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The Monsters Hiding in Your Closet
By Madeline Smoot. 2017
It's amazing the kinds of monsters you can find in an old closet. Whether it's a dragon in a hotel…
room or a Bigfoot baby in an abandoned mansion, the monsters hiding in the closets come in all shapes and sizes. In this collection of ten exciting tales, monsters help show us what it is to be human. Includes stories by Elliot Addison, Jessica Lee Anderson, Susan Bianculli, Melanie Cole, Jaime Formato, John Linwood Grant, Laura Keating, Jonathan Lahr, Hope Erica Schultz, and Lisa Timpf.Pagan Heaven
By Ruth Rouff. 2016
Where is Pagan Heaven? It's all around us. In our unceasing fascination with a movie star who died over half…
a century ago. In an inner-city youth who muses over the meaning of the word philosophy. In a statue of the Virgin Mary sitting atop a Coke machine. On a street where Walt Whitman once lived. On a lesbian-only cruise ship off the coast of Alaska. In an unusual melding of narrative poetry and spot-on prose, Pagan Heaven offers a wry take on the absurdities of modern American life, all the while celebrating human uniqueness whenever, wherever, and however it's found.Key West Tales
By John Hersey. 1993
Alternating a tale of the past that has become a part of Key West legend with a contemporary story that…
reflects the pulse of life there today, Hersey weaves in these stories a brilliant human tapestry of the place that means a great deal to him.Bystanders
By Tara Laskowski. 2016
Legacies of violence and tragedy haunt these thirteen stunning stories from Tara Laskowski, author of Modern Manners for Your Inner…
Demons. A woman becomes obsessed with her co-worker's murderer; an investigative reporter with a nose for scandal finds his own life suddenly unraveling; eerie sights in a video baby monitor haunt a new mother. When the unexpected happens, these bystanders--who are not always innocent--come face to face with their own choices and fates. Bound together by danger, fear, paranoia, and the bumps we all hear in the night, these potent stories illuminate the darker side of the human condition. From a vicious newspaper strike that rocks a small Pennsylvania community to an unpredictable road trip in the vast desert of the American West, Bystanders explores the ways in which terror and uncertainty both consume and invigorate us--and yet reveal our strengths, hopes, and passions. Selected as the Grand Prize Winner for the SFWP Literary Awards Program, 2010, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler.Muscle Cars (SFWP Literary Awards)
By Stephen Eoannou. 2015
The stories in Muscle Cars explore the unique and sometimes flawed relationships between men, their families, and their friends. Featuring…
a diverse cast of inarticulate misfits--including a compulsive body builder obsessed by the death of his brother, a former boxer forced to sell his prized 1946 New York Yankees-autographed baseball, and two boyhood friends who plan to steal Ted Williams' scientifically frozen head--this stand-out debut from Pushcart-nominated Eoannou is a powerful journey through the humor, darkness, and neuroses of the modern American everyman.The Poor Children
By April L. Ford. 2015
This edgy, stunning collection deftly examines the underbelly of the human condition through a cross-section of fascinating characters--a correctional officer…
fixated on a juvenile offender, a Goth teenager and her werewolf boyfriend, a pyromaniac by happenstance, and a set of twins haunted by an unconfirmed death. Pushing beyond the norms of daily life and into the sometimes morally lawless worlds of her characters, Ford explores the eccentric, the perverse, the disenfranchised, and the darkly comic possibilities at play in us all.Milk and Other Stories
By Simon Fruelund, K E Semmel. 1997
The 14 stories in this collection display the often quiet, inconspicuous way in which terrible truths and experiences are intimated:…
the death of a sailboarder makes a widower see deeper into love and loss; a young poet visits his former teacher only to discover he is literally not the person he used to be; a middle-aged man glimpses the terrible humdrum of his third marriage as his son embarks on a new chapter in his life. Conveyed without grandeur or pathos, the revelations in these minimalist stories demonstrate clearly and effectively Fruelund's gift of subtlety and nuance; like scenes from life, characters' dramas are played out in brief but brilliant flashes. Ranging across the wide arc of human experience, from the comic to the tragic, each piece explores the complex emotions of the human heart.Half Gods: Stories
By Akil Kumarasamy. 2018
A startlingly beautiful debut, Half Gods brings together the exiled, the disappeared, the seekers. Following the fractured origins and destines…
of two brothers named after demigods from the ancient epic the Mahabharata, we meet a family struggling with the reverberations of the past in their lives. These ten interlinked stories redraw the map of our world in surprising ways: following an act of violence, a baby girl is renamed after a Hindu goddess but raised as a Muslim; a lonely butcher from Angola finds solace in a family of refugees in New Jersey; a gentle entomologist, in Sri Lanka, discovers unexpected reserves of courage while searching for his missing son.By turns heartbreaking and fiercely inventive, Half Gods reveals with sharp clarity the ways that parents, children, and friends act as unknowing mirrors to each other, revealing in their all-too human weaknesses, hopes, and sorrows a connection to the divine.Death on the Edge: A V.I. Warshawski Short Story (V.I. Warshawski Novels)
