POTO quartet's adventures are just beginning! Christine returns to her childhood home, Erik has high hopes for his 30th birthday and Raoul takes part in a sleepover full of snowflakes and spooks. A musical plan is in store for Erik and Christine, who tries to figure out the inner workings of love, and pranks galore ensue when Meg and Cécile team up with The Opera Ghost!
15) Haunted Love
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Kyra James is building a career as a TV journalist, but her boyfriend doesn't see it that way. When late-night Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve assignments derail her personal life, Kyra's photojournalist, Blake Archer, is there to console her. Can a ghost from Christmas past convince Kyra to adjust her focus and see that true love might be right by her side?
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"[Lychak's] pieces cover an impressive range of emotional and imaginative territory... The disciplined storytelling and barbed wit strike a fine balance."
-Kirkus Reviews "In this dazzling collection William Lychak moves with equal ease between fabulism and realism as he conjures up his alluring characters, their troubles and delights. The resulting stories are precise, exhilarating, sometimes wonderfully funny and always beautiful. I love being...
17) Educating Ethan
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A woman who thinks her best days are over... A man who wants to prove they've only just begun.I lost a lot in the divorce, but it's my libido I miss most.Until Mister tall, tanned and horny arrives igniting my spark.He's too handsome, too naïve… too young.He's impossible to resist-each touch makes my thighs quiver, my heart flutter, and my pulse race.But his dreams are far ahead of him, while mine are a speck in the rear-view mirror.This can't...
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**Meet Charlotte, the Little Explorer**Charlotte wasn't your ordinary little girl. She had eyes that sparkled with curiosity and hair the color of the setting sun. Her heart was filled with a big, giant love for adventure! Charlotte's room was her very own world. Her bed was a ship sailing across stormy seas, her closet a cave full of hidden treasures. Every day was a chance to discover something new, to go somewhere amazing. Sometimes she was a...
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These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create "pornograms," and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of "bitistics." "Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a googleplex of variations on his basic themes" (New York Times Book Review). Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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"Earle's narrative voice sounds like a sage in a smoky bar..." Kirkus Reviews
"[A] surprisingly fine short story collection…" The Star Tribune
"A heartfelt, beautifully observed collection of stories." The Oregonian
"[Earle's] ability to write so close to the bone…makes Doghouse Roses such an entertaining read." The Los Angeles Times
"They haven't been shaped…by the small magazines or mainstream monthly editors. There's an appealing sort...
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