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By Johanna Skibsrud. 2011
A short story collection that takes readers from South Dakota to Paris to Japan, into art galleries, foreign apartments, farms…
and beach hotels, and shows us the liberating bewilderment of its characters who come face-to-face with what they didn’t know they didn’t know. 2011.By Nick Hornby. 2000
Short, fictional monologues by twelve of the most popular writers of today - including Helen Fielding, Robert Harris, Zadie Smith,…
Patrick Marber and Irvine Welsh - written in aid of The Treehouse Trust for Autistic Children.By Alice Munro. 1978
By Maeve Binchy. 1993
Millions of people travel on London's tube every day, yet we usually only give our fellow passengers a cursory glance.…
Maeve Binchy infuses the nameless people with stories to provide a cross-section of London life. 1993.By Neil Gaiman. 2015
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction -- stories, verse, and a…
Doctor Who story written for the series' fiftieth anniversary (Nothing o'clock). There is also "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of his novel American Gods. The collection explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Bestseller. 2015.By David Cruise, Alison Griffiths. 2003
The story begins during the Ice Age and moves through history, revealing a fascinating cast of characters. A young girl…
faces the prospect of marriage into a faraway tribe; a Russian cartographer nearly meets his end at the hands of her descendants. And in modern times, a native girl struggles to escape Vancouver's impoverished downtown eastside. 2003.By Hilary Mantel. 2014
A collection of contemporary short stories that demonstrate what modern England has become. Ranges from a ghost story to a…
vampire story to near-memoir to mini-sagas of family and social fracture. 2014.By Alf Prøysen. 1972
Mrs. Pepperpot has a strange problem. She shrinks to the size of a pepperpot at the most inconvenient times! But…
she doesn't let this get in her way and is ready to take on any situation, big or small. Here her adventures are told in 27 short stories. Grades 2-4. c1972.By Annie Proulx. 1988
Eleven short stories featuring the rites of nature and the rituals of small-town life in rural New England. Proulx's focus…
includes the blue-collar worker who is affected by the newly rural bourgeoisie; the natives who enjoy hunting and fishing; and the malice, greed, and passion that affect the residents. Strong language and some violence. 1988By Fiona Walker, Chris Manby, Jessica Adams. 2001
This title contains thirty stories that should appeal to male and female alike. "Girls' Night Out" introduces female authors, including…
Josie Lloyd and Kathy Lette. "Boys' Night In" features authors such as Mike Gayle, and Emlyn Rees.By Fiona Walker, Chris Manby, Jessica Adams. 2000
Why go out looking for entertainment when you can curl up and enjoy the company of the very best and…
brightest women writers around? Sexy, funny and at times heartrendingly poignant, this collection of short stories has something for everyone.By Emmanuel Viau, Marie Bertherat, Giorda, Patrick Cappelli, Gudule, Jean-Marc Ligny. 2001
Rire aux éclats devant les tribulations d'un musicien très passionné, enquêter sur la mort mystérieuse d'un saxophoniste noir dans la…
Louisiane des années 1930, rapper pour déjouer les maléfices d'un compositeur diabolique, retrouver le plaisir de chanter grâce à un violoniste tsigane, échapper à l'emprise de ses parents afin d'assister au concert de son groupe préféré. Pour les lecteurs du collégial.By Jeffrey Archer. 2000
A collection of fourteen riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behaviour, and dangerously illicit affairs, rendered with…
the breathtaking narrative twists. All are new stories that will engross and astonish, peopled with a rich assortment of truly memorable characters: the intoxicating woman who appears to her lover only once every six years; the British diplomat who employs his rather creative -- if not entirely ethical -- financial talents for a greater good; the millionaire who declares himself bankrupt to test the love and loyalties of those closest to him. 2000.By Frederick Forsyth. 2001
In the title piece, a noted barrister helps to free two thugs who stomped to death an old man. But…
the lawyer has an ulterior motive. In "Whispering Wind," a single scout survives Custer's Last Stand. Some violence and some strong language. 2001.By Charles De Lint. 2002
A collection of stories about teenagehood, from the streets of Newford to the alleys of Bordertown to the realms of…
Faerie. Includes characters taken from several of the author's novels. For senior high readers. 2002.By Lorrie Moore. 1998
By Gary Disher. 1997
By Alan Wall. 1998
A selection of stories, this has "A to Z" (a novella) at its heart, in which a detective has to…
return unexpectedly to London. Once there, he has to learn to read the city anew in the light of arcane allusions planted by an apparently murderous sect.By Helen Dunmore. 1998
In this collection of short stories, the author takes the reader into a sensuous world of endless winters and midnight…
sun. As far apart as Finland, the Austrian Tyrol, and upstate New York, these stories come alive to the touch of estrangement, misunderstanding, sexuality and loss.By Sue Miller. 1997
A collection of short stories which examine the themes of erotic and family relationships. The title story concerns a young…
man from the wrong side of town who takes up successively with three daughters of the most fashionable family in town. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 1997.