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In THE REFUGEES , Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers...

In THE REFUGEES , Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers...

From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called "wickedly good" ( Kansas...

Joy Williams offers ninety-nine illuminations on mortality as she brings her powers of observation to Azrael, the Angel of Death and transporter of souls. Balancing the extraordinary and the humble,...

I hear someone coming. It has happened before . . . Rooted in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc, here are tales of ghosts and spirits seeking...

'Brinkley's sentences are daggers' RAVEN LEILANI 'Extraordinary ... moving, compelling and virtuosic' OBSERVER 'A triumph' COLIN BARRETT An electric collection of stories set in contemporary New York, from the award-winning...

'A startling meditation on grief and family and betrayal and the stories we tell about ourselves ... introspective, psychologically astute, and engaging' - Kirkus starred review 'There were other women,...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of...

The award-winning stories in this collection range from the everyday to the outer limits of experience, where the quantum uncertainties of space and time are resolved only in the depths...

'A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers' Tayari Jones, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE 'Gayl Jones is a literary legend' - Yara Rodrigues Fowler, author of THERE...

Dark Stars is a tribute to horror's longstanding short fiction legacy, featuring 12 terrifying original stories from today's most noteworthy authors, with a foreword by bestselling author Josh Malerman (...

This work is a collection of non-fiction essays and short fiction, many in print for the first time ever. Subjects range from an ode to redheads, kissing, Diane Keaton, Leonard...

In one new volume , an irresistible collect ion of stories from two previous works, SMILE and CHANGING BABIES, with additional stories, previously unpublished in book form. 'What informs Moggach's...

An array of original stories from around the world bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction: witches. Witches! Whether you know them...

An orphanage for wayward stories. A labyrinth of secrets. A home on the border of reality...Open each door to find a world of magic and menace waiting for you, if...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.' As a child growing up...

In this bold hybrid collection of poetry, flash fiction, and Afrofuturism sci-fi, the award-winning interdisciplinary writer and author of Side Notes from the Archivist explores what happens when god is...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE A Granta Best Young British Novelist 'A thrilling love for the stuff of language ... Magical' JON McGREGOR 'Poignant and playful' DAILY MAIL...

In this bold hybrid collection of poetry, flash fiction, and Afrofuturism sci-fi, the award-winning interdisciplinary writer and author of Side Notes from the Archivist explores what happens when god is...

This anthology illustrates the evolution of Russian women writing over the 20th century. Women produced literary texts as early as the Middle Ages, but only in the 1900s women authors...

A GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023 WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2018 'The real inexplicable gorgeous brilliant thing' MAX PORTER 'She has arrived in a class of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL PRIZE Almost-true stories for a post-truth world Wrong! Not Nice! Sad! A Manhattan party on election night. Liberal media types gather with big grins and...

Global phenomenon Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirr ors and Fragile Things, which includes a never-before...

'One of my favourite books by one of my favourite Argentinian authors' Samanta Schweblin, author of Little Eyes Dazzling and hallucinatory, the stories collected here recall the masters of magical...

Global phenomenon Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirr ors and Fragile Things, which includes a never-before...

Emergence brings us thirty of the best short stories chosen from the thousands of entries in the SBS Emerging Writers' Competition. Now in its third year, the anthology features stories...

Short Stories : and now for something completely different, as they once said in a famous film. Over more than 45 years Derryn Hinch has written 19 books from novels...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News, a collection of short stories inspired by the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Wyoming. If he does not force his attention...

'Moving and vital' i NEWS 'A beautiful book' EVENING STANDARD 'Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible' DAILY MIRROR How do we give a voice to...

A brilliant collection of short stories from Leonora Brito exploring race, identity, and love Leonora Brito was a writer of exceptional stories. In Dat's Love, she soaks up the sights,...

New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy's scorching Billionaire Bachelors Club series continues in this 2-in-1: a fiery romance that refuses to be left at the office, and a wedding...

From the author of Confidence and The Comedown comes a wildly imaginative story collection about queerness, neurodivergence, sexuality, and self-discovery. Frumkin's latest book is a deliciously entertaining collection of five...

This work is a collection of non-fiction essays and short fiction, many in print for the first time ever. Subjects range from an ode to redheads, kissing, Diane Keaton, Leonard...

'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the thrills of Tolstoy's stories' Sharon Cameron in...

This revised and expanded edition of Tolkien's own Hobbit-inspired poetry includes previously unpublished poems and notes, and is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes. 'Tom was here before the...

The phenomenal SUNDAY TIMES top ten bestseller - twenty-one rediscovered early short stories from the legendary global bestselling author, Sir Terry Pratchett. From one of the bestselling science fiction and...

A page-turning collection of dark and twisted crime stories from the international bestselling author of the Harry Hole series. **THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR** **Shortlisted for the Crime Writers'...

A brilliant new collection of short stories from the unique mind of the internationally bestselling author of Men Without Women and Killing Commendatore. *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY...

A revelatory and richly varied collection of Korea's greatest short stories This eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth...

A strange love triangle unravels in this masterly study of storytelling, deception and desire They met when they were teenagers. Quiet, poor, perhaps even a little dull, Miguel fell for...

Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach - and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family - The Bodysurfers is an Australian classic. A...

Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected is a delightfully dark collection of sixteen stories, each with a startling end. Among the unforgettable characters lurk the homicidal wife and her deadly...

With an introduction and notes by Terence Brown Joyce's first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. His stories...

Offers unexpurgated translation of the best-known tales including such classics as 'Sindbad the Sailor' The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by...

A complete collection of surprising and sinister tales from one of Britain's most celebrated writers. Roald Dahl is one of the world's most popular writers, equally at home writing for...

A complete collection of surprising and sinister tales from one of Britain's most celebrated writers Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age, effortlessly writing...

From the bestselling novelist, travel writer, and "master of the short story" (NPR) comes a brilliant new collection The stories in Paul Theroux's fascinating new collection are both exotic and...

Dazzling new story collection from the prize-nominated Sunday Times bestselling author of Romantic Comedy, American Wife and You Think It, I'll Say It, YOUR NEXT READ FROM THE INSTANT SUNDAY...