Short Stories

My Father Like a River

by Ron Rash

Ron Rash, PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena and The Cove, has been called "a gorgeous writer" (Richard Price) with a "reputation for writerly miracles" (Janet Maslin, The...

The Beautiful Indifference

by Sarah Hall

Winner of the Portico Prize

Winner of the Edge Hill University Short Story Prize

Short-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

Sarah Hall has been hailed as "one of the most significant and...

There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories

by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya & Anna Summers

Love stories, with a twist: the eagerly awaited follow-up to the great Russian writer’s New York Times bestselling scary fairy tales

By turns sly and sweet, burlesque and heartbreaking, these realist fables...

The Short Stories of Lucy Maud Montgomery From 1905-1906

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince

Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved

international fame in her lifetime, putting Prince Edward Island and

Canada on the world...

Stories of Five Decades

by Hermann Hesse

This selection of twenty-three stories (twenty available in English for the first time) offers a spectrum of Hesse's writing from 1899 to 1948 that could be matched only by an edition of his poetry, since in...

Klingsor's Last Summer

by Hermann Hesse

This is the first English-language edition of Klingsor's Last Summer, which was originally published in 1920, a year after Demian and two years before Siddhartha. The book has three parts: a story called A Child's...

The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories

by Simon Rich

In "Center of the Universe," God struggles to balance the demands of his career with the needs of his long-term girlfriend. In "Magical Mr. Goat," a young girl's imaginary friend yearns to become "more than...

A History of the Present Illness: Stories

by Louise Aronson

A History of the Present Illness takes readers into overlooked lives in the neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes of San Francisco, offering a deeply humane and incisive portrait of health and illness...

Siege 13: Stories

by Tamas Dobozy

Built around the events of the Soviet Budapest Offensive at the end of World War II and its long shadow, the stories in Siege 13 are full of wit, irony, and dark humor. In a series of linked stories that alternate...

Mahaha's Victims

by Giselle Renarde

When crafty Kooloo takes Gyta out in her truck, things get a little too hot and heavy for Gyta's liking. The attention is nice, but she just wants to go home. En route, the truck hits something big. Damned if...

These 13

by William Faulkner

A collection of thirteen short stories by William Faulkner.

“I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most demanding...

Getting Rid of Mama

by Liz Dolan

What happens when a Jewish mother from Brooklyn moves in with her lesbian daughter and partner in small town, Delaware? Of course, Mother never acknowledges their relationship and the partner decides either...

The God of Speed

by Trey Dowell

A new work from the 2012 Derringer-nominated author of Ballistic. When you need to hunt down a god, call a sniper. The D.E.A. believes Marine Corps Sergeant Matt O'Connor is their best bet to capture the deadliest...

Harry and Me

by Jim Harrington

An out-of-work salesman looking for a job stumbles upon Harry, an orphan who's aged out of the system and is a self-taught musician. After their chance meeting on a forest lane, the two partner up for a new...

The Other World: Stories by John Stewart Wynne

by John Stewart Wynne

Says Details Magazine, "In pages that tremble with beauty, Wynne gracefully reveals the darker side of human possibilities." National Book Award winner Paul Monette calls The Other World "a book to handle with...

Mother's Gay

by Brendan Jones

A cardigan of a different colour, a cup of tea and a card game prompt Polly to confront problems in one of her most important relationships. She has to consider the feelings of her mother, her girlfriend and...

Open and Shut

by J. R. Lindermuth

Domestic disturbance calls to the residence of Booth and Stacey Keiser aren't uncommon. Keiser, a State Police trooper, is known for his volatile temper, and his wife has often been the target for his rage....

Candy and Catharsis

by Anne Brooke

Love is possible even in the most surprising of settings. When dictionary-dweller and word-about-town Catharsis falls madly in love with good-time-gal Candy, it changes everything he ever thought he knew about...

The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories

by Manuel Gonzales

In the tradition of George Saunders and Aimee Bender, an exuberantly imagined debut that chronicles an ordinary world marked by unusual phenomena.

The eighteen stories of Manuel Gonzales’s exhilarating first...

Kinsey and Me: Stories

by Sue Grafton

In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to Kinsey Millhone. Thirty years later, Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a number-one bestselling author. To mark this anniversary year, Sue has given us...