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This collection of nine short stories and one novella covers a wealth of topics and styles. Dorm life, O. Henry twists, psychological quirks, doomed relationships, and even high fantasy with dragons and Dark Lords.Never mind the self-deprecating title, this anthology has a lot to like.
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A birthday-party magician whose hat tricks end in horror and gore; a girl parented by a major household appliance; the possessor of the lowest IQ in the Mossad-such are the denizens of Etgar Keret's dark and fertile mind. The Girl on the Fridge contains the best of Keret's first collections, the ones that made him a household name in Israel and the major discovery of this last decade.
3) Base shelter
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Cheng picked up from the cultivation tank, got a good news and a bad news. The good news is, he's about to become head of a genetic asylum. The bad news is, the shelter is out of control! ... He must gather enough resources to repair and operate this huge facility, recapture the escaped shelter, replenish the empty gene pool, faced with this astronomical task, Cheng is deep in thought. perhaps You can trick someone into doing a tough job. So he shouted...
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In 'Odd Family Out', Nick Nwaogu tells over a score of short-stories about his unusually odd family, using twenty-five chapters to introduce twenty-five fictional family members with contrasting personalities, including a fictional version of himself. The book starts with the introduction of his mother. "I always knew I came from a very odd family. There was mother-too short, too old-fashion, too simple, and too intelligent for a woman with no University...
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Twelve fiction stories about life bring warm smiles to your face, deep thoughts to ponder and simple contentment to the reader. Some stories take you to Wales, Florida, New York and New Jersey. Some stories will take you back in time, one to the future and there is even a fractured fairy tale to make you laugh from start to finish. Twelve are true stories about clever cats, life-giving and taking, the Mayflower, A Yankee in Blue, a life regression...
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In this witty and thought-provoking book, the author embarks on a journey of self-discovery and humor, taking readers through a series of delightful essays that explore the intricacies of life, relationships, and Ugandan societal norms. The book kicks off with 'The Lunch Date Paradox,' where the author reflects on the seemingly unassuming choice of inviting a crush to lunch. With humor and insight, the author unveils how lunch, often underestimated,...
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This week, we have original tales from Veronica Leigh (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Phyllis Ann Karr, plus great modern tales from Simon Wood (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and Norman Spinrad. Plus the usual range of classics which you (hopefully) haven't seen before. Good stuff!
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From the author of The Great Fire, a collection of stories about love and acceptance, expectations and disappointment
Shirley Hazzard's stories are sharp, sensitive portrayals of moments of crisis. Whether they are set in the Italian countryside or suburban Connecticut, the stories deal with real people and real problems.
In the title piece, a young widow is surprised and ashamed by her lack of grief for her husband.
In "A Place in the Country,"...
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Chemistry and Other Stories, A Picador Paperback Original
From the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South.
In Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era.
Three old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba...
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"A greatly gifted and highly original artist...Various Antidotes is purely and simply wonderful."--The New York Times Book Review
The miraculous, transformative stories of Joanna Scott's Various Antidotes range across the world of history and science, alighting on figures both real and imaginary. The stories within are those of obsession and brilliance, of the ultimately human recognition that the world is larger than we believe it to be and that...
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Nothing is simple for the men and women in Donald Antrim's stories. As they do the things we all do-bum a cigarette at a party, stroll with a girlfriend down Madison Avenue, take a kid to the zoo-they're confronted with their own uncooperative selves. These artists, writers, lawyers, teachers, and actors make fools of themselves, spiral out of control, have delusions of grandeur, despair, and find it hard to imagine a future. They talk, they listen,...
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Martial arts stories are usually about fighting, punching and kicking, but these stories are about how lives can be changed for better or worse, about how not all training is physical and not all of it takes place inside the dojo, dojang or kwoon, and how sometimes it doesn't even look like martial arts training at all! These stories are about the dangers and difficulties posed by martial arts and about the pleasures which keep people practising...
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"Búsqueda de causas: El susurro del pasado " es una fascinante historia corta que sigue el viaje de John, un hombre que experimenta una tragedia inesperada cuando pierde a su familia en un trágico accidente automovilístico. Impulsado por el dolor y la necesidad de respuestas, se embarca en una búsqueda para comprender y cambiar el pasado.En su búsqueda, John descubre la posibilidad de alterar el curso de los acontecimientos a través del conocimiento...
15) Terror space
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This is a story of different planes entering the space of the Master God. You'll see Maori samurai fighting Predator. You'll see apocalyptic men walking around modern cities. Across the street came an emissary carrying a sword. He was closely followed by a star warrior! A bearded man jumped out and said, "The earth is round! I Magellan confirmed it first! They are the past, the present, the future, and here they come! When they meet in the movie world,...
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Tony Stark: Lin is my brother! Flash: OK, OK, I admit to being the fastest man in the world... One of them. Hermione: Professor Lin, I can't do this magic very well. Bella: Edward, please stay away from me. Lin will be angry! Elena: Lin, who are those two women up there.
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A collection of fun and mind provoking short stories, poems and limericks. When writing I lean towards subjects such as dreams, aspirations, peace, Mother Nature, death and what happens to us as we pass from this to the next phase of our lives. There's plenty of different writings in this book so please make the most of this pick 'n' mix. If you enjoy these stories, it would help me if you spread the word to friends and family. Some stories may have...
18) What a Feeling
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACCIDENTAL LOVE: Holly Davidson is hammering out the final details with her soon-to-be ex-husband, Jeff, one possession at a time. Leaving her lawyer's office, she's caught in a monsoon and falls as she runs to her car, breaking her ankle. One of the EMTs transporting her to the hos-pital takes an interest in her, but Holly doesn't want another man in her life so soon. But will she let the handsome EMT merely walk away out of her...
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The stories in this collection are simple narratives, which gives snapshots of a country that is changing rapidly and often struggling to accommodate the aspirations of a burgeoning population. The Guest Who Stayed is about an author who is desperately seeking solitude for his first attempt at writing. The Insult is about a facile exchange of signals between a man and a woman. Teenage Love is a poignant tale of immature emotions. Faith causes one...
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From time to time when I take a break from researching and writing my thrillers, I write short stories such as the ones collected for the first time in this new anthology, Trust and Other Nightmares. Each of these stories has its germination in nights when my sleep was suddenly savaged by ethereal visions and sounds sufficiently disturbing to wrench me from tangled, sweat-drenched sheets. Some of them have seen a bit of daylight before now, and the...
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