A stained-glass artist struggles over his masterpiece for a castle in Southern Missouri and learns through great loss what his true subject will be. A schoolteacher searches for her missing son, her only clue a mysterious, paint-smeared...
Short stories
- Author:Pizzolatto, NicSummary:
- Author:Scapellato, JosephSummary:
An inventive, ranging debut story collection from a writer hailed by Claire Vaye Watkins as "Wallace Stegner on peyote, Nathanael West in a sweat lodge, Larry McMurtry on a vision quest." Reinventing a great American tradition...
- Author:Johns, W. E. (William Earl)Summary:
This contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in THE CAMELS ARE COMING (1932) and two of which (The Thought Reader and Biggles Finds His Feet) were originally published in BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUARDRON...
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A collection of poems, short stories and non-fiction
- Author:Moore, LorrieSummary:
Twelve stories on human relations. In Charades, a traditional family game on Christmas turns sour when the charades hit too close to home, while in Agnes of Iowa, a woman's ambition to be worldly remains unfulfilled by an encounter with...
- Author:Mbalia, KwameSummary:
Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors-including Jason Reynolds (the Track series), Jerry Craft ( New Kid ), and Kwame Mbalia (the Tristan Strong series)! Black...
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Black Enough is a star-studded anthology edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi that will delve into the closeted thoughts, hidden experiences, and daily struggles of black teens across the country. From a spectrum of...
- Author:Taylor, BradSummary:
In retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor' s latest adrenaline-fueled short story, Pike Logan and his fellow Taskforce operators face a team of ruthless modern-day pirates with a devious plan that leaves them fighting for their very...
- Author:Difalco, SamSummary:
Finalist, ReLit Awards (shortlist).
Black Rabbit & Other Stories is a debut collection of great intensity and versatility. The stories range from the fantastic to the gritty, from urban dystopias to worlds of dreamlike...
- Author:Dubanski, RyszardSummary:
Black Teeth is a compelling collection of linked stories that explore growing up in Winnipeg's famously multicultural North End through its 1960s Golden Age and beyond, examining the strange dual legacy of that experience. While...
- Author:Pierre, ÉmelineSummary:
Les nouvelles de ce recueil nous transportent au Québec, en Afrique et au cœur des Antilles, derrière le décor exotique et trompeur des hôtels et des plages. Coupeur de canne ou ouvrière en Guadeloupe, travailleur clandestin en...
- Author:Uppal, PriscilaSummary:
This short story is taken from the collection Cover Before Striking. The most common phrase in print is “cover before striking,” a warning to those about to innocently strike a match to be careful not to burn their fingers. Uppal’s...
- Author:Ma, LingSummary:
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...
- Author:Books, Canadian Authors Association and Iguana, Faktor, HilarySummary:
"It was February 29 again, and I was wondering which member of my family would try to kill me this time." From this intriguing premise, the stories in this collection of short fiction by new Canadian writers map out fifteen...
- Author:McInnis, NadineSummary:
An affair that begins in an apothecary's garden brings Joyce to a hospice, where she tends to the dying alongside her own grief. A middle-aged woman recalls the lovable, lavable secret of the first night spent on her husband's farm. A...
- Author:Penzler, Otto, King, Stephen, Lee, Tanith, Simmons, Dan, Stoker, Bram, Gaiman, NeilSummary:
The Vampire Archives is the scariest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once you're in its clutches there's no escape. From the first to last bite, it's a bloody good read...
- Author:Henighan, StephenSummary:
These eleven short stories cover a wide range of territory - from Toronto to Cuba to Eastern Europe. And, wide-ranging over geography as they are, they also cover an array of characters and situations that can only be situated in the...
- Author:Creighton, HelenSummary:
Bluenose Magic, first published in 1968, is considered a classic of Maritime literature, and its author, Dr. Helen Creighton, is one of Canada's best-loved and most respected folklorists. This fascinating and engaging companion to the...
- Author:Carley, DianneSummary:
Forced intimacies, dead dogs, errant balloons, a troubled chef's encounter with ethereal Swedish lesbians, all form this remarkable short story collection, Bodies in Trouble, depicting characters coping with faltering relationships,...
- Author:Gokhale, VeenaSummary:
Twelve stories that provide startling glimpses of contemporary life in Bombay, and elsewhere. A wealthy business woman compelled by the desire to hurt her best friend; an old woman in a Tokyo apartment seeking the touch of a baby's hand...
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