By Sara Paretsky. 2018
In this short story from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, acclaimed detective V.I. Warshawski must confront gun violence…
in her own Chicago hometownLegendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski is no stranger to the sound of bullets. Growing up in the Windy City, it was a way of life: loved ones taken too early, gangs patrolling the streets by night, police too quick to touch a trigger. Now, in the wake of a string of high school shootings across the United States, V.I.’s hometown has become impassioned by the growing movement to tackle gun violence. News reaches her old high school on Chicago’s South Side that an essay competition spearheaded by renowned newspaper The Edge is calling for high school students to write about how gun violence has affected their young lives. Overseeing the contest is Marcena Love, a British journalist V.I. has tangled with in the past. But when disputes arise over the poignant and divisive winning essay, violence strikes Mirabel High. To protect the students and teachers, and reveal a killer in their midst, V.I. must employ all her skills as a detective, as well as delve into the darkest moments of her childhood, to solve this deeply personal case.Hailed by P.D. James as “the most remarkable” of modern crime writers, Sara Paretsky is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one novels, including the renowned V.I. Warshawski series. She is one of only three living writers—alongside John Le Carré and Lawrence Block—to have received both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. She lives in Chicago with her husband.Heartbreaker: Stories
By Maryse Meijer. 2016
In her debut story collection, Heartbreaker, Maryse Meijer, flashlight in hand, goes deep into the darkest rooms of the psyche.…
With gorgeously restrained and exacting prose that packs a cumulatively devastating punch, she unapologetically unmasks the violence we are willing to perform upon one another in the name of love and loneliness and the unremitting desire to survive. In doing so, she lights societal convention and reader expectation on fire, exploring the darker emotional truths surrounding love and sex, femininity and masculinity, family and girlhood.Metaphor and Memory: Essays
By Cynthia Ozick. 1989
Cynthia Ozick writes about Saul Bellow and Henry James, William Gaddis and Primo Levi. She observes the tug-of-war between written…
and spoken language and the complex relation between art's contrivances and its moral truths. She has given us an exceptional book that demonstrates the possibilities of literature even as it explores them.Now Showing
By Ron Elliott. 2013
Brimming with cinematic references, this collection of short fiction ably combines humor with pulsating action. Readers will be able to…
celebrate the celluloid as they read their way through novellas that evoke a noir film, a romantic farce, a comedy heist, a thriller, and a classic road movie. The book also includes an introduction on how to adapt film scripts to stories. Cinephiles and lovers of crime fiction alike will be utterly drawn in by these unforgettable characters and stories.Laura and Alan (Éveiller Drive Ser. #3)
By Melanie James. 2016
When a marriage is in trouble, the women of Éveiller Drive come together with advice and support, and you will…
be surprised by the solutions they concoct. Laura and Alan from New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author Melanie James is book 3 in the hot sexy Éveiller Drive romance series.Laura has perfected the art of time management. Her tightly watched schedule is the only thing that keeps her busy life from slipping into chaos. After all, not only is she a devoted mother of two children, she is the head of advertising for a real estate development company-a growing business that she started with her equally busy husband, Alan.Fourteen years into their marriage, Laura notices that Alan has been emotionally distant, and wonders if there is something going on. Has Laura's meticulous scheduling gone too far? Has Alan given up? When she confronts him with her fears about their marriage, she receives a surprising response. Now, the question is if she will be able to take a kinky leap of faith in her marriage. Will her friends on Éveiller Drive be there for her?This contemporary erotic romance contains adult content and situations, and is not intended for readers under the age of 18.Previously Published: (2014) Melanie James, Black Paw PublishingGente reconciliada
By Michael La Ronn, Vanesa Tifni. 2016
La vida está llena de desafíos, y cómo reaccionamos a ellos determina quiénes somos realmente. En estos relatos cortos, personas…
diferentes enfrentan desafíos que no son siempre lo que parecen. Un nativo-americano ignora su cultura y sus ancestros le causan una alucinación. Dos cazadores de ciervos se encuentran huyendo a toda velocidad después de que un accidente saliera terriblemente mal. Una mujer en búsqueda del amor por medio de internet va a la cita más loca de su vida. Un padre trata desesperadamente de mejorar la relación espiritual con su hijo adolescente en la avenida Strip, en las Vegas, cuando alguien inesperado aparece. Éstas y muchas más. ¿Se reconciliarán con sus miedos (y debilidades) y se elevaran a la altura de los desafíos de la vida?Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories
