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Writers talking
By John Metcalf, Claire Wilkshire. 2003
Includes interviews with and commentaries from eight Canadian writers. Listen in to Terry Griggs on where stories come from, Michael…
Winter on writing Newfoundland, and K.D. Miller on being 'an actor who writes'. Also features short stories by these authors. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.Western writings of Stephen Crane
By Frank Bergon. 1979
A collection of twenty-seven western stories, sketches, reports and letters by the author of "The red badge of courage" (DC25940).…
The introduction considers the literary merit of Crane's work in relation to the mythical elements of the modern western story. 1979.The Second Macmillan anthology
By John Metcalf, Leon Rooke. 1989
A collection of short stories, poetry, literary criticism, and memoirs by Canadian authors such as Alice Munro, Carol Shields, Patricia…
Young and Al Purdy. Strong language and some descriptions of sex.The house of fiction: an anthology of the short story, with commentary
By Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon. 1960
More deadly than the male: masterpieces from the queens of horror
By Graeme Davis. 2019
This collection of twenty-six stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcases the prominent role of women in the…
formation of the horror genre. Includes stories from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and more. Some violence. 2019Readymade bodhisattva: the Kaya anthology of South Korean science fiction (The Magpie series of modern and contemporary Korean literature)
By Sunyoung Park, Park Sang Joon. 2019
A collection of short stories from South Korea translated into English, including both classic and contemporary works. Includes a critical…
introduction, an essay on science fiction fandom in South Korea, and contextualizing information and annotations for each story. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019The Oxford companion to fairy tales (Oxford Companions)
By Jack Zipes. 2015
A reference source containing over one thousand entries exploring the Western fairy-tale tradition, from medieval to modern. Includes information about…
stories, authors, artists, and many related topics. Entries address fairy tales' roles in film, art, opera, ballet, music, and advertising. Also features articles highlighting countries with strong fairy-tale traditions. 2015How the wise men got to Chelm: the life and times of a Yiddish folk tradition
By Ruth Von Bernuth. 2016
An examination of the Eastern European Jewish literary tradition of stories about a town called Chelm, which was meant to…
be a town of fools. Discusses the dual identity of Chelm in reality and folktale tradition. The author places Chelm literature in a historical context and discusses its precursors. 2016Sisters of tomorrow: the first women of science fiction (Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
By Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016
Selection of short fiction, essays, and poems by women working in the genre in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Includes…
fiction by C. L Moore, poems by Julia Boynton Green, and journalism by L. Taylor Hansen. Also provides commentary documenting women's contributions to the pulp-magazine community. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Classical mythology: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By Helen Morales. 2007
Explores the psychologically important stories of ancient Greeks and Romans, still wielding cultural influence today. Dispels notion of comparative inferiority…
of Roman mythology, and discusses differences beyond deities' name changes. Describes the role of the mythic hero, and relationships between classical mythology and philosophy, Christianity, psychoanalysis, and New Age spirituality. 2007The Celtic twilight: faerie and folklore (Celtic, Irish)
By W. B. Yeats. 2004
Consists of stories recounted to the poet by his friends, neighbors, and acquaintances. All of the stories focus on the…
mythic and magical roots of Irish folklore, venturing into the world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. Includes commentary based on Yeats's own experiences. 1902The hero: a study in tradition, myth, and drama
By Lord Raglan, Fitzroy Richard Somerset Raglan, Raglan. 2003
Analysis of mythology, folklore, and drama to derive a set of twenty-two motifs that characterize the qualities and actions of…
heroic figures in traditional and literary narrative. Disputes the historical actuality often claimed for many traditional heroes, including Robin Hood, King Arthur, and the warriors at Troy. 1936The incurables: stories (The Richard Sullivan Prize in short fiction)
By Mark Brazaitis. 2012
The ten stories collected here share a setting of Sherman, Ohio and a sensibility of dark subjects married to an…
offbeat sense of humor. The author afflicts his small-town residents with either devastating losses, cringe-worthy embarrassments, or sometimes both. Some descriptions of sex. 2012Troubled daughters, twisted wives: stories from the trailblazers of domestic suspense
By Sarah Weinman. 2013
Collection of fourteen previously published stories of crime fiction by women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Includes "The Heroine"…
by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley (DB 50315), where a young woman is hired to be a nanny and dreams of being more. Some violence. 2013The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories
By Marina Keegan. 2014
Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…
college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014Haiti noir (Akashic Noir)
By Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Mark Kurlansky, Katia D. Ulysse, Évelyne Trouillot, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Yanick Lahens, Gary Victor, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Marie Lily Cerat, M. J. Fievre, Josaphat-Robert Large, Nadine Pinede, Patrick Sylvain, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Marvin Victor. 2011
Edwidge Danticat is both editor and contributor in this anthology of eighteen stories written around the time of Haiti's devastating…
2010 earthquake. In Ibi Aanu Zoboi's "The Harem" a playboy tends to his three lovers amid the destruction. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011Cousin Phillis and other stories (Oxford world's classics)
By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Heather Glen, Elizabeth Gaskell. 2010
Five Victorian short stories and the title novella by English novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). In Cousin Phillis seventeen-year-old Paul Manning…
meets his mother's distant relatives. Includes "Lizzie Leigh," "Morton Hall," "My French Master," "Half a Life-Time Ago," and "Manchester Marriage" and 2010 introduction and notes by Heather Glen. 1865Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2013 / XXXVII (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #37)
By 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. 2012Biography of E.B. White (1899-1985), who wrote that he "felt a kinship for animals that he never felt for people"…
and penned the 1952 children's novel featuring a spider. Discusses White's New Yorker magazine days, marriage to editor Katharine Angell, and Maine farm that inspired Charlotte's Web (DB 46839). 2011That distant land: the collected stories (Port William Ser.)
By 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. 2004