Category: short Stories
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"Step Right Up: Stories of Carnivals, Sideshows, and the Circus"
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Carroll & Graf:
Seller ID: 9780786713325
ISBN: 0786713321
Condition: GOOD
Black American Short Stories (American Century Series)
Price: $8.50
Publisher: Hill and Wang:
Seller ID: 9780374523541
ISBN: 0374523541
Condition: GOOD
The success of John Henrik Clarke's "American Negro Short Stories, "first published in 1966, affirmed the vitality and importance of black fiction. Now this expanded edition of that best-selling book, with a new title, offers the reader thirty-one stories included in the original--from Charles W. Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar in the late nineteenth century to the rich and productive work of the Harlem Renaissance: writers like Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright; the World War II accomplishments of Chester Himes, Frank Yerby, and many others; and the later fiction of Ja... View more info
Borinquen: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Literature
Price: $12.95
Publisher: NY, Vintage (#V20)/ Random: 1974
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 9DP033
ISBN: 0394710207
Condition: VERY GOOD-
"Tight, tanned pages, clean, faint spine curl. Tiny, faint stain on corner of a few pages. Creased covers. Light edgewear. ""The full richness and depth of the Puerto Rican culture through four centuries is revealed in more than one hundred selections from the writings of Puerto Rican poets, patriots, novelists, playwrights, intellectuals, nationalists, and revolutionaries, past and present - and from a magnificent folk heritage dating back to the pre-Columbian era..."" 515 pages. Text in English." View more info
Ten Korean Short Stories
By: "Anthology (Kevin O'Rourke, trans.)"
Price: $7.95
Publisher: Yonsei University Press: 1981
Edition: "(3rd printing, 1990)"
Seller ID: 4-9H014
Condition: NEAR FINE
"As new except for owner's name on first title page. ""two generations of Korean short stories, bringing to life the first faltering steps of an ancient land entering the modern age""" View more info
100 Jolts - shockingly short stories
Price: $9.95
Publisher: "Hyattsville, MD", Raw Dog Screaming Press: 2004
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 5-9T018
ISBN: 0974503126
Condition: FINE
"As new - gift quality! Horror by the author who ""has honed his craft to deliver the highest voltage using the fewest words."" and, in doing so, has won the Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild awards." View more info
Aglama Dolabi
Price: $10.95
Publisher: Istanbul, Iletisim: 2003
Seller ID: 9-7T001
ISBN: 9750501330
Condition: VERY GOOD
"Text in Turkish. As new without markings except for slight age tanning of pages and a pressure crease at the top of the front cover, fading through the first 60 pages. 51 short stories broken into four sections Sidika 2003 (I wait 2003), Olasi Lakirdilukurdular (They were probably Lakirdilukurdu), Sikilhan’la Diyalog çabalari (Dialogue efforts with Sikilhan), and Aglama Dolabi (Crying Cabinet). ""Düzeyli iliski yasamak isteyenler, kredi karti magdurlari, noter tasdikli TV güzelleri, otoyol fahiseleri, sahte seyhler, is arayan tetikçiler, dizi agalari, çocuklariyla diyalo... View more info
The Best of Frederick Brown
Price: $29.95
Publisher: "Garden City, NY", Doubleday: 1976
Edition: BCE
Seller ID: 95H004
Condition: NEAR FINE/Very Good
"As new except for faint softening of spine ends. DJ is intact and clean but has slight wear to top and bottom edges. ""fantastic collection of 29 of his best works…stories that range from the wryly humorous to the deadly serious, but always with the famous 'Brown twist' that makes each tale unforgettable.""" View more info
This Side of Reality: Modern Czech Writing
By: "Buchler, Alexandra (Ed.)"
Price: $13.95
Publisher: London &NY, Serpent'd Tail: 1996
Edition: (1st thus)
Seller ID: 09T020
ISBN: 1852423781
Condition: FINE
"As new - gift quality! ""To deal with the random political oppression that has been their lot this century, Czech writers have developed a rich tradition of humour, the absurd and the surreal…This path-breaking anthology spans the last 30 years of Czech history...bring together a rich variety of writers - many of whom are translated into English for the first time..."" 230 pages with stories from 17 authors and short biographies of the authors." View more info
Big City Stories by Modern American Writers
By: "Cahill, Tom & Susan (Ed.)"
Price: $19.95
Publisher: NY, Bantam: 1971
Edition: (4th printing)
Seller ID: 03P002
Condition: VERY GOOD-
"Tight, slight page yellowing, clean, square. Rubbed edges, light hinge crease, tiny rip (@1/4"") on top edge of front cover. 30 short stories grouped into sections by: Growing Up (Kelley, Heller, Neugeboren, Spatt, Baldwin, Algren, Larner & Jones); Loving (Lomberg, Malamud, Swados, King, Cheever, Michaels & Kerouac); Working (Di Donato, Wright, R, Rechy, Eastlake, Wright, C., McPherson, Walker & Kelley); Dying (Herlihy, Purdy, O'Connor, F. & Coover); and, Looking Ahead (Randall, Barthelne & Vonnegut). 405 pages including bibliography." View more info
Stories of Life North & South: Selections from the Best Short Stories of Erskine Caldwell
By: "Caldwell, Erskine (Edward Connery Letham, ed.)"