By Tom Whalen, Robert Walser, Nicole Kongeter, Annette Wiesner. 2016
Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories brings together eighty-one brief texts spanning Robert Walser's career, from pieces conceived amid his early…
triumphs to later works written at a psychiatric clinic in Bern. Many were published in the feuilleton sections of newspapers during Walser's life; others were jotted down on slips of paper and all but forgotten. Together they string together small nutshells of consciousness, idiosyncratic and vulnerable, genuine in their irony, wistful in their humor. The portraits and landscapes here are observed with tenderness and from a place of great anxiety. Some dwell on childish or transient topics--carousels, the latest hairstyles, an ekphrasis of the illustrations in a picture book--others on the grand themes of nature, art, and love. But they remain conversational, almost lighter than air. Every emotion ventured takes on the weight of a sincerity that is imperiled as soon as it comes into contact with the outside world, which retains all of the novelty it had in childhood--and all of the danger. Walser's speakers are attuned to the silent music of being; students of the ineffable and neighbors to madness, they are now exhilarated, now paralyzed by frequencies inaudible to less sensitive ears.Rube
By Alec Silva, Marta Lorenzo Carballo. 2016
Entre la lectura de libros pequeños acompañados de un conejo de peluche y escuchar a la madre leer historias el…
domingo, la pequeña Rube descubre mucho sobre el poder de la lectura y la imaginación. Y entender, poco a poco, cuánto es especial para los padres.El Pequeño Cuarto Oscuro del Alma
By Adriana Rojas, Matthew Pallamary. 2016
No puede haber luz sin oscuridad. El sol no puede levantarse sin la noche que le precede, y el sol…
poniente del día debe inevitablemente desvanecerse en oscuridad. Si la vida todo fuera rayos de sol y rosas, no habría contraste. La luz perpetua seria ambos cegadora y devastadora. Necesitamos la oscuridad. Es una parte integral del todo. Parte de nosotros. Las historias de terror son un reflejo de nuestro lado oscuro. En una era de verdaderos terrores como el SIDA, cáncer, y terrorismo, las historias que nos asustan pueden desarrollar una función útil dejándonos a los lectores vivir y experimentar el miedo en una moda controlada y lidiar con horrores en sus propios términos. Si llega a ser demasiado, siempre pueden cerrar el libro y ponerlo aparte. Experimentar el horro de esta manera funciona como una liberación de ansiedad porque es una forma tangible de lidiar con el escape de terrores en la vida moderna. La emoción de horror nos mantiene en contacto con los aspectos más oscuros de nuestro ser mientras nos permite confrontar nuestra vulnerabilidad y muerte inevitable. Leer horror es una válvula que nos permite desfogar para escapar cuando el muro es demasiado grande, aun la funcionalidad de esto nos da un escape de una confrontación que podría sobre abrumarnos. Provee una liberación catártica sin oprimiéndonos con no más de lo que podemos soportar. Demasiado seguido rehuimos nuestro lado oscuro, en la esperanza de que si no lo vemos, no existe. Aun nos da un Ed Gein, Charlie Manson, Ted Bundy, Hannibal Lecter, Jeffrey Dahmer, a cualquier otro ejemplo macabro del lado oscuro de naturaleza humana, y expresamos una mórbida fascinación que es el borde del frenesí. No podemos evitar más que desacelerar en la autopista a papar moscas en la carnicería de la prematura, desordenada muerte de otro o espiar ele culpable vistazo de la deformidad o des fortuna de otro. Solo tenemos que mirar.Uncommon Champions: Fifteen Athletes Who Battled Back
By Marty Kaminsky. 2000
These fifteen motivating stories prove that integrity and honor are not entirely missing from the playing fields. Readers will share…
the excitement as blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer scales the heights of Mount McKinley; as sprinter Gail Devers returns from a life-threatening illness to defend her Olympic title . . . and more. Despite facing incredible adversity, each of these stars found the heart and stamina to persevere.Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans
By L. M. Montgomery. 1988
In this heartwarming collection of nineteen short stories L.M. Montgomery returns to the enchanting shores of beautiful Prince Edward Island…
to tell about orphans much like Anne of Green Gables -- vulnerable, sensitive, and full of hope and courage. There's the lonely young girl on a quest for a real-life mother, a budding artist who dreams of fame and fortune, and old family quilt that unites two sisters with a long-lost relative, an ancient Egyptian doll that invokes an unusual spell for a little girl yearning for a special friend. L.M. Montgomery brings to life a magical place and a circle of characters who will long be treasured and remembered.The Red Triangle
By Arthur Morrison. 2012
The affair of Samuel's diamonds -- The case of Mr. Jacob Mason -- The case of the Lever Key --…
The case of the burnt barn -- The case of the Admiralty code -- The adventure of Channel Marsh.