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The portable Faulkner (The viking Portable Library)
By William Faulkner, Malcolm Cowley. 1978
The Langston Hughes reader: The Selected Writings of Langston Hughes
By Langston Hughes, Langston Huges. 1958
Tiny nightmares: very short tales of horror
By Lincoln Michel, Nadxieli Nieto. 2020
This collection features forty-two short stories of 1,500 words or less by a mix of literary and horror writers, including…
Brian Evenson, Samantha Hunt, Stephen Graham Jones, Hilary Leichter, Kevin Brockmeier, and more. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2020The Best of the West 4: new stories from the wide side of the Missouri
By James Thomas, Denise Thomas. 1991
Sixteen short stories that take place in the Western United States and have a Western "attitude". The imaginary West, the…
Real West, the New West, and the Old West converge in this celebration of that fascinating landscape. The stories are modern with present day themes and are for the most part serious in nature. Descriptions of sex, violence and strong languageTexas bound: 22 Texas stories / Book III (Southwest life and letters)
By Kay Cattarulla. 2001
This anthology of short fiction by Texas writers originated from the "Texas Bound" readings that are offered each spring as…
part of the Dallas Museum of Art's literary series Arts & Letters Live. Writers include Larry L. King, Sarah Bird, Annette Sanford, and Sam Shepard as well as many other writers. Contains strong languageNews from the volcano: stories
By Gladys Swan. 2000
Irrelevance of Space and Other Stories, The
By Ashis Gupta, Swapna Gupta. 2017
The Irrelevance of Space, 'Trains', 'Remembrance', 'Fal-e-Hafez', 'Guantanamoo', and 'The Cyberdeath Files' - stories thatrange in settings from Scandinavia to…
Canada, Eastern Europe, Iran, Cuba, and USA. And a story bridging Poland and India through a strange historical coincidence.Great short stories by American women (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
By Candace Ward. 1996
A Collection of 13 short stories including "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat",…
plus superb fiction by great American authors including Kate Chopin, WIlla Cather, Edith Wharton, and others. AdultThe north country reader: classic stories by Minnesota writers
By Jean Ervin. 2000
The North Country Reader is filled with an array of classic and contemporary voices--native Minnesotans and immigrants, farmers and city…
folks, the sweet and the bittersweet. These timeless selections from novels, short stories, essays, and memoirs convey the diversity of the Minnesota experience. Adult. UnratedQue signifie prendre racine, habiter un espace, le faire nôtre, le transformer à notre image et, en retour, devenir autre…
sous son influence?? En somme, que signifie devenir «?habitant?»?? Le terme a longtemps été péjoratif chez nous. À tort. Il n’y a pas de plus beau destin que celui d’habiter pleinement un lieu. Ce petit livre en témoigne.Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick: stories from the Harlem Renaissance
By Zora Neale Hurston. 2020
Bachelor girl (Little House Sequel)
By Dan Andreasen, Roger Lea MacBride. 1999
Early twentieth century. Nineteen-year-old Rose leaves her parents' Missouri farm to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, planning someday…
to marry her sweetheart, Paul. She transfers to San Francisco, where thousands of "bachelor girls" support themselves. Sequel to On the Banks of the Bayou (RC 65100). For grades 5-8. 1999Little town in the Ozarks (Little House Sequel)
By David Gilleece, Roger Lea MacBride. 1996
After the disasters they experienced in On the Other Side of the Hill (RC 63178), eleven-year-old Rose Wilder and her…
family move from Rocky Ridge Farm into a house near the railroad tracks in Mansfield, Missouri. They have a hard time adjusting to town life. For grades 4-7. 1996Little town at the crossroads (Little House Prequel)
By Maria D. Wilkes, Dan Andreasen. 1997
Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family have new adventures as…
the frontier outpost of Brookfield, Wisconsin, grows into a bustling townCat shout for joy: a Joe Grey mystery (Joe Grey Mystery Ser.)
By Shirley Rousseau Murphy. 2016
As feline PI Joe Grey and his companion Dulcie joyfully await their first litter, dying old yellow cat Misto tells…
them that one of the kittens will be a calico from the distant past with ancient markings and an adventurous spirit. Some violence. 2016Fragile things: short fictions and wonders
By Neil Gaiman. 2018
Thirty-one fantasy, gothic, and science fiction tales published between 1990 and 2006. Includes the Hugo Award-winning "A Study in Emerald"…
and "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," the basis for a 2018 film. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2006New worlds, old ways: speculative tales from the Caribbean
By Karen Lord. 2016
Collection of eleven speculative short stories from Caribbean authors. Explores themes of family, oppressive government, growth and death, and the…
persistence of old ways. Includes stories by Tammi Browne-Bannister, Summer Edward, Portia Subran, Brandon O'Brien, Damion Wilson, and H. K. Williams, among others. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2016On writing
By Charles Bukowski. 2015
Collection of previously unpublished correspondence by the author of Pulp (DB 40326) and The Pleasures of the Damned (DB 66380),…
discussing the art of creation with publishers, editors, friends, and peers. Shares the joys and tribulations of not only writing, but writing for publication. 2015Essays after eighty
By Donald Hall. 2014
Former United States Poet Laureate and author of Unpacking the Boxes (DB 68474), Hall (born 1928) ruminates on the life…
he has lived, as well as lives of his ancestors. Discusses writing, smoking and drinking, and traveling through post-WWII Europe. 2014Have a little faith
By Sandra Kitt, Jacquelin Thomas, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, J. D Mason. 2013
Four inspirational stories. In "Signs of Light" Brittany's young son is diagnosed with leukemia, but she finds help from an…
unexpected source. In "Survival Instincts" Lynn, a librarian, forgives her attacker and helps him out. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2006