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The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story Martin Scofield This wide-ranging introduction to the short story tradition in the United States of America traces the genre from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century with Irving, Hawthorne and Poe via Fit… OL15174128W
Palo Alto Palo Alto James Franco A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco. Palo Alto is the debut… OL15572017W
First-prize stories 1919-1966 First-prize stories 1919-1966 Montague, Margaret Prescott,Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,William Faulkner Contains: 1919: England to America / Margaret Prescott Montague 1920: Each in his generation / Maxwell Struthers Burt 1921: The heart of little Shikara / Edison Marshall 1922: Snake doctor / I… OL15710438W
The best American short stories of the century The best American short stories of the century Katrina Kenison,John Updike THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintess… OL16052370W
Send me work Send me work Katherine Karlin The stories in Katherine Karlin's debut collection encompass an unusually broad range of experience - refinery workers mourn a colleague's death; a struggling young woman in post-Katrina New Orleans … OL16414537W
The Nekropolis archives The Nekropolis archives Tim Waggoner "Meet Matt Richter. Private eye. Zombie. His mean streets are the city of the dead, the shadowy realm known as Nekropolis. With his sultry half-vampire companion, Devona, by his side, he must face up… OL16689719W
Islands of Decolonial Love Islands of Decolonial Love Leanne Simpson Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challen… OL16819896W
Sleeping funny Sleeping funny Miranda Hill "In nine stories, Miranda Hill explores the consciousness of a modern teenage girl trying to navigate an embarrassing sex ed class, a middle-aged country-village minister in the 19th century who is e… OL17758828W
Nightmare range Nightmare range Martin Limón A collection of Martin Limón's award-winning short stories featuring the heroes of his critically acclaimed crime novels includes pieces that have been published throughout the past 20 years in such … OL17866468W
The Oxford book of Latin American short stories The Oxford book of Latin American short stories Roberto González Echevarría "Includes 53 stories spanning evolution of short fiction in Brazil as well as Hispanic America across a broad range of writing from colonial era and 19th century to modern favorites such as Lugones, … OL17915842W
Married but looking Married but looking Daniel S. Libman Daniel S. Libman's stories bring us a new style that is part inner dialogue, part comic monologue?Grace Paley meets Charles Bukowski. Armed with a comic's wit and a poet's ear, Libman celebrates marr… OL18018755W
She loves me not She loves me not Ron Hansen An anthology of stories reflecting more than twenty years of writing explores a diverse range of topics, from Oscar Wilde and murder to dementia and romance. OL18139021W
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 Otto Penzler,Jeffery Deaver The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A specia… OL19835281W
Our secret life in the movies Our secret life in the movies Michael McGriff Linked stories inspired by classic and cult cinema. OL22060530W
Not quite the classics Not quite the classics Colin Mochrie Comedic short stories derived from classic literature. OL24680657W
TLS short stories TLS short stories Lindsay Duguid A collection of short stories by well-known authors_ OL24855861W
La sposa La sposa Mauro Covacich Due sconosciuti in attesa di sparare durante un safari umano. Un{u2019}artista vestita da sposa che attraversa l{u2019}Europa in autostop. Un giovane sacerdote, ignaro del suo futuro di papa, in un d… OL28766128W
The one and the many The one and the many Lynch, Gerald "The search for the 'Great Canadian Novel' has long continued throughout our history. Controversially, to say the least, Gerald Lynch maintains that a version of it may already have been written - as… OL3139290W
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury Isaac Asimov The barren crust of Mercury lay covered by a network of wire designed to harness the dazzling blaze of the sun and send it sizzling through hyperspace. But someone, or something, on tha airless wo… OL46090W
Star Gate Star Gate Andre Norton When Kincar s'Rud, of mixed Gorthian and Star Lord blood, followed the Star Lords through the shimmering gate that led to alternate universes, he found himself on a Gorth entirely different from the … OL473461W
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