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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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"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...
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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...
15) Softly Launching
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Sci-fi. Romance. Noir. Fantasy. Flash fiction. Coming-of age. Here are 13 stories testing the limits of our reality. Includes a classic of flash fiction: "Man Walks Into Bar".
16) All About Women
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You're in for an unforgettable experience when America's master storyteller turns his enormous narrative gifts to the passionate, haunting subject of the American woman, searching for--and often finding--love and faith... in Andrew M. Greeley's All About Women.
There's teenaged Rosemarie, coming to grips with the evil of the twentieth century--or is it the evil in the human heart?
Peggy, whose widowhood plunges her into the cold of loneliness.
Rita,...
17) Life With Cats
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An absolutely purrfect book for cat lovers everywhere. A heart-warming collection of stories featuring our favorite feline companions. Meet a ginger kitty who comforts those who've experienced a loss, a fairy cat battling to save the person she's destined to be with, and an abandoned kitten brought in from the cold by a lonely widow. Get to know a regal feline as she battles diminutive mouse riders intent on recapturing their queen. And follow along...
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When Something Slips is an eclectic collection of short fiction and poetry. The stories and poems explore love, death, and humor. There are moments that are flippant and others filled with grim truth.From the author that brought you A Baker's Divorce and a slew of crime fiction under the pen name Frank Zafiro comes this smaller, quieter, and more personal work, spanning over thirty years of a writer's journey.
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Bandits, outlaws, romance, and adventure abound in Hard Ride, a collection of tales of the American West from renowned, seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton
Each of Elmer Kelton's superb stories of the West showcase the strength and power western spirit. They are filled with marvelous characters-from a rodeo clown who seeks redemption via romance, to an outlaw who comes to the aid of ranchers with no other recourse to justice. Powerful...
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A bestselling literary sensation in Brazil, a powerful debut short-story collection about favela life in Rio de Janeiro
In The Sun on My Head, Geovani Martins recounts the experiences of boys growing up in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the early years of the twenty-first century. Drawing on his childhood and adolescence, Martins uses the rhythms and slang of his neighborhood dialect to capture the texture of life in the slums, where every day...
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