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Play the monster blind: stories
By Lynn Coady. 2000
Petty crimes
By Gary Soto. 2001
Peninsula sinking
By David B Huebert. 2017
In his debut collection, David Huebert brings us an assortment of wounded wanderers who remind us that we are all…
marooned on the shores of being, watching oceans rise. Veterinarians, prison guards, and prosthetic phallus designers develop various schemes to navigate the ruins of their capsizing lives and to confront the beauty of their bruised worlds. Winner of the 2018 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction). 2017.People you'd trust your life to: stories
By Bronwen Wallace. 1990
These short stories by the renowned Canadian poet examine everyday events: the sensation of cool water on a hot summer…
day; the anguish of a mother; the despair and loneliness after the death of a loved one. Some strong language. 1990.Paradise & elsewhere: stories
By Kathy Page. 2014
Painting the dog: the best stories of Leon Rooke
By Bob Roberts, Leon Rooke. 2001
Oxygen
By Annabel Lyon. 2000
Overhead in a balloon: stories of Paris
By Mavis Gallant. 1985
Outside the gates of the world: selected short stories
By Thomas Hardy, John Bayley, Jan Jedrzejewski. 1996
Tales of love lost and revenge won; of passions stifled and creed observed; of 'things external and universal'. Such are…
the everyday themes of Hardy's extraordinary stories woven in fine folkloric fashion around the enigmatic personages of the milkmaid and the burgher, the widow and the preacher, the hangman and his victim. 1996.Ordinary life: stories
By Elizabeth Berg. 2002
Only wounded: Ulster stories
By Patrick Taylor. 1997
Open door: stories
By Luisa Valenzuela. 1988
In these short stories, the people, and in a few cases the animals they turn into, all experience a personal…
struggle for freedom and life amid the tumultuous Latin American political climate. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1988. Uniform title: Selections.Once: stories
By Rebecca Rosenblum. 2008
Urban stories with a strong contemporary feel, recording incidents in the lives of twenty-somethings - students, techies in an office…
building, a girl toiling in the warehouse of a wholesale fruit and vegetable distributor, a boy who hustles for drug money, waitresses. These are constricted and often random lives and Rosenblum's vision mercilessly portrays their shapelessness. Strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.Object of your love: stories
By Dorothy Speak. 1996
Exploring the nature of desire and betrayal, these stories describe the disappointments and reconciliation of women whose lives have been…
torn by the pain of adultery. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c1996.On the Yankee station: and other stories
By William Boyd. 1981
Eighteen short stories ranging from adolescent sex in a Scottish boys' public school to murder in a quiet village in…
Devon. There are two adventures from the earlier career of Morgan Leafy (anti-hero of "A Good Man in Africa") and the title story is a chilling study of hatred during the Vietnam War. Includes strong language and sex. 1981.Oh, my darling: stories
By Shaena Lambert. 2013
Ten stories about family, children and contemporary life. The stories include a couple who plan an environmental protest by placing…
the husband inside a cage in front of an aquarium; a middle-aged mother who gets embroiled with a young man, as she tries to understand her son’s addiction; a boy on a Caribbean island who tries to deal with his father’s Nazi past; an old man who obsesses over the size of his coffin and whether he can be transported in it down his narrow apartment stairs; and a couple who uncover their secret fate at the Delphic Oracle in Greece. 2013. Oh, my darling -- The cage -- The war between the men and the women -- Crow ride -- Little bird -- A small haunting -- Clams -- The coffin story -- The wind -- In Delphi.On the couch: great American stories about therapy
By Erica Kates. 1997
Nineteen stories demonstrate the interaction between therapist and patient. "If Only Bert Were Here" tells about Aileen's inability to accept…
the death of her cat, Bert. Only her therapist will listen to her--for a fee. In "Psychoanalysis Changed My Life," an elderly therapist intervenes actively in guiding her patient in new directions. 1997.Notes across the aisle
By Peter Carver. 1995
A collection of the best stories from Thistldown's second national competition for young adult short stories. The winning story, "How…
to tell Renata," was written by Linda Holeman of Winnipeg. 1995.Nothing looks familiar: stories
By Shawn Syms. 2014
With a particular focus on the lives of the downtrodden and marginalized, these stories marry a vivid and distinct sense…
of place - the sights and smells of a meatpacking plant; a church-basement meeting hall full of sexual abusers - with universal themes such as the nature of friendship and relationships, and the configuration of the self. The characters struggle to cope, to survive, and to transform their surroundings; each of them is determined to come out the other side changed. c2014.Normal: stories
By Lucia Nevai. 1997
Twelve stories on themes of divorce, addiction, insanity, and family dysfunction. In the title work, an estranged father pays a…
tense visit to his runaway daughter, now an adult settled with her own family. Father and daughter struggle awkwardly to overcome the years of bad blood. Some strong language. 1997.