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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honored works as Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." But alongside these often-anthologized tales, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's "Cannibalism in the Cars," a work that reveals a darker side to his humor. From Melville come the juxtaposed tales "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," of which Oates says, "only Melville c... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: 0199744394
- ASIN: 0199744394
- ISBN: 0199744394
- Brand: Oxford University Press USA
- Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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The Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)
Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a Twitter addict, and an Appalachian preacher—all characters and circums... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: B078FGZ95D
- ASIN: B078FGZ95D
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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100 Years of The Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series ®)
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 editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes and examines, decade by decade, the trends captured over a hundred years. Together, the stories and commentary offer an extraordinary guided tour through a century of literature with what Moore calls “all its wildnesses of character and voice.” These forty stories represent their eras but also stand the test of time. Here is Ernest Hemingway’s first published story and a classic by William Faulkner, who admitted in his biog... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: 0547485859
- ASIN: 0547485859
- ISBN: 0547485859
- Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)
Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Saroyan, Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Eudora Welty, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Cynthia Ozick, and scores ... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: 0395843677
- UPC: 046442843676
- ASIN: 0395843677
- ISBN: 0395843677
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories: A Miss Marple Collection (Miss Marple Mysteries)
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as “the typical old maid of fiction,” Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature—and used it to devastating effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard, has been heard to say: “She’s just the finest ... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: B00FDRWK7Q
- ASIN: B00FDRWK7Q
- Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks
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Sticky Fingers: 12 Deliciously Twisted Short Stories (Sticky Fingers Collection Book 1)
Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized, this compelling collection of 12 short stories by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence include:ESCAPEA suicidal baby knows he was born into the wrong life. He has to get creative to correct the mistake, much to his mother's horror.THE ITCHAn intense, uncontrollable, unexplainable itch lands the protagonist in a mental institution.BRIDGE GATEIn this poignant and charming short story, a daughter yearns to connect with her absent father through the letters they exchange. She's not put off by his pedantic corrections of her writing, despite the slow reveal that he is less than perfect himself.THE UNSUSPECTING GOLD-DIGGERA woman gradually poisons her husband so that she doesn't have to break his heart.***★★★★★ "Lawrence makes ... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: B01F6FAQZC
- ASIN: B01F6FAQZC
- Manufacturer: Fire Finch Press
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Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems, Brief Essays, and Other Short Prose Forms
Short offers the tradition and glorious present of these popular forms that stretch and defy genre. From 1500 to present, hundreds of pieces. Inventive, entertaining, and addictive. Short prose forms are elusive to define--one writer's prose poem is another's flash fiction or brief essay. Rather than quibble, Short opts for inclusiveness. Here is a dazzling array: 100s of pieces (under 1250 words) from 24 Western countries, written over five centuries by more than 200 contributors, including major authors of every era. Fables, histories, aphorisms, anecdotes, faux dictionary entries, a faux job application, hint fiction, lists, tableaus, meditations, chants, rants, and much more. Intensely pleasurable. Contributors include: Montaigne, von Kleist, Leopardi, Poe, Baudelaire, Bierce, Chopin, ... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: 0892554320
- ASIN: 0892554320
- ISBN: 9780892554324
- Manufacturer: Persea
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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 contains twenty prize-winning stories chosen from thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The winning stories come from a mix of established writers and emerging voices, and are uniformly breathtaking. They are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the winning writers on what inspired their stories, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction."The Tomb of Wrestling," Jo Ann Beard, Tin House "Counterblast," Marjorie Celona, The Southern Review "Nayla," Youmna Chlala, Prairie Schooner "Lucky Dragon," Viet Dinh, Ploughshares "Stop ’n’ Go," Michael Parker, New England Review "Past Perfect Continuous," Dounia Choukri, Chicago Quarterly Review "Inversion of M... [Read More] Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: B07CCK567G
- ASIN: B07CCK567G
