Back Bay Books / Short Stories

Saints and Sinners: Stories

by Edna O'Brien

With her inimitable gift for describing the workings of the heart and mind, Edna O'Brien introduces us to a vivid new cast of restless, searching people who-whether in the Irish countryside or London or New...

Ellen Gilchrist: Collected Stories

by Ellen Gilchrist

For the first time, a compilation of Ellen Gilchrist's best & best-loved short stories, selected by the author herself from her fifteen previous works of fiction. With the publication of 1983's The Annunciation,...

Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories

by Thom Jones

The author's world encompasses dilapidated fight arenas, state mental hospitals & chaotic emergency rooms. The inhabitants are his brilliantly etched characters, who battle desperately against fate in a game...

Demonology: Stories

by Rick Moody

Rick Moody's novels have earned him a reputation as a "breathtaking" writer (The New York Times) and "a writer of immense gifts" (The San Francisco Examiner). His remarkable short stories have led both the New...

Theft: Stories

by N. S. Koenings

The path from Europe to Africa has been much traveled in literature but rarely in such an evocative, nuanced, and even playful way as in N.S. K

Simple Recipes: Stories

by Madeleine Thien

With delicate language and wisdom, Madeleine Thien explores the longing of families pulled apart by conflicts between generations, cultures, and values.Each of these stories captures a deeply personal world...

Love and Country: A Novel

by Christina Adam

The author of "Any Small Thing Can Save You," a collection of stories, now pens a moving and lyrically written debut novel of love and rodeo in the American West.

All This Heavenly Glory

by Elizabeth Crane

The glittering new book from the author hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "unique, intriguing, and often hilarious."

Here are the events that make up a life: a junior high school fashion crisis, a best friend's...

Everybody Loves Somebody

by Joanna Scott & Chris Day

Joanna Scott's unparalleled gift for storytelling has inspired hyperbole from critics and her devoted fanbase, which includes some of the most preeminent writers of our time. But not since Various Antidotes,...

Not the End of the World

by Kate Atkinson

Arthur is a precocious eight-year-old boy whose mother is a B-list celebrity more concerned with the state of her bank account than with her son's development. Then an enigmatic young nanny named Missy introduces...

Brownsville: Stories

by Oscar Casares

At the country's edge, on the Mexican border, Brownsville, Texas, is a town like many others. It is a place where people work hard to create better lives for their children, where people bear grudges against...