In 'Grave Gold', when a hole is uncovered after a mudslide Cassie, a university student, and Anna, her archaeology professor and lover, begin exploring what appears to be an ancient man-made cave.
A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'.
A new virgin-hero novella from USA TODAY bestselling author Jenika SnowThe Ash Brothers they know how to handle their woodThey call me Big Johnny, and they're not wrong.
Eine Einladung in das Labyrinth eines geistreichen GeistesWas geschieht, wenn ein Mann, der die Welt mit der Skepsis eines Poeten und der Präzision eines Uhrmachers betrachtet, sich aufmacht, die großen und kleinen Absurditäten unseres Daseins zu sezieren?
Ein junger Elektriker, der im großen Blackout eine kleine Liebe sucht; ein alter Koch, der einen missliebigen Mafiaboss beseitigen soll; ein penibler Kellner, der einen Arbeitskampf durcheinanderbringt; eine Schuldeneintreiberin, die vom schönen Leben in Manhattan träumt; und schließlich Beppo, der kleine, hässliche Hund vom Central Park, der mehr von den Menschen weiß als die Menschen selbst – die Heldinnen und Helden dieser Geschichten sind erfunden, aber lebendig werden sie nur in der Welthauptstadt der Widersprüche: New York.
Never before translated short stories by the legendary gota Krist f 'One of the 20th century's greatest writers' Camilla Grudova'Pure genius' Max PorterI don t care: it s not even pretty.
Good-bye, Son and Other Stories, Janet Lewis's only collection of short fiction, was first published in 1946, but remains as quietly haunting today as it was then.
Each of the crystalline worlds Cary Holladay brings us in the short stories and novella that make up Brides in the Sky has sisterhood, in all its urgency and peril, at its heart.
In the Shade of the Shady Tree is a collection of stories set in the Western Australian wheatbelt, a vast grain-growing area that ranges across the southwestern end of the immense Australian interior.
New Stories from the Midwest presents a collection of stories that celebrate an American region too often ignored in discussions about distinctive regional literature.
Outsiders, outcasts, isolation, mutilation, transformation, exhibitionism, toxic families, poverty, identities, bodies, desire, transcendence, despair are just some of what legendary writer Katherine Dunn so grotesquely and beautifully mined in her small but powerful body of work.
At a high-stakes investor convention for the future of space, burned-out rocket engineer Bill Sherman has one afternoon to save his startup, his marriage, and his career.
2026 Finalist for The Eric Hoffer Award The first collection of award-winning short fiction from the author of Bellflower and Things to See in Arizona; Mary Vensel White's writing reflects "e;how we can endure and overcome our personal histories, better understand our ancestral ones, and accept the unknown future ahead.
Ob ein Essen bei einem Bekannten, eine Zugfahrt durch den Schwarzwald oder ein Besuch beim Bäcker, ob Tod und Krankheit, Liebe und Sehnsucht, eine Flasche Bier oder eine russisch-westfälische Tunke, für den scharfsinnigen Denker und Aphoristiker Otto Jägersberg ist alles Anlass zur Äußerung, zur literarischen Positionierung oder zum hellsichtigen Philosophieren.
In these stories of magic and memory, clustered around a resort hotel in a small Virginia community, Cary Holladay takes the reader on an excursion through the changes wrought by time on the community and its visitors.
The chase of Saint Castin and other stories of the French in the New World presents a collection of historical fiction narratives that explore frontier life, cross cultural contact, and shifting loyalties in early colonial settings.
The white wolf and other fireside tales gathers a diverse selection of stories that blend imagination, history, and adventure into richly atmospheric narratives.
The Decameron, volume ii gathers captivating short stories where ten young fugitives escape plagues grip in Florence retreating to a rural villa for ten days of storytelling.
The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays examines social divisions built around race, status, and appearance through a series of reflective narratives and argumentative pieces.
The lights and shadows of real life presents a collection of interconnected narratives that examine the moral struggles and social pressures shaping ordinary existence.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories unveils the quirks of human nature and social interplay, weaving tales of love, quiet despair, and existence's oddities.
Two years ago Volume I follows a reflective narrative built around memory, consequence, and social tension, where past events are revisited to understand present conditions.
This compelling lecture series dissects pivotal Roman transitions from Caesars era to Neros reign, illuminating how conquests wealth fuelled moral decay and governance crises through psychological and sociological lenses.
This compelling collection of short stories probes the intricacies of human connections, raw emotions, and rigid societal norms through vivid character portraits and sharp social insights.
