Short stories

  • From the Depths: And Other Strange Tales of the Sea

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    From 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

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    • Series: Tales of the Weird
    • Author: Ashley, Mike
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: April 01 2019
    • ISBN10: 0712352368
    • Language: English
  • A Creature Wanting Form: Fictions

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    A 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

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    • Author: O’Neil, Luke
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 284
    • Publish Date: June 13 2023
    • ISBN10: 1682193837
    • Language: English
  • Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories

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    The 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

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    • Author: Calvino, Italo
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: June 15 2021
    • ISBN10: 0544146700
    • Language: English
  • Palm Springs Noir

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    “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

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    • Series: Akashic Noir
    • Author: Demarco-Barrett, Barbara
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: July 06 2021
    • ISBN10: 1617759287
    • Language: English
  • Killer, Come Back to Me

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    Celebrating 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.

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    • Author: Bradbury, Ray
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: August 17 2021
    • ISBN10: 1789096650
    • Language: English
  • Tales of Mystery and Imagination

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    With 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

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  • Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror

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    2022 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.”

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    • Author: Datlow, Ellen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: October 19 2021
    • ISBN10: 1616963603
    • Language: English
  • Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book

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    The 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

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    • Series: Dual-Language Books
    • Author: Struve, Gleb
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: February 01 1990
    • ISBN10: 0486262448
    • Language: English
  • Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank

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    NEW 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

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    • Author: Hilderbrand, Elin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: April 26 2022
    • ISBN10: 0063048949
    • Language: English
  • The Birthright of Sons: Stories

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    The 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,
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    • Series: Iron Horse Prize
    • Author: Spivey, Jefferey
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 0
    • Publish Date: January 09 2024
    • ISBN10: 1682831957
    • Language: English
  • Bleed Into Me: A Book of Stories

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    We stare at each other because we don’t know which tribe, and then nod at the last possible instant. Standard procedure. You pick it up the first time a white friend leads you across a room just to st… [more below]

  • The Best Short Stories of O. Henry

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    The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume.The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the rea… [more below]

    • Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
    • Author: Henry, O.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: March 22 1994
    • ISBN10: 0679601228
    • Language: English
  • The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard

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    With a body of work unparalleled in twentieth-century literature, J. G. Ballard is recognized as one of the greatest and most prophetic writers in the world. With the much-hailed release of The Comple

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    • Author: Ballard, J. G.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 1199
    • Publish Date: November 08 2010
    • ISBN10: 0393339297
    • Language: English
  • Stories: All-New Tales

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    This astonishing collection of all-new tales by some of the most acclaimed writers at work today is called, simply, Stories. Edited by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline)

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    • Author: Gaiman, Neil
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: June 21 2011
    • ISBN10: 0061230936
    • Language: English
  • Surrender

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    In the tradition of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, Brian O’Hare’s Surrender is a rich collection of coming-of-age stories, a journey into the heart of the American hero myth, from the Friday n

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    • Series: Veterans Writing Award
    • Author: O’Hare, Brian
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 168
    • Publish Date: November 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 0815611501
    • Language: English
  • Skinship: Stories

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    WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE The breathtaking debut of an important new voice–centered on a constellation of Korean American families

    “To encounter the

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    • Author: Choi, Yoon
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: April 26 2022
    • ISBN10: 593311450
    • Language: English
  • How to Walk on Water and Other Stories

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    Rachel Swearingen’s debut, How to Walk on Water and Other Stories, presents stories that bristle with menace and charm with intimate revelations. An investment banker falls for a self-made artist who

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    • Author: Swearingen, Rachel
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 184
    • Publish Date: October 01 2020
    • ISBN10: 1941561225
    • Language: English
  • The Grass Harp

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    From the bestselling author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s comes the story of three endearing misfits–an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies–who take up residence in a tree house.[more below]

    • Series: Vintage International
    • Author: Capote, Truman
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 28 1993
    • ISBN10: 0679745572
    • Language: English
  • Sweetlust: Stories

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    The eleven stories in Sweetlust interweave feminist critique, intertextuality, and science fiction tropes in an irreverent portrait of our past, present, and future.

    In a dystopian world with no men, w… [more below]

    • Author: Bakic, Asja
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: February 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1952177723
    • Language: English
  • City Lights From the Upside Down: Stories by Alex Z. Salinas

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    In City Lights From the Upside Down, Alex Z. Salinas’ debut collection of short stories, the setting is mostly South Texas-and infrequently, outer space. Mothers dying or dead, brothers with a taste f

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    • Author: Salinas, Alex Z.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 278
    • Publish Date: September 03 2021
    • ISBN10: 1736177966
    • Language: English
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