Short Stories

Nachman of Bratslav, descended from the founder of the Hasidic movement, carved a unique path as a Jewish spiritual leader. Towards the end of his life, he lost his young...

'A bawdy burlesque' Guardian A collection of witty, transgressive tales from the great Enlightenment thinker, best known for his inimitable blend of philosophy and scandalous sexuality The Marquis de Sade's...

Teffi's literary genius made her a star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. An extremely funny writer with a scathing critical eye, she was...

Chekhov was without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its untidy complexity. His short stories, written throughout his life and newly translated for this essential...

These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall...

I wasn't in any particular hurry to kill him. What was important was to make sure that the deed was done without suspicion settling on me. Follow P D James,...

Set across Bombay and Calcutta, Amit Chaudhuri's stories range from a divorcee about to enter into an arranged marriage to a teengaed poet who develops a relationship with a lonely...

You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You drive her to work. You quote Neruda [. . .] You try it all, but...

'My only concern', John McGahern once said, 'is that I get the sentence right and describe my world clearly and deeply.' 'The Country Funeral' witnesses three brothers, John, Philly and...

On the whole, it was easier than I had expected. Only once did I feel myself at risk. That was when the Inspector suddenly intervened. He said in a harsh...

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton. Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Nightmare Before Christmas ,...

The stories in this collection include the eponymous The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit , in which little Max Nix is on a quest to find the perfect suit he can go ice-fishing,...

Laughable Loves is a collection of stories that first appeared in print in Prague before 1968, but was then banned. The seven stories are all concerned with love, or rather...

Join Moose-a big, friendly puppy with a superpower-on a magical adventure to find the rest of his pack! Siblings Moose, Sparkle, Rocky, and Tobey are superpuppies. Each pup has a...

WINNER - Indie Book Awards 2015 (Best Debut Fiction Book) WINNER - The ABIA Award (Literary Fiction Book of the Year) 2015 WINNER - Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian...

Ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle delighted readers with the fictional genius detective, Sherlock Holmes, crime fiction has been plumbed by mystery writers everywhere. This volume of 12 stories spans...

The first ever story collection from the inimitable Lionel Shriver 'Genius' Stylist 'Phenomenal' Observer 'Brilliant' The Times In her first ever story collection, Lionel Shriver illuminates one of the modern...

On India's south-western coast, between Goa and Calicut, lies Kittur - a small, nondescript everytown. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and its...

Come and share in the excitement of a night at the opera in this glorious collection of eight favourite opera stories. You'll find magic flutes, dragons and witches, princesses popping...

' Now's the time to curl up with a ghostly tale - and this collection should be your go to!' Fabulous 'This cracking collection of spooky tales is perfect for...

'McBride at his brave and joyous best' New York Times Book Review 'A furious joy drives these glimpses of brave lives in perilous places' San Francisco Chronicle An antiques dealer...

From the curiosity of the elephant's child, to the crab who played with the sea, from the ingenious invention of the alphabet, to how the rhinoceros got its wrinkled skin,...

Nine haunting fairy tales: The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The...

From seven masters of historical fiction-including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn-comes a richly imagined anthology of stories which bring the epic tale of the Trojan War to life. Troy:...

Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The...

In Winter Stories, we meet a teenager on the run from social services with her younger half-sister and half-brother in tow, a young single mother struggling to provide adequately for...

The book titled Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes by the author Patricia Highsmith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Orange Tree by the author Carlos Fuentes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Longlistedfor the Stella Prize 2018 ThisWater is the lastwork of fiction by Beverley Farmer, one of Australia's great prose stylists,and a pioneer of women's writing in this country. It is...

In their collections 'The Returning' and 'Playing Dead', Mihaela Nicolescu and Nadine Browne illuminate the complexity of the everyday with compassionate but unflinching accounts of the ways in which people...

The rediscovered magical-realist classic by a bestselling poet for fans of Banana Yoshimoto and Kawaguchi's BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD Who doesn't want a second chance at life? Read the...

A triumph of contemporary horror from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author, this collection of short stories will haunt you long after you turn the final page A place of myths, rumours...

The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales...

New to Penguin Clothbound Classics, Joyce's seminal story collection about ordinary Dublin lives Joyce's first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for...

Super-fun stories specially chosen for 7-year-olds! Super-fun stories specially chosen for 7-year-olds! Lulu Bell and an injured penguin, a school play spectacular, holidays at Pop's farm, scary fairies, a lost...

The book titled Classic Short Stories by the author Philip Gardner. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Count down to the holidays with this collection of twelve of the most famous Christmas stories in this cozy anthology. Usher in the holidays with this collection of twelve classic...

With the publication of his first story collection, Thirst -- also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year -- Ken Kalfus made "a dazzling debut," emerging as "a...

The book titled Dresses of Red and Gold by the author Robin Klein. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Breaking Beauty puts one of the greatest obsessionsof our time under the spotlight and shows that beautyrarely exists without its grubby underbelly. There is nolight without darkness.Our writers-sparkling talents both...

'.eros, like art involves risk, the risk of pregnancy, the risk of disease - or commitment, the greatest risk of all. And like art, it will bring you to the...

The book titled Knitting Emily Bridget by the author Elizabeth Stead. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Here are four unforgettable stories by the author of Life of Pi. In the exquisite title novella, a very young man dying of AIDS joins his friend in fashioning a...

Two sisters await the tidal wave predicted for 1970s Adelaide after Premier Don Dunstan decriminalises homosexuality. An interstate family drive is complicated by the father's memory of sighting UFOs. Two...

In these fourteen stories, Cameron Raynes traverses landscapes of regret, joy and redemption. In a country town, a woman plots to ruin her rival with an act steeped in racism....

A dancer in a wheelchair. A collector of corks. One woman seduced by a mountain and another by Freddo Frogs. A man who hears his dead wife's voice. A poet...