Short Stories

Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Not since Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber have old stories been made to feel so electrically new. Not since...

A collection of thirty wonderful stories about the nature and the countryside from one of the world's best-loved children's authors; perfect to enjoy all year round. Enjoy the freedom of...

Now a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor'Triumphant' The Times 'Stellar' Daily Mail 'Exceptionally accomplished' The Scotsman 'Exquisite' Sunday Post In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries,...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer during the First World War, receives orders from his unhinged commander to ride into Russian machine...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Best known for his hardboiled Harlem Detective series, Chester Himes was also a superb literary writer, beginning his creative life by...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books What would happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man into the body of a stray...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me . . . In this glittering...

The Innocent's Forgotten Wedding - Lynne GrahamThe Italian husband she can't remember...or resist!After a terrible car crash, Brooke can't remember her own name - much less her wedding day! Finding...

There's a 5* Christmas mystery unfolding at The Regency Grand Hotel... Full of charm and feel-good festive cheer, The Mistletoe Mystery short story is the perfect stocking-filler this Christmas!____It's the...

Author: Jo Ann Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Cheri has been living with cancer for many years. Now, she is dying. As she navigates the final weeks of...

Mariana Enriquez's A Sunny Place for Shady People is her first story collection since the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed . Featuring achingly human characters whose...

Seven powerful, gripping short stories from bestselling author, Amanda Prowse. 'If you have not discovered Amanda Prowse yet you are in for a real treat... Full of incident and real...

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enriquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart,...

A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and The Vaster Wilds , and series editor Heidi Pitlor. "There have...

The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings. A Nobel prize-winner, Kipling was phenomenally productive and imaginative, displaying a literary mastery of...

An exceptional third book in the horror anthology series which Publishers Weekly highlighted as "Beautifully written pieces that lean into the intuitive and fantastic." Close to Midnight is the third...

Frog and Toad stories have delighted both children and adults for more than fifty years, celebrating friendship and life in the most joyful and heart-warming way. This charming collection, which...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books It's terribly important that I get in touch with a gentleman who may have stopped in here to buy flowers this...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'The body was cold as ice; the heart had long ceased to beat- yet there were no other signs of death.'...

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...

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...

The instant New York Times bestseller ' An unbelievable debut' New York Times Racism, but "managed" through virtual reality Black Friday, except you die in a bargain-crazed throng Happiness, but...

The ultimately terrifying short story collection from Ruth Rendell, the world's best living crime writer and author of psychological thrillers including Thirteen Steps Down and Tigerlily's Orchids. An anthology packed...

Author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, gives us fifteen gripping and rewarding short stories for readers to return to time and again. Find out what happens to the...

A thrilling collection of myths, legends and ghost stories from War Horse author and Britain's best-loved storyteller Michael Morpurgo. Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened...

The perfect Christmas present for Rainbow Magic fans! Come along with Rachel and Kirsty for six enchanting adventures with Chrissie the Wish Fairy and Elsa the Mistletoe Fairy! When the...

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...

These stories create a world of oddity superimposed on an ordinary world. They include six controllers running the whole of London life in all its minutiae; a nightmare tour of...

A collection of prize-winning stories by The New Yorker debuted Australian that is "by turns funny, wise, and achingly sad" (Stephanie Bishop, Sydney Morning Herald ). Australian Cate Kennedy delivers...

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...

A collection of sizzling summer-themed crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting children's book authors! Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective...

WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and...

'Surely no man would take up my profession if it were not that danger attracts him.' In 'The Casebook', you can read the final twelve stories that Sir Arthur Conan...

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...

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A dazzling selection of 30 short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller - the perfect Christmas gift for children aged 6 and up! Snuggle down with this heartwarming collection of...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...