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By Robert Crais, Otto Penzler. 2012
Previously published works of mystery, crime, and suspense, including pieces by Charles Todd, Mary Gaitskill, T. Jefferson Parker, and seventeen…
other authors. In Tom Andes "The Hit," a man hires someone to kill his wife, but it all goes wrong. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012By Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler. 2011
Twenty previously published tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. In Joe R. Lansdale's "The Stars Are Falling," a long-absent man…
returns home to a fatal surprise. Includes selections by S.J. Rozan, Lawrence Block, Ed Gorman, and Loren D. Estleman. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011By Fern Michaels, Laura Levine, Marie Bostwick, Cindy Myers. 2013
Four short Christmas tales. In Fern Michaels's "Mister Christmas," attorney Claire O'Brien must postpone her holiday trip home when her…
wealthiest client summons her to Ireland. Also includes Marie Bostwick's "The Yellow Rose of Christmas," Laura Levine's "Nightmare on Elf Street," and Cindy Myers's "Room at the Inn." Bestseller. 2013By Lisa Scottoline, Otto Penzler. 2013
Twenty previously published tales selected by mystery novelist Scottoline. In Patricia Smith's "When They Are Done with Us," the mother…
of a violent sixteen-year-old dropout plans to get rid of him. Includes works by Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Connelly. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2013By Amir Valle. 2013
An anthology of contemporary short stories from across the Spanish-speaking world. Includes works from Edmundo Paz Soldán, Karla Suárez, Eduardo…
Antonio Parra, and Alejandra Costamagna. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2012By Otto Penzler, Lee Child. 2010
Anthology features works from twenty writers, including Dennis Lehane, Gar Anthony Haywood, Kurt Vonnegut, and Lyndsay Faye. In Lehane's "Animal…
Rescue" a lonely bartender's life is infused with love and danger after he finds an abused puppy. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010By Otto Penzler. 2010
Fifty-three stories, novellas, and serialized novels featuring hard-boiled detectives that were published in the pulp magazine Black Mask from 1920…
to 1951. Includes short bios of Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, and the collection's other noir authors. Some violence and some strong language. 2010By Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2013
Collection of sixty-five works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry selected for the annual Pushcart Prize. In "Helen Keller Answers the…
Iron" Andrew Hudgins reflects on his youthful love of jokes and his adult perspective on the ones that mock tragedy, disability, and death. Strong language and some violence. 2012By Otto Penzler. 2012
Seventy-nine ghost stories--written over a span of more than a century--organized around themes such as haunted houses, trains, and seances.…
Includes tales by Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Chet Williamson, and others. With brief biographical sketches of the authors. Some violence and some strong language. 2012By Fern Michaels, Leslie Meier, Holly Chamberlin, Kristina Mcmorris, Kristina McMorris, Holly Chamberlain. 2012
Four Christmas love stories. In Fern Michaels's title piece an actress/bartender and a trauma surgeon vacationing at a ski resort…
question their career choices. Also includes Leslie Meier's "The Christmas Thief," Holly Chamberlin's "The Joy of Christmas," and Kristina McMorris's "The Christmas Collector." Bestseller. 2012By Tom Franklin, Brian Carpenter. 2012
Collection of twenty-eight previously published works, memoirs and fiction, that showcase life in the American South--without romanticism. In an excerpt…
from A Childhood: The Biography of a Place, Harry Crews reminisces about his Georgia birthplace. In Pinckney Benedict's "Pit" a dog fight ends in murder. Violence and strong language. 2012By Neil Gaiman, Charles Stross, Cherie Priest, Caitlin R. Kiernan, China Miéville, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, Sarah Monette, Paula Guran, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Rafael Tavares. 2011
Twenty-seven previously published short stories in the tradition of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Contributing authors include Neil Gaiman, Caitl�in Kiernan,…
and China Mi�eville. In Laird Barron's "Old Virginia" a Cold War-era CIA agent on a secret assignment doesn't realize he's fighting supernatural forces, not communists. Some violence. 2011By Leo Tolstoy, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear. 2009
Eleven stories by the acclaimed Russian writer (1828-1910). The title piece examines death and the possibilities of redemption. Includes "The…
Prisoner of the Caucasus," inspired by Tolstoy's experiences in the Chechen War, and "Hadji Murat," featuring a Chechen rebel who defects. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. 2009By Wendell Berry. 2004
Short stories set in the Kentucky community of Port William from 1888-1986. In "Hurt Man" five-year-old Mat Feltner learns of…
loss as he watches his mother attend to a wounded man. In "The Inheritors" farmer Danny Branch has an unforgettable car ride with elderly Wheeler Catlett. Some strong language. 2004Thirty-six tales of demonic lore, fallen angels, and the devil. Includes stories by Lovecraft and Poe, an excerpt from Danielle…
Trussoni's novel Angelology (DB 70757), and essays analyzing Satan's historical roots and demons in popular culture. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Bram Stoker Award. 2011By Deborah Treisman. 2010
Short stories and excerpts of novels-in-progress by twenty North American writers under age forty, selected by the New Yorker. Among…
those at various stages of their careers bringing news of the world and the human heart: Jonathan Safran Foer, Nell Freudenberger, Yiyun Li, Karen Russell, and Gary Shteyngart. 2010By K. C. Constantine, Nancy Martin, Rebecca Drake, Lila Shaara, Hilary Masters, Kathryn Miller Haines, Kathleen George, Terrance Hayes, Paul Lee, Kathleen Georgfe, Steward O'Nan, Carlos Antonio Delgado, Aubrey Hirsch, Tom Lipinski, Reginald McKnight. 2011
Collection of fourteen stories set in various parts of Pittsburgh. In Stewart O'Nan's "Duplex" a woman takes careful steps to…
end the relationship between a friend's son and his trashy girlfriend so she can get an apartment she covets. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011By Fern Michaels, Nan Parson Rossiter, Rosalind Noonan, Elizabeth Bass, Nan Rossiter. 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. 2011By Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor. 2011
Twenty short stories selected from the past year's American and Canadian magazines. In "Foster" an Irish girl is sent to…
live with strangers for the summer. In "Free Fruit for Young Widows" an Israeli man explains war to his son. Some violence and some strong language. 2011Annual anthology of stories, essays, and poems published by small presses. In "We Don't Deserve This" married, globe-trotting physicians Jake…
and Sarah, who haven't seen their kids in years, discover that the two young teens are child pornographers. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2011