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Cecelia Ahern - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that blends fables with magical realism--perfect for fans of Roxane Gay.In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern illuminates the myriad ways in which women overcome adversity with...
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Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank

Elin Hilderbrand - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

In this warm and moving anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legendary, larger-than-life New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy, capturing her unforgettable spirit, joy, and humor in stories of reunions and love.When...
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Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

Neil Gaiman - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover

Multiple award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things - which includes a never-before published American Gods story, "Black...
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Fantastic Hope

Laurell K. Hamilton - Berkley
Format: Paperback

A collection of sixteen sci-fi and fantasy stories edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton and debut author William McCaskey.A girl who will go to any lengths to save her newborn brother. A woman who is stuck in a continuous loop, reliving her life after...
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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Zora Neale Hurston - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

From "one of the greatest writers of our time" (Toni Morrison) - the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God - a collection of remarkable stories, including eight "lost" Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time. New York...
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Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales

P D JAMES - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

No one gets inside the head of the murderer - or makes it a more thrilling read - than the late, great P. D. James. Fast on the heels of her latest best seller: a new, fiendishly entertaining gathering of previously uncollected stories, from the author of Death Comes to Pemberley...
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Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less

Daniel Jones
Format: Hardcover

- in less time than it takes to read this paragraph. Told in voices that are honest, vulnerable, tender, and wise, here are 175 true stories that are each as moving as a lyric poem and convey a universally recognized feeling, all in fewer than one hundred words. There are stories of love...
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories

Stephen King - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Includes the story "Premium Harmony" - set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes twenty-one iconic stories with accompanying autobiographical comments...
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Five-Carat Soul

James McBride - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017"A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best." - New York Times Book ReviewExciting new fiction from James McBride, the first...
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Tiny Tales: Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness

Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Hardcover

It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages--anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight.From the original Greek financial crisis, when the profligate Gods...
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100 Years of The Best American Short Stories

Lorrie Moore - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. For the centennial celebration of this beloved annual series, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous...
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First Person Singular: Stories

Haruki Murakami
Format: Hardcover

The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries...
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One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

B.J. Novak - Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

B.J. Novak's One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction.A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover...
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Cursed: An Anthology of Dark Fairy Tales

O'Regan, Marie - TITAN BOOKS

Fairy tales take a weird twist in this anthology compiling stories from an all-star cast of fantasy writers, including stories from Neil Gaiman, Charlie Jane Anders and Alison Littlewood. Here in this book you'll find unique twists on the fairy tale conceit of the curse, from the more...
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Love & Other Crimes: Stories

Sara Paretsky - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, a collection of thrilling crime and detective short stories, many featuring legendary detective V.I. Warshawski -- including a brand-new V.I. story.New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky is the master of twisting suspense and propulsive...
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The Rock Eaters: Stories

Brenda Peynado - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

What does it mean to be other? What does it mean to love in a world determined to keep us apart?These questions murmur in the heart of each of Brenda Peynado's strange and singular stories. Threaded with magic, transcending time and place, these stories explore what it means to cross...
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Unrestricted Access: New and Classic Short Fiction

James Rollins - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Experience the exciting breadth of #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins's wild imagination and adventurous spirit in this anthology of his short masterworks, including a new full-length novella featuring Captain Tucker Wayne and his military war dog, Kane, as well as eleven...
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You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories

Curtis Sittenfeld - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A dazzling collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with...
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Grand Union: Stories

Zadie Smith - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal! A dazzling collection of short fictionZadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable...
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Flights

Olga Tokarczuk - Riverhead Books
Format: Paperback

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE. A visionary work of fiction by "A writer on the level of W. G. Sebald" (Annie Proulx) . "A magnificent writer." - Svetlana Alexievich,...
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