Short stories Books

A collection of short stories and poems. They don't fall under any specific genre. Almost everything today comes with a description. This sets expectations, it sets a mood. I choose not to do that. This book just is. No promises, no details.

Welcome to Thorneside. If you're a new arrival, the place may look like just another sleepy town nestled among the rolling hills of Lindisfarne County. But spend some time here, meet the people, and you'll soon see much more.Meet a church choirmaster who...

Hidden in deep grass, beyond the line of the distant ridge, half-remembered hopes fall prey to savage chance and lie broken or, finding fresh earth, rise again with tender growth. The stories of Wheelbarrow Ridge are each a landscape, populated by...

A collection of short stories by Peter Strawhan, who was born at the ‘Old Queen Vic’ Maternity Hospital, Rosewater, in 1932. A bleak wartime childhood in a working-class western suburb followed. He endured a five-year apprenticeship as a...

In these stories of the impossible, master of the domestic thriller Sally Emerson introduces the eerie into her keen-eyed portraits of everyday life. A clerk working in a public register office begins to receive death certificates dated in the future,...

London, a city of millions where even the solitary are never alone. The bustling spaces host fleeting interactions between strangers, each with their own troubles. A homeless man wrestles with his demons, a woman braves the outside after illness, a...

"The Mercury Anthology" is a stimulating, entertaining, collection of sci-fi short stories. The author, G.C. Conrad, explores human nature through fanciful settings and unique personalities. The protagonists in Conrad's stories are thrown into a mix of...

Six Dreams About the Train and Other Stories, by Swedish-Canadian author Maria Haskins, brings together twenty-three speculative fiction short stories-two of them previously unpublished-that span fantasy, science fiction, and horror, delving into the...

A novella and six short fictions, is by turn mythic and realistic, moving and wistful, innovative and traditional. It maps a wide geography of human emotions: lust, adventure, love, alienation, explicit violence and implicit passion. Ben Stoltzfus makes...

In 1873, Pops moved his family and presided over the naming ceremony for his new home town of Hastings, Nebraska. He and his family thrived so well they stayed there until 2037. He and his wife and three children provide a running commentary on the...

DRACULA'S BOYFRIEND AND OTHER STRANGE TALES is a collection of 13 tales of the supernatural. Inspired by the Victorian and Edwardian classics in that genre, though the stories herein are written with a Queer sensibility and an affectionate sense of...

An anthology of short stories and poems.

 Storytelling and listening are part of a passion that fades into every phase of life. Stories were a journey through the curiosity of a child’s youth. Many enjoy it as a story. What a fun way to have a good story. It is also the story of...

While writing the story The Pillow Cats, the author, who happens to be a cat lover, was inspired by the fact that he really used his cats as pillows. This is a fictional account of the pitfalls and amusing incidents from having cats as pillows.Find out...

The Golden Casket – Vol 1 is a collection of stories in rhyme by UK based author Jacqueline Kelly Dickson fondly nicknamed The Indian Dr. Seuss published in 2019. It is composed of 5 separate stories with themes of perseverance, identity, honesty,...

A collection of poetic short fiction inspired by a visit to the rare butterfly shrine of a silent movie actress. This book begins with Violet and travels through time and neighborhoods, ghosts and forests, to end with passenger pigeons. A book of...

If asked to name the most important element of a good short story the knowledgeable reader can be expected to say, "The plot, of course, especially when it has a clever twist." Another of the literary-minded will insist, "Most important, you ask? Surely...

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟରେ କଥାଶିଳ୍ପୀ ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ମହାନ୍ତିଙ୍କର ସ୍ଥାନ ସ୍ବତନ୍ତ୍ର। ତାଙ୍କର ବିଷୟବସ୍ତୁ ନିର୍ବାଚନ, ଚରିତ୍ର ଚିତ୍ରଣ ଏବଂ ଶବ୍ଦ ଚୟନ ସମସାମୟିକ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକମାନଙ୍କ ଠାରୁ ଭିନ୍ନ। ଶ୍ରୀଜଗନ୍ନାଥଙ୍କୁ ନେଇ ସେ ଲେଖିଥିବା 'ନୀଳଶୈଳ', 'ନୀଳାଦ୍ରି ବିଜୟ', 'କୃଷ୍ଣାବେଣୀରେ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା', ଉତ୍କଳ ଗୌରବ...

Introducing Phineas "Fin" Erkle, Detective Extraordinaire, and his sidekick Hank the pigeon, as he solves cases in a small city. If your cat is stuck in a tree, he's your man. If the paper-person keeps throwing your newspaper up on the roof, call him...

Lurking in the water, Gods sang of debts and change. Water lapped against the side of the barge, slapping, gurgling, endlessly burbling along against the hull, carrying songs of fish, of snake-heads flowing up and down the river, of mer chattering,...

