Short Stories (single author)
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There Will Never Be Another Night Like This
$32.00 Add to cartA woman tries to prepare her man-child husband for their impending divorce. A middle-aged guy in the grip of codeine and suburban ennui reinvents himself as an old west gunfighter. A heartbroken fathe
- Author: Salter, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1639821546
- Language: English
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Haints on Black Mountain
$26.67 Add to cartAnn Hite takes her readers back to Black Mountain with this haunted short story collection. An array of new characters on the mountain experience ghostly encounters. The collection took inspiration fr… [more below]
- Author: Hite, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0881468525
- Language: English
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Because They Wanted to: Stories
$17.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
A man tells a story to a woman sitting beside him on a plane, little suspecting what it reveals about his capacity for cruelty and contempt. A callow runaway girl is stra- Author: Gaitskill, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0684841444
- Language: English
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The Dominant Animal: Stories
$15.00 Add to cartNamed a Best Book of 2020 by The Guardian, Southwest Review, and Publishers Weekly
The stories] are short, but their mood and imagery are lasting, and reflective of brutal truths of the commerce of- Author: Scanlan, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0374538298
- Language: English
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We Live in Water: Stories
$15.99 Add to cartONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter–a suite of diverse and sear
- Author: Walter, Jess
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0061926620
- Language: English
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Pretend It’s My Body: Stories
$17.95 Read moreInformed by the author’s experience in and between genders, this debut story collection blurs fantasy and reality, excavating new meanings from our varied dysphorias.
Misfit mothers, prodigal “undaugh
- Author: Blue, Luke Dani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18, 2022
- ISBN10: 1952177030
- Language: English
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Tomorrow in Shanghai: Stories
$17.95 Read moreA short story collection exploring cultural complexities in China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and the world at large.
In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection… [more below]
- Author: Chai, May-Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1949467864
- Language: English
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How Fear Departed the Long Gallery: A Ghost Story for Christmas
$6.95 Add to cartBiblioasis is thrilled to continue this series of beautifully illustrated, collectible, classic Christmas ghost stories designed and illustrated by world-famous cartoonist Seth.
In How Fear Departed th
- Series: Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories
- Author: Benson, E. F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 1771961945
- Language: English
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Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh
$19.99 Add to cartMo Yan, China’s most critically acclaimed author, has changed the face of his country’s contemporary literature with such daring and masterly novels as Red Sorghum, The Garlic Ballads, and The Republi… [more below]
- Author: Yan, Mo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 06 2012
- ISBN10: 1611457351
- Language: English
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I’m Here: Alaska Stories
$16.95 Read moreThe stories in I’m Here dramatize life in the Alaskan interior, describing the difficult lives of people in Fairbanks, Alaska as they move through the long, brilliant days of summer into the deep wint
- Author: Nikki Crouse, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1597099341
- Language: English
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Gigantic
$14.95 Add to cart“A hidden gem,” where the stories read like “Black Mirror episodes”-in twelve engaging and original short stories, author Benjamin Harnett visits characters at the end of the world and chronicles thei
- Author: Harnett, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986744575
- Language: English
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The Lamoille Stories
$15.00 Add to cartI grew up in a small town in Lamoille County in Northern Vermont. In our largely French Canadian family, I heard countless stories. TV came late to our home so family and community entertainments ofte
- Author: Schubart, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: November 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0989712109
- Language: English
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Such a Pretty Little Picture and Other Stories
$5.00 Read moreDorothy Parker’s literary prowess reveals a razor-sharp wit in this original collection of twelve short stories, published between 1922 and 1927 in the top literary magazines of the day, including The… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories
- Author: Parker, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0486851052
- Language: English
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The Coast of Chicago
$19.00 Add to cartThe stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybek’s classic story collection. A child’s collection of bottle caps becomes the tombstones of a graveyard. A lowly
- Author: Dybek, Stuart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 173
- Publish Date: April 03 2004
- ISBN10: 0312424256
- Language: English
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Afterparties: Stories
$27.99 Read moreINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK
WINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION
Named a Best Book of the Year by
- Author: So, Anthony Veasna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0063049902
- Language: English
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The Complete Stories of Mary Butts
$20.00 Read moreFor the first time in a single volume, all three of Mary Butts’s (1890-1937) story collections have been gathered, and seven uncollected stories have been added (including two pieces never before publ
- Author: Butts, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 01, 2014
- ISBN10: 1620540096
- Language: English
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Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories
$14.95 Read more“These stories are full of romps, archness, and old-fashioned silliness.”–Boston Globe.
A world-famous conservationist and humorist, Gerald Durrell shares eight irresistible stories that beg to be r- Author: Durrell, Gerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 161145865X
- Language: English
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Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3
$17.99 Add to cartFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx, an “unforgettable” (Miami Herald) and “vivid” (Oprah Daily) collection of stories set in Wyoming.
Winner of two O. Henry Prizes, Annie Proulx has been- Author: Proulx, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 08 2009
- ISBN10: 1416571671
- Language: English
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Opium and Other Stories
$17.00 Add to cartA rediscovered classic of Hungarian literature, this spellbinding collection vividly depicts the darkest impulses of the human psyche against the backdrop of Europe’s moral and social decline on the e
- Author: Csath, Geza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1609458133
- Language: English
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Americana: Stories
$16.99 Add to cartThe many faces of curiosity. Which one do you see?
Welcome to Bill Hemmig’s Americana, a collection of snapshots that capture the everyday American experience. From filling the bird feeder to a realtor
- Author: Hemmig, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986119939
- Language: English
