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Recent Short Story Collections (page 2)


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Cover art for WINDEYE
FICTION
Released: June 12, 2012

"A unique collection, proving that Evenson is as deft at moving between genres as a ghost passing through a wall. "
Twenty-five slices of the grotesque, the macabre and beyond from a gifted literary novelist with an eye for all things horrible. Read full book review >
Cover art for SHOUT HER LOVELY NAME
FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012

"A terrific introduction to Serber's gifts, and hopefully a preview of good things to come."
A debut collection of elegant and largely intertwined short stories about mothers and daughters. Read full book review >
Cover art for BATTLEBORN
FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2012

"Gloriously vivid stories about the human heart."
Ten stories, carefully and lovingly constructed, about Western characters as prickly as barbed wire. Read full book review >
Cover art for DIVING BELLES
FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012

"Occasionally just fey, elsewhere convincingly unworldly, these stories express a distinctive voice and a gently beguiling imagination."
A dozen strange and original stories inject the magical, sinister and downright peculiar into the everyday. Read full book review >
Cover art for WE'RE FLYING
FICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
by Peter Stamm, translated by Michael Hofmann

"For those who have an affinity for metaphysical fiction written with a surgeon's precision, this collection will spur readers to seek out everything else by its author."
Beneath the surface placidity of Swiss life, undercurrents of spiritual turmoil and existential despair charge this powerful collection of provocative stories. Read full book review >
Cover art for CRACKPOT PALACE
FICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012

"Ford finds his way into scenarios infernal, haunted or merely strange, and keeps his wits about him on the journey."
The fourth collection of stories from Ford includes examples of fantasy, science fiction, neo-steampunk, noir and a few genre-busting curiosities. Read full book review >