All the Aliens in the Neighborhood is a collection of stories centering around men and women in a middle-class Brooklyn neighborhood who take one extra look at themselves and their neighbors and are shaken by how blithely they had been coasting along...

Conflicted hearts search for human connections upon waters and vivid landscapes.Randolf, a Susquehanna ferryman, is piloting an Amish wedding party in the title story of this collection, "Nunc Stans-A Ferry Tale." But mid-river, the ferry snags on a low...

Nine short stories create The Wonder, The Joy, The Promise, an uplifting book filled with age-old and contemporary themes, by author Evelyn McCarthy. Mary, the mother of Jesus, keeps a journal. In it she describes her feelings of joy, trepidation and an...

Reminiscent of "The Twilight Zone," take a walk though the journey of the 13 twisted tales in Acute Angles: Tales From The Edge We Dare Not Walk.These chilling stories guide you through the dark where villains aren't always villains and heroes do what...

These are stories about movies and the underside of trying to live up to male tropes. The men in these stories hurt and get hurt. They push too hard and not enough. They disappoint others and themselves. Their movie-moves damage. And their small...

Hester Pennix, the legendary schoolmarm; Devon Finley, the improvident med student; Ludmilla Dandridge, the doubting professor; Jasmine French, the outspoken organizer; Henry Fleming, the Civil War soldier; Jim-Ray Cass, the soft-hearted tough; Megan...

In this extraordinary new collection, award-winning writer Iain Baird brings to life characters as real as we are to ourselves. It is with powerful, graceful, and precise language that Baird shows us how wonderfully perilous ordinary lives can be.The Guy...

This collection of sixteen short stories is set in Egg Rock, a fictional town north of Boston. They are written in approximate chronological order spanning hundreds of years and are linked not only by the setting but by the reappearance of characters,...

Steven's Days of Adventures is a Children's Book about a young boy who experiences many emotions as he encounters many situations for the first time. A wonderfully witty book that depicts normal every day experiences, from a young boys point of view. ...

"White Nights and Other Short Stories" is a fantastic collection of short stories by prolific Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. They include: "White Nights", "First Night", "Second Night", "Third Night", "Fourth Night", "Morning", and "Notes From The...

As a youngster, Mark Lemann grew up in the rural village of Kiel, Germany, and helped his family by tending to the livestock. A bright student, Mark attended college and hoped to earn a degree. But the start of World War II in 1939 demolished that dream...

When Eric’s Body was published in l993, it became an overnight sensation and has sold steadily through the present day. Hailed as “powerful . . . unforgettable . . . phenomenal,” it launched the writing...

The New York Times Book Review hails this collection of thirteen dazzling stories and a rare screenplay by Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Greg Bear as a “solid introduction to the oeuvre of a classic writer.”   Greg...

I was never the type to wear my heart on my sleeve, I guess I never found someone who could really grasp what was coming out of my mouth, and so instead, I let my pen become my ears, my escape, my best friend, my therapist, my confidant, my alter ego...

Isabel grew up without a father, so she’s never observed firsthand how a man should treat a woman. Although she wasn’t looking for love, she meets Juan—an attractive Mexican man who falls in love with her instantly. For the first time...

<p>SANDY is a professional pianist who is doing his best to recover after the loss of his entire family amidst mysterious circumstances. As he muddles through his days, his mind aches. He contemplates joining his family. He drinks Jack...

INDIGO TALES is a collection of short stories about characters who stumble into surprising situations during their travels: a weekend getaway; a longer visit to a dream destination; relocation from a small town to "the big city." Some characters meet...

How do you know what is real and what is not? Do you trust your mind enough to make the distinction? You might think you see the world clearly, but maybe there's nothing clear to see; maybe the world is, in fact, distorted, as illuminated in Visions...

Wilbur Pike III is ready to share lessons learned over a lifetime through the pathway of personal essays. In his diverse and lively collection, Pike reflects on his own development, his career, and life around him, ultimately leading others through...

The Cowboy. The Rock Star. The Big City Publisher and the Billionaire. They had their fun. Now it's your turn. Paths and Places. Where you want to go.

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary a mosaic is a picture or a pattern produced by arranging together the small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile or glass. The smaller pieces are an integral part of the whole. Numerous art...

Lilibat was primarily written to put the Authors dreams down on paper. The dreams were vivid and some of the illustrations done by the Author are what she actually saw. These dreams spill over into books two and three. Phillipa is the main character...

If the characters in this collection of short stories seem familiar, they should because they're either you now, you at a later date or someone you know. "An Act Of God and Other Stories' is Hart's attempt to show that growing old has its advantages,...

Victoria is a seventeen year old girl born and raised in a small town in Kentucky. Her father just passed away leaving them with fifty million dollars that he won from a lottery. Lisa, Victoria's mother decides to move to Los Angeles to start a new life...