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English
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"A prodigiously imaginative collection."
—New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice
"Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic."
—Washington Post Book World
Fragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard
...Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, returns with a collection of unsparing short stories In the prize-winning story "The Gun, " a man's life is marked by a single afternoon and a rusty.45; in "The Island, " a mythical princess is abandoned on an island in the midst of war; in "The Boys Who Left Home to Learn Fear, " a cadre of sheltered aristocrats sets...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"More than fifty years ago, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story caught the eye of the great Ruth Rendell, whose praise ignited Lovesey's lifelong passion for short form crime fiction. On the occasion of his hundredth short story, Peter Lovesey has assembled this devilishly clever collection, fifteen yarns of mystery, melancholy, and mischief, inhabiting such deadly settings...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From one of Britain's most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary short stories that demonstrate what modern England has become. InThe Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel's trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display.Her classic wicked humor in each story--which range from a ghost story...
7) All the rage
Author
Publisher
New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A. L. Kennedy's latest collection of stories is an investigation of "certain types of threat and the odder edges of sweet things"--another intense and luscious feast of language from the author of The Blue Book and Paradise. "I want to describe my genuine circumstances on the occasion in question, but I can't, " confesses the narrator of "Baby Blue, " who finds herself "somewhere like a very big grocers. a supermarket full of sex." Kennedy hilariously...
Author
Publisher
ChiZine Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A woman rejects her husband's heart - and gives it back to him, still beating, in a plastic box. A little boy betrays his father to the harsh mercies of Santa Claus. A widower suspects his dead wife's face is growing over his own. A man goes to Hell, and finds he's roommate to the ghost of Hitler's pet dog. Giant spiders, killer angels, ghost cat photography, and the haunted house right at the centre of the Garden of Eden. Deliciously frightening,...
13) Ding dong bell
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1924.
Physical Desc
x pages, 2 leaves, 3-79 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First American Edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In her flat in north London, Iona Kirkpatrick sets to work on a new project translating a collection of letters and diaries by a Chinese musician. With each letter and journal entry, Iona becomes more and more intrigued with the unfolding story of two lovers: Jian, a punk rocker who believes there is no art without political commitment, and Mu, the young woman he loves as fiercely as his ideals"--Dust jacket flap.
16) Journeys
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"Vivid and amusing...Magically funny."-Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times
An enchanting collection of stories, set in the same world, from the author of the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
Following the international bestseller Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke returns with an enchanting collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of...
An enchanting collection of stories, set in the same world, from the author of the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
Following the international bestseller Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke returns with an enchanting collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of...
20) Fireside Gothic
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of three gothic novellas from the best-selling author of The American Boy includes tales of ghosts in a cathedral that speak through music and of a couple who live in a remote cottage with a strange cat.
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