Short stories

The seven stories comprising In the Valley of the Kings limn hard lives in the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania, depicting with lyrical precision the moments in which lives shift or unravel, or achieve a fragile kind of grace.

The seven stories comprising In the Valley of the Kings limn hard lives in the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania, depicting with lyrical precision the moments in which lives shift or unravel, or achieve a fragile kind of grace.

From the mind of Ellen Glasgow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and master chronicler of the American South, comes a chilling classic that merges Southern domestic realism with profound psychological horror.

This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction.

This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction.

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From the adventurous mind of Frederick Marryat, the famed naval officer and prolific author, comes a chilling and influential early tale of lycanthropy that is a cornerstone of Gothic horror.

In Hide Island, his sixteenth book and eighth collection of stories, Richard Burgin explores themes of love and crime, memory and identity, abuse and redemption, and the contradictory battle between our fierce struggle to live lives worth remembering and our desire to disentangle ourselves from a past we wish to forget.

2023 Foreword Reviews INDIES Awards Finalist in Literary Fiction 2023 Houston Chronicle Notable Book 2023 Massachusetts Book Award Must-Read ';An emotionally taut and often haunting collection.

First published in 1919, "e;On The Makaloa Mat"e; is a fantastic collection of seven short stories by Jack London.

John Harrington Karswell is an outwardly charming but profoundly sinister occultist and alchemist.

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

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The Mistress's Dog is an engaging collection of twelve short stories by David Medalie, including two award winners - 'Recognition' and 'The Mistress's Dog' - and a Foreword and afterword by Michael Titlestad.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

A young academic visits a secluded country estate and is loaned a pair of unusual, old binoculars.

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This vintage book contains a collection of short stories by Jack London.

Between Cloud and Horizon: A Relationship Casebook in Stories is an examination of what defines the relationships that define each of us, and the myriad forms they take, in a story collection that doubles as a casebook of how we interact with each other.

Between Cloud and Horizon: A Relationship Casebook in Stories is an examination of what defines the relationships that define each of us, and the myriad forms they take, in a story collection that doubles as a casebook of how we interact with each other.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842.

Winner of the George Garrett Fiction Prize, Susan Lowell's Two Desperados is a collection of southwest-flavored stories that feature a blacksmith, several smugglers, a mule, a jaguar, a runaway groom, a murderess, a witch, a basket weaver, a Gremlin, three cowboys, and a ghost.

Winner of the George Garrett Fiction Prize, Susan Lowell's Two Desperados is a collection of southwest-flavored stories that feature a blacksmith, several smugglers, a mule, a jaguar, a runaway groom, a murderess, a witch, a basket weaver, a Gremlin, three cowboys, and a ghost.

';The dozen short stories of An American Affair give us back a clear and accurate reflection of our own world here and now.

A carpenter does verbal battle with God over his son's early death.

';The dozen short stories of An American Affair give us back a clear and accurate reflection of our own world here and now.

A carpenter does verbal battle with God over his son's early death.

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Two Doctors centers on the intense professional feud between two medical men who are both named in the bizarre will of an eccentric, wealthy patient.

Lost Hearts introduces Stephen Elliot, a young orphan sent to live with his reclusive and unsettlingly genial cousin, Mr.

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This early work by Richard Harding Davis was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

When you buy from a garage sale in Angel Hill, you have to be careful: something might be attached to your purchase, and it might follow you home.

A collection of short stories by Texas author William Harrison.

A collection of short stories by Texas author William Harrison.

A masterclass in psychological terror, featuring an unmade bed, shifting shadows, and a terrifying, sheet-wrapped figure whose presence is both palpable and utterly terrifying.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842.

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In a remote village locked in the grip of a brutal winter, a captivating stranger appears.

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Behind the glamour of an ancient house, a very modern woman finds herself trapped in a marriage market run by the dead.

A museum curator acquires a beautiful print of an English country house.

From the pen of James Hogg, the celebrated Scottish author known as the "e;Ettrick Shepherd"e; and master of Gothic fiction and rural tradition, comes one of the most unsettling and psychologically complex supernatural tales in Scottish literature.

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The Death of Bonnie and Clydefollows the trail of its wayward characters down the Delta back roads, crossing paths with Hernando DeSoto--hands bloodied by the Indian slaughters--hitchhikers and thieves, UFO's, concrete finishers, naked fishermen, a lusty cheer squad caught and confessing in the midst of a killer tornado, and trash telescope salesmen on the day after Christmasall saintly guardians of the human heart.

The Death of Bonnie and Clydefollows the trail of its wayward characters down the Delta back roads, crossing paths with Hernando DeSoto--hands bloodied by the Indian slaughters--hitchhikers and thieves, UFO's, concrete finishers, naked fishermen, a lusty cheer squad caught and confessing in the midst of a killer tornado, and trash telescope salesmen on the day after Christmasall saintly guardians of the human heart.