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Three linked short stories weave together a mystery that spans the time of the two World Wars. In 2013, British…
designer Ellie Brooke is summoned to Provence, France, to restore a memorial garden. The house's owner is bitter and Ellie is not sure whom to trust. Some violence. 2014
CWA Gold and Steel Dagger-winner Mick Herron's short fiction, collected for the first time. Mick Herron, author of the Slough…
House novels, is on his way to becoming one of the most critically acclaimed and culturally important crime fiction writers of the twenty-first century. He has been awarded both the Gold and Steel Daggers by the Crime Writers' Association and has been called "the John Le Carré of the future" (BBC). But Mick Herron does more than "just" write flawlessly suspenseful spy thrillers. He is a craftist of the highest order, irrepressibly versatile in form (novels, novellas, short fiction) and mood (witty, taut, spooky, laugh-out-loud funny), whose "efficient, darkly witty, tipped-with-imagery sentences...feel purpose-built to perforate [our] private daze of illiteracy" (The Atlantic). Now, for the first time, Herron's short fiction has been collected into one volume. In Dolphin Junction, devoted fans and future converts alike will find much to amuse, delight, and terrify them. Five standalone nerve wrackingly thrilling crime fiction stories are complemented by four mystery stories featuring the Oxford wife-and-husband detective team of shrewd Zoë Boehm and hapless Joe Silvermann. The collection also includes a peek into the past of Jackson Lamb, irascible top agent at Slough House
Presents six fantasy tales from the world of Tortall, four stories set in other locales, and the semiautobiographical "Testing." In…
"Nawat" mortal woman Aly gives birth while attended by midwives and her husband Nawat, who is a crow in human form. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2011
A charming and inclusive YA anthology all about games—from athletic sports to board games to virtual reality—from editor Laura Silverman…
and an all-star cast of contributors. From the slightly fantastical to the utterly real, light and sweet romance to tales tinged with horror and thrills, Game On is an anthology that spans genre and style. But beneath each story is a loving ode to competition and games perfect for anyone who has ever played a sport or a board game, picked up a video game controller, or rolled a twenty-sided die. A manhunt game is interrupted by a town disappearing beneath the players' eyes. A puzzle-filled scavenger hunt emboldens one college freshman to be brave with the boy she's crushing on. A series of summer nights full of card games leads a boy to fall for a boy who he knows is taken. And a spin the bottle game could end a life-long friendship. Fifteen stories, and fifteen unforgettable experiences that may inspire readers to start up that Settlers of Catan game again.
&“An extraordinary book.&” —Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events Lovers of Roald Dahl and Louis Sachar's Sideways…
Stories from Wayside School will be captivated by the adventures of this very special group of friends who live on the same street. In this delightful chapter book, you'll meet Jamal, Lindalee, Hans, Matteo, and others—the kids who live on Cattywampus Street, not far from the Waddlebee Toy Store. Each of the eleven chapters in this magical, mysterious, silly, scary, happy, and sometimes sad chapter book tells an utterly unforgettable tale about one of the kids. Whether it's about Jamal and his magic ball, which knows how to find him after its been stolen away; or Charlotta, who shrinks so small that she can fit inside her dollhouse; or Rodney, whose pet rock becomes the envy of all the kids on Cattywampus Street, here are stories sure to charm, captivate, and engage all listeners of chapter books, even the most reluctant
Thirty-four short stories by O. Henry Award-winning author Pearlman. In the title piece a ten-year-old uses binoculars to spy on…
his neighbors and later learns their secret. In "Vaquita" the emigrant minister of health in a Latin American country awaits deportation. Introduction by Ann Patchett. Some strong language. 2011
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by:…
New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper's Bazaar * TIME * Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air * Boston Globe* The Atlantic A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family. A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle's snubbing of the bride and groom. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a "safe space" app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. And in the sweeping final story, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter. The stories in Afterparties, "powered by So's skill with the telling detail, are like beams of wry, affectionate light, falling from different directions on a complicated, struggling, beloved American community" (George Saunders)
Fourteen short stories set in Blackwell, Massachusetts, are linked in part by a garden that grows only red flowers and…
plants. In "Owl and Mouse" lonely Emily falls in love with an adventurous blind man. Some violence and some strong language. 2011
Noir stories from twenty-one writers, including Sara Paretsky, Marcus Sakey, and Barbara D'Amato. In Stuart Kaminsky's "Blue Note," gambler Pitch…
Noles must win at a poker game or his blues-singer mother will lose a finger to a loan shark. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2007
Twelve short stories about the harsher aspects of human experience. In the title piece Will, a teenage boy, elopes with…
his pregnant girlfriend, Olivia, and moves into an apartment near a psychiatric hospital. Will becomes successful and blissfully happy with Olivia--unless that's merely a dream. Some strong language. 2010
Ten short stories about family tensions in France in the World War II era by the author of Suite Française…
(DB 62505). In the title piece, household members make separate Sunday afternoon plans, revealing their inner turmoil and fraying ties to one another. Translated from French. 1942
Eleven tales of ordinary people with lives of estrangements, temptations, and mysteries. In "The Harp Department in Love" the older,…
professor husband of a musically talented, much-younger wife--jealous of her flirtations--moves out, leading them to new realizations about their marriage. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2010
Forty-eight short stories by the award-winning author that were published between 1974 and 2006. The characters range from lusty youths…
to disillusioned adults whose relationships often are unraveling. In "Like Glass" a young mother reacts to a childhood photograph of her divorced husband. Some strong language. 2010
Ghosts, romances, and some suspense lace this collection of stories by five different authors. In Patricia Gaffney's "Dear One," young…
telephone psychic Molly and elderly Charlie, her biggest fan, inadvertently help each other find love. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Seventeen short stories by authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance, including Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, Marjorie M. Liu, Jacqueline…
Carey, and Carrie Vaughn. In Neil Gaiman's "The Thing about Cassandra," young artist Stuart Innes unexpectedly meets up with his old girlfriend. Some strong language. 2010
Silverberg, a Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, selects twenty-four stories from his early work done between 1953 and 1958, the…
first five years of his career. Each story is headed by a context note. 1958
Eight tales by different authors about the effects of global warming on children around the world. In "How to Build…
the Perfect Sandcastle" Ben's home on a Philippine island is threatened by a one-degree rise in sea temperature. For grades 4-7. 2009
Anthology of stories and poems set in Bordertown, a city populated by human and elfin runaways that spans the edges…
of the faerie and human worlds. Introduction by Terri Windling. Authors include Neil Gaiman and Jane Yolen. Some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2011
Four Christmas novellas filled with romance. In the title story, single Melanie McLaughlin applies to an adoption agency to fulfill…
her wish for children. Meanwhile, her friend's brother, professor Bryce Landry, falls in love with Melanie--and comes through for her when two orphaned siblings need a home. Bestseller. 2011
Collection of twelve short stories from acclaimed science fiction writer and editor John W. Campbell. In "Who Goes There?", the…
basis for the movie The Thing, a team of researchers uncover and thaw an alien discovery in the Antarctic--only to realize they have unleashed chaos. 1932