Price: $12.95
Publisher: NY, "Dodd, Mead": 1983
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 01H003
ISBN: 0396081339
Condition: FINE/ Fine DJ
"As new except for small sticker mark inside front cover. Unclipped DJ as new except for faint shelfwear to top and bottom edges. ""Caldwell has long been recognized as a master of the short story...32 of his best short stories written during his most creative period in this literary medium..." View more info
Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy
Price: $5.95
Publisher: NY, Vintage (#V-326)/Random: ©1966
Edition: (1st thus
Seller ID: 87T018
Condition: VERY GOOD-
"Tight, slight page yellowing, clean, square. Appears unread but cover shows age with wear to edges and corners, creased spine, creased corner and rubbing to back cover. Light pencil marking on Content page. Stories by: Dahl, Seabright, Bradbury, Sturgeon, Gardner, Wyndham, Kornbluth, Gironella, Brust, Styron(Pie in the Sky - 1st publication), Knight, Brown, Simak, Ballard, Davidson, Clarke, Kawalec, Bester, Miller." View more info
Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
By: "Chekhov, Anton"
Price: $0.50
Publisher: Dover Publications:
Seller ID: 9780486264639
ISBN: 0486264637
Condition: GOOD
Incisive, masterfully written tales -- set in Tsarist Russian milieux -- reveal noted author's skills in character, nuance, and setting development. Includes "The Black Monk" (1894), "The House with the Mezzanine" (1896), "The Peasants" (1897), "Gooseberries" (1898), and "The Lady with the Toy Dog" (1899). View more info
Forty Stories (Vintage Classics)
By: "Chekhov, Anton"
Price: $7.95
Publisher: Vintage:
Seller ID: 9780679733751
ISBN: 0679733752
Condition: GOOD
Nocturnes
By: "Connolly, John"
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Atria:
Seller ID: 9781416534600
ISBN: 1416534601
Condition: very good
Bestselling author John Connolly's first collection of short fiction, "Nocturnes, " now features five additional stories -- never-before published for an American audience -- in a dark, daring, utterly haunting anthology of lost lovers and missing children, predatory demons, and vengeful ghosts. In "The New Daughter," a father comes to suspect that a burial mound on his land hides something very ancient, and very much alive; in "The Underbury Witches," two London detectives find themselves battling a particularly female evil in a town culled of its menfolk. And finally, private detective Charl... View more info
Midair: Stories (Contemporary American Fiction)
By: "Conroy, Frank"
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Penguin Books:
Seller ID: 9780140089844
ISBN: 0140089845
Condition: GOOD
Jobs & Other Preoccupations: Stories
Price: $43.95
Publisher: "Kansas City, KS", Halicon Nine Editions: 2001
Edition: "(signed, stated 1st edition)"
Seller ID: 3DH002
ISBN: 1884235344
Condition: NEAR FINE
"As new except for tiny shelfwear to corners. Inscribed and signed by author 7-3-03. ""Winner of the 2000 Willa Cather Fiction Prize"". " View more info
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories Original title: The Great Automatic Grammatizor)
By: "Dahl, Roald"
Price: $13.95
Publisher: NY, Viking / Penguin: 1998
Edition: (1st American edition)
Seller ID: 18H015
ISBN: 0670878545
Condition: NEAR FINE/ Near Fine
"As new except for slight softening of spine ends and corners. Dust jacket has 1/4"" tear on top edge of front cover and 3/4"" tear on top corner of back cover. ""Before Roald Dahl became a master of stories for children, he was a master of adult short stories...These thirteen grab you from the start, hold you fast - and then throw all your expectations out the window... "" First publication under this title. Published under the original title in England in 1996. 279 pages." View more info
The Trip to London
By: "Davies, Rhys"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: "Kingswood, UK", Heinemann: 1946
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 9DT006
Condition: VERY GOOD/No DJ
"Brown cloth with silver. Tight, yellowed pages, clean interior, light age soil to exterior page edges, square. 11 short stories by Rhys Davies. 128 pages, 7.5x5"" (19x13cm)" View more info
Antologia: Juan Alfonso De Lancina
By: "De Lancina, Juan Alfonso "
Price: $30.95
Publisher: "Madrid, Spain", Ediciones FE: 1945
Seller ID: 67p006
Condition: good
"Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Jacket has brown discoloration on spine. Slight wear to edge and outside corners, 1/2"" rip on bottom edge of front cover (book & DJ) Text in Spanish. Libro columna vertebral es apretado. La chaqueta tiene coloración marrón en las páginas de la columna vertebral son luminosas y limpias, pero tienen una ligera curvatura. Hay desgaste ligero a borde y esquinas exteriores. No es un robo de dos centímetros en el borde inferior de la tapa frontal (libro y chaqueta) Texto en español." View more info
Arranged Marriage: Stories
By: "Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee"
Price: $5.50
Publisher: Anchor:
Seller ID: 9780385483506
ISBN: 0385483503
Condition: GOOD
Although Chitra Divakaruni's poetry has won praise and awards for many years, it is her "luminous, exquisitely crafted prose" "(Ms.)" that is quickly making her one of the brightest rising stars in the changing face of American literature. "Arranged Marriage," her first collection of stories, spent five weeks on the "San Francisco Chronicle" bestseller list and garnered critical acclaim that would have been extraordinary for even a more established author.For the young girls and women brought to life in these stories, the possibility of change, of starting anew, is both as terrifying and fille... View more info