A treasury of short stories that people of all ages will love - those who already are golden aged, and those who want to make their 'mature years' the best.
Short Stories
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Auteur:CANFILED, JackSommaire: -
Auteur:Trevor, WilliamSommaire:The publication of a new book by William Trevor is a true literary event. One of our finest chroniclers of the human condition, Trevor's precise and unflinching insights into the lives of ordinary people are evidenced once again in this...
- Auteur:Richardson, PeterSommaire:
short stories and fragments of poetry from a wordsmith's half-century love affair with Queensland's Sunshine Coast
- Auteur:Smith, Alexander McCallSommaire:
It is said that a picture may be worth a thousand words but an old photograph can inspire many more. In this beguiling book, Alexander McCall Smith casts his eye over five chanced-upon photographs from the era of black-and-white...
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Auteur:Hagey, MarySommaire:This debut short-story collection showcases Mary Hagey's uncanny ability to capture the essence of being human. These richly satisfying stories, told with wry humour, intelligence, and verve take us into fictional territory that is...
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The twenty-two authors featured within Carpe Noctem descended into midnight waters to explore the deepest horrors and wildest wonders which darkness cloaks. This anthology is not for the faint of heart.
- Auteur:Butcher, JimSommaire:
An all-new Dresden Files story headlines this urban fantasy short story collection starring the Windy City's favorite wizard. The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue--and creatures...
- Auteur:Hasiuk, BrendaSommaire:
We may be lost but we are never alone. That is the message to be found in Brenda Hasiuk’s new collection of short stories, Boy Lost in Wild. Adrift in unfamiliar surroundings, strangers to the strangers around them, the characters in...
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Auteur:Bechtel, GregSommaire:In his confident debut, Greg Bechtel offers ten charged stories about the impossible-turned-possible—secrets, paranoia, sex, conspiracies, and magic—that the strangeness of the world around us. Boundary Problems vibrates on the edge of...
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Auteur:Boucaud, S. I.Sommaire:The stories and poetry in this book came to the writer between the years 2013 and 2017. She believes that stories have the power to disclose, heal, lead, and, for many, to transform. Her stories have been described as sometimes loving,...
- Auteur:Ma, LingSommaire:
A new creation by the author of Severance, Bliss Montage crashes through our carefully built mirages. What happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end?In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma...
- Auteur:RANKIN, IanSommaire:
Twenty-one stories stretching from suburban murders of loved ones, the sinister workings of a serial killer's mind and of a bent cop with a terminal approach to his work. These tales not only explore the human condition but also...
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Auteur:Baker, CarleighSommaire:Finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award.
Carleigh Baker likes to make light in the dark. Whether plumbing family ties, the end of a marriage, or death itself, she never...
- Auteur:Kerr, ConorSommaire:
Avenue of Champions is a collection of interlinked stories that investigates the inherent connection of Indigenous peoples to the land and the permanence of culture, language and ceremony as a form of resistance to displacement. Based...
- Auteur:Kincaid, JamaicaSommaire:
This collection is Jamaica Kincaid's earliest published writings: her inspired, lyrical short stories. These stories plunge the listener gently into another way of perceiving both the physical world and its elusive inhabitants. Her...
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Auteur:MONTGOMERY, L.MSommaire:Collection of 19 funny and romantic short stories from the author of "Anne of Green Gables" novels.
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Auteur:Rabinowitz Green, RhodaSommaire:Like the many surfaces of a gemstone, the varied aspects of human experience link the short stories in this collection, titled Aspects of Nature. Themes of finding one’s identity; conflicts of family, career and romance;...
- Auteur:Power, SaraSommaire:
A powerful debut about the lives of women and girls caught in the orbit of the military.Female recruits weathering toxic masculine environments. Military wives stretched thin across countless military moves, new cities and new selves....
- Auteur:Wiebe, ArminSommaire:
Showcasing a selection of stories from Armin Wiebe's 30 year writing career, Armin's Shorts features tales from the familiarly fictitious Mennonite community of Gutenthal, re-imagined origin stories from the Tlįchǫ of the...
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Auteur:Leggat, AlexandraSommaire:Finalist, Trillium Book Award.
The stories in Animal depict people on the brink of major life change. Often at a crossroads they are oblivious to, Leggat's characters seem to be captured in a cinematic slo-mo, teetering on the...
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