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From a mysterious, fading, historical tapestry to a fish that speaks to a confused, grief-stricken boy, author Christy Burkley offers wickedly comical tales of eccentrics who collide with the limits of reality in The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories. In The Escape, an old woman...

Includes the following novels: The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Marble Faun, The Blithedale Romance, Fanshawe, and Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A Romance. Includes the following short stories: The Birthmark, Young Goodman Brown, The Minister's Black Veil, Rappaccini's Daughter, The...

"Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own soul, his own inner life." - D.H. Lawrence. Here are ten stories that represent some of the best short work of American master...

Novels: Treasure Island Prince Otto: A Romance The Dynamiter The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Kidnapped The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale The Wrong Box The Wrecker Catriona The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished...

Silas Marner and Two Short Stories, by George Eliot, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics* *series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of...

ESCAPE has unexpected tales of contemporary life, comedy, tragedy, mystery, romance, sci fi, dystopian fantasy, a homage to David Foster Wallace and lots more. All served with a good dose of quirky and a fine turn of phrase. If you like your genres with a bit of edge, you'll love this diverse collection...

Six short love stories that tug on your heart strings.A Christmas Crush: She's loved her sister's husband since she first laid eyes on him.Jack's Garden: He's waited a lifetime for her.A Fuzzy Tale: In the midst of sorrow, there is hope.The White Room: Love shows her the...

A thought-provoking excursion to life's last breath Ernest Dempsey's second collection of short stories The Blue Fairy takes a subject that has been dreaded for centuries - 'Death'. It is one of the few works of fiction, which neither treats the subject as the 'D word' by bringing in fantasies...

This huge collection of short stories by one of science fiction's most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans. Keeper of Dreams contains 22 stories written since 1990. From the opening science fiction tale, "The Elephants of Poznan," we see the hand of a master at...

“All the tawdry details I’m dying for are in these stories, but they’re given out like old sweaters—without shame, without guile. Amy Hempel is the writer who makes me feel most affiliated with other humans; we are all living this way—hiding, alone, obsessed—and that’s ok.” —Miranda...

With Star Over Bethlehem, the beloved Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie shines in a totally unexpected way, offering readers a wondrous collection of poems and holiday short stories. A retelling of the Christmas Story in a way you’ve never heard it before. . . . The fable of a donkey who...

Have you ever fantasized about being abducted by a sexy alien? Or having one walk right up and knock at your door…ready and willing to convince you that he is your destiny? In Alien at Her Door you’ll find three, Out Of This World stories that will give new meaning to the words “lost...

Award-winning author Jae penned four romantic short stories about heroines who are writers. From a reporter being challenged to write a romance to an author on a blind date in a bookstore, these short stories are guaranteed to have a happy ending. The Romance Bet Reporter Abby James...

The Monster is an 1898 novella by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). The story takes place in the small, fictional town of Whilomville, New York. An American-African coachman named Henry Johnson, who is employed by the town's physician, Dr. Trescott, becomes horribly disfigured after he...