All of us have a mission, some with bigger ones and others with smaller ones. The important thing in this is to have a positive attitude towards life even if the obstacles are...
“Sara Paretsky is a genius.” —LEE CHILDFrom New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, a collection of thrilling crime and detective short stories, many featuring...
In fourteen sublime stories, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World shows that his grasp of the human condition is firmer than ever.Returning to the...
Contents The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- The Lauson tragedy / J. W. DeForest -- The iron shroud / William Mudford -- The bell-tower / Herman...
A. E. Coppard's short stories belong more to the tradition of the folktale than to that of modern literary fiction. Coppard's work has its sophistications, but they are...
A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.
Ernest Hemingway's first new book of fiction, since the publication of A Farewell to Arms in 1929, contains fourteen stories of varying length. Some of them have appeared in...
2009 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/CollectionsNow in trade paperback from National Book award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx—an "unforgettable"...
"The sea fogs" is an account of a trip to Napa Valley (California), first published by Stevenson in short story form in 1879. During this trip the writer's health...
At weekly meetings, aspiring writers are often expected to write something at the drop of a hat. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't.Sometimes the exercise spawns a...