- Manufacturer: Anchor
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Little Worlds : A Collection of Short Stories for the Middle School
The purpose of this text was to make available a large collection of stories that are high in literary quality yet accessible to middle-school students. Its widespread acceptance in schools throughout the country attests that this anthology has indeed achieved its goal. It presents students with a variety of issues, styles, conflicts, and points of view through the stories of Maupassant, Lessing, Hemingway, Welty, Hawthorne, Porter, as well as many others. Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: 1877653527
- ASIN: 1877653527
- ISBN: 1877653527
- Brand: Wayside Publishing
- Manufacturer: Wayside Publishing
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Fifty Great Short Stories (Bantam Classics)
50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O’Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common—the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world’s fiction. Best Selling Short Story Collections
- ASIN: 0553277456
- ASIN: 0553277456
- ISBN: 0553277456
- Brand: Bantam Classics
- Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
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Best Korean Short Stories Collection 3
The popular series is back! Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean Best Selling Short Story Collections The popular series is back! Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean learners.대한민국 문화의 정수를 담아 1900년초부터 1900년후반까지의 거장들의 작품을 담은 모음집. 한국 문화와 언어를 공부하는 상급자 수준의 학생들에게 교재로도 적합한
- UPC: 582197770
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century
A collection of fifty-five important pieces of short fiction of the twentieth century features masterworks by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, and other notable Best Selling Short Story Collections Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott
- UPC: 743425
- Rating: 3.75
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The Best American Short Stories 2003
Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. Lending a fresh perspective to a Best Selling Short Story Collections Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. Lending a fresh perspective to a
- UPC: 24757814
- Rating: 4.667
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Middle Unearthed : The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849
Before there was a lovable green ogre called Shrek and a bespeckled wizard named Harry Potter, there were the best fantasy short stories published in English during the first half of the nineteenth century. These 10 excellent stories were uncovered by awarding-winning editor Andrew Barger from old magazines and forgotten journals. Andrew provides a list, at the back of the collection, of the stories considered for the anthology. Andrew further includes background introductions to each story and author photos, where available. But his treatment of some of the earliest stories in the genre gets even better with annotations of the Best Selling Short Story Collections Before there was a lovable green ogre called Shrek and a bespeckled wizard named Harry Potter, there were the best fantasy short stories published in English during the first half of the nineteenth century. These 10 excellent stories were uncovered by awarding-winning editor Andrew Barger from old magazines and forgotten journals. Andrew provides a list, at the back of the collection, of the stories considered for the anthology. Andrew further includes background introductions to each story and author photos, where available. But his treatment of some of the earliest stories in the genre gets even better with annotations of the
- UPC: 635749035
- Rating: 5.0
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Best Korean Short Stories Collection 대한민국 베스트 단편 소설모음집
Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 25 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean Best Selling Short Story Collections Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 25 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean learners.대한민국 문화의 정수를 담아 1900년초부터 1900년후반까지의 거장들의 작품을 담은 모음집. 한국 문화와 언어를 공부하는 상급자 수준의 학생들에게 교재로도 적합한
- UPC: 365957756
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Short Story Masterpieces The Bestselling Collection of Our Time
- UPC: 372932058482
- Category: Fiction & Literature
- Price: 25 USD
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Willy And Alvirah: Collection Of #1 Bestselling Short Stories By Mary Good
- UPC: 401568813935
- Category: Audiobooks
- Price: 19 USD
Stephen King on the Craft of Short Story Writing
In this interview with Rich Fahle of Bibliostar.TV, bestselling author Stephen King discusses the art of writing short stories and short fiction, and the fact that many writers today forgo the shor... King,Writing,Short Stories,Stepen King,Books,Short Story (Literary Genre),Rich Fahle,Bibliostar.TV
Bestselling Book Author| Interview with Mr. Subhadip | Collection of short stories
#author #books #kolkata About Orange Sky and Blue Sun: It is a book which includes ten short stories which is related with culture of Bengal. Each and every story in the book has a moral at the end... #OrangeSkyAndBlueSun,#ShortStories,#Stories,#Sundarbans,#Bengal,#SmokeRingMan,#EastBengalKitchen,...
How to Write a Short Story | Writing Tips
Welcome to Short Fiction 101! MORE SHORT STORY STUFF: ~Write a short story with me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBr-cj_L9A ~Write a short story with me (part two): https://www.youtube.com/wat... writer,writing,author,novelist,creative writing,writetube,writetuber,writing advice,how to write ...
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