Short Stories

Adrift in lives of possibility and limitation, the flawed, struggling and sympathetic characters of these desperate, eerie stories seek refuge from meaninglessness and boredom in love, art, friendship, drugs, and...

The American South. A turbulent world, fraught with the Civil Rights struggle and toxic religious tensions. Against the backdrop of mountainous sunsets and backwater shacks, deserted highways and small-town gas...

The book titled The Genius by the author Gordon Jarvie. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Read 'Table of Everything' and take a uniquely funny, crooked, questioning path through life. 'You know, sometimes, things happen that promise to make life breezy and blue, but turn out...

Beware the twists in these tales . A fish sandwich. A tingle on the arm. A boring birthday present. LOOK AGAIN! The fish has a secret. The tingle is transforming....

Author: A.C. Wise Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The award-winning Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane bring together the masters of fantasy, science-fiction and horror, to spin stories inspired by...

Eighteen stories, all about love, and about all kinds of love. From the aching for the one you pine for, to standing up and speaking up for the one you...

A book of cosy short stories full of love, friendship and little adventures, perfect for sharing at bedtime. The eleven little stories in this beautifully illustrated collection are just the...

"Cat O' Nine Tales" is the sixth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller illustrated by the internationally acclaimed artist, Ronald Searle, creator of Molesworth. These twelve yarns...

The remarkable new work of fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders , Wasteland , Here We Are and Mothering Sunday In the aftermath of the Second World...

A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short...

From the Battle of Bull Run to current-day Iraq, war has fascinated some of the finest writers of the past two centuries, and now over a hundred of their vivid...

From National Book Award Finalist Laird Hunt, a masterful collection of interwoven stories capturing one summer's day in Reagan-era Indiana. Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis...

Number One for Fiendish Fun! Join Horrid Henry in a bumper book of mayhem with this brilliantly mischievous collection of six of his best food-related stories! Horrid Henry loves food...

At the intersection of tradition and modernity, East and West, childhood and adulthood, Hanan al-Shaykh's characters find their way through the shifting and ambiguous power relationships that shape the landscape...

From the heathered fells and lowlands of Cumbria with their history of smouldering violence, to the speed and heat of summer London, to an eerily still lake in the Finnish...

A collection of diamond-sharp stories from an award-winning writer, for fans of Eliza Clark's She's Always Hungry and Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties . What happens when...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition...

A shimmering collection of stories from the author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated into English for the first time A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a...

Set both in the present and in the dust-laden reaches of Angola in 1976, "Buried in the Sky" is an album of stories about men, women and war. Rick Andrew,...

The Lady from Guatemala (1997) is a collection of short stories by renowned British writer V.S. Pritchett. It features, often, humorous, character-driven literary fiction exploring human nature, class, and the...

Number One for Fiendish Fun! Join Horrid Henry in another bumper book of mischief. Horrid Henry and his next-door neighbour, Moody Margaret, are sworn enemies - as are the rest...

A lively collection of nineteen five-minute stories - a mixture of old and new, from Perrault's LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD and the traditional tale of THE GINGERBREAD MAN to Margaret Mahy's...

The book titled The Book of Guys by the author Garrison Keillor. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Queer, fabulist stories from a rising Asian American talent - Kundiman Fellow, National Book Award 5 Under 35 honoree, Lambda Literary finalist. Exploring themes of body, memory, queerness and family...

Delight in the magic of Christmas with this bumper collection of 29 short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller! Ideal for reading aloud, or for children over 7 to read...

THREE STORIES. THREE CRIMES. WILL JUSTICE PREVAIL? Is the law always black and white? These stories show the shades of grey... Jake Brigance has a choice to make: help an...

Comprising ten evilly plotted crime mysteries, this collection of short stories includes "Happy Christmas Darling - and Goodbye", "The Man Who Got the Dirt", "A Little Learning" and "Political Corrections".

GET READY FOR SOME SUPERSIZED FUN! When is the queen not just the queen? When she is WONDERQUEEN! KAPOW! Is that an especially large bird? Is it a weirdly small...

The requirement for selection was that each of the stories should be true, and each of the writers should not have been previously published. The collection that has emerged provides...

'Superb' THE TIMES 'Joyous' THE OBSERVER The beloved author of Early Morning Riser brings us eleven glittering stories of love - friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits,...

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 (...

Original stories plus contemporary illustrations and thumbnail text create the backdrop of Conan Doyle's master-sleuth in Victorian Britain.

Named a 'Most Anticipated Book of 2021' by Lit Hub and The Millions 'Astonishing - one of the best story collections I've read in a long time . . ....

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Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal, behaviour in his wrenching first collection of short fiction. Desperation - both material and psychological - motivates his...

The book titled Sailing through the Amber by the author Susan Hancock. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Television Crimebusters Omnibus by the author Peter Haining. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A crazy collection of funny short stories from the wacky mind of bestselling Thai-riffic! author, Oliver P, featuring characters who are all finding a way to step up and be...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's novella The Sun Dog , published in his award-winning 1990 story collection Four Past Midnight , is now available as a standalone publication....

'WHAT A BOOK. IT'S SO STRANGE AND MAGICAL AND THE WRITING IS JUST BEAUTIFUL. I LOVED IT.' Louise O'Neill 'ENCHANTING AND ILLUMINATING' Carys Bray, author of A Song For Issy...

'Kafka himself would love it' The i 'As captivating as it is thought-provoking' Glamour 'Unsettling and uneasy' Daily Mail 'Glorious' Harper's Bazaar A collection of brand-new short stories written by...

Small towns harbour secrets. Rising and returning like the tides lapping the coastal town of Kinsale, the stories in this collection revolve around Alice and Grace, friends since childhood, who...

A collection of short stories that veer from the psychological to the slapstick, and from surrealism to satire. This collection covers 16 stories which flaunt Boyle's astonishing range. There are...

The dazzling new book from one of Britain's best-selling novelists A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only stolen kisses as a substitute. A...