Short stories

Book SynopsisNow celebrating its 75th anniversary, a trove of iconic horror stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson, the master of the haunted tale (The New York Times Book Review). Featuring an introduction by A. M. Homes.One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's The Lottery created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. This lucid tale of a sleepy town's annual lotteryand the monstrous desires it awakensendures as an essential classic of American fiction.The Lottery and Other Stories unites The Lottery with twenty-four wonderfully strange and equally terrifying short stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable rangefrom the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominousand showcase a true master at the height of her haunting powers.

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Book Synopsis“To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time,” recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. “They were windows into emotions I had and hadn’t had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships.” Decades later, Sittenfeld was met by the same feeling selecting the stories for this year’s edition. The result is a striking and nuanced collection, bringing to life awkward college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To read these stories is to experience the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to realize that story writing in America continues to flourish. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2020 INCLUDES T. C. BOYLE • EMMA CLINE • MARY GAITSKILL ANDREA LEE • ELIZABETH McCRACKEN • ALEJATrade Review"These 20 masterfully crafted short stories, selected by Sittenfeld, are an incredible entry to the popular series...Outstanding and well worth the read."--Booklist, STARRED review —

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Book SynopsisAn incredible anthology of 16 short-stories by award winning & critically acclaimed young-adult authors, inspired by all the angst, melodrama, and wonderment of being sixteen. These hilarious, poignant, and touching tales capture all the emotions and milestones of this age ranging from first love to establishing one’s own identity. A perfect read for anyone about to reach this pivotal age, or those who want reminisce about their “sweetest” year.            Sarah Dessen’s “Infinity” is about a girl confronting two major milestones: getting her driver’s license and losing her virginity. The Dead Girls in Jacqueline Woodson’s “Nebraska 99” have already decided to “do it” and must now cope with being teenage mothers. And Carolyn Mackler’s “Mona Lisa, Jesus, Chad, and Me” explores whether friendship can survive when partying and p

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Book SynopsisAnn Packer is one of our most talented observers of family life, with its hidden crevasses and unforeseeable perils. In these unforgettable, emotionally searing stories, she explores the moral predicaments that define our lives, the frailty of ordinary grace, and the ways in which we are shattered and remade by loss.

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Book SynopsisThis beautiful, giftable collection celebrates and explores both the beauty and the anguish of love through classic poems, stories, and letters from some of literature’s most beloved writers.Because it defines human existence, love is one of art’s favorite subjects. Timeless Love: Poems, Stories, and Letters celebrates the mysterious nature of love and passion by bringing together classic works written by beloved authors through the ages.Including stories, poems, and letters from Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barret Browning, John Keats, Edith Wharton, and many more, this collection explores how each love is singular—yet love itself is universal.The Timeless Love softcover edition offers:Poems from William Shakespeare, John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Wordsworth, Robert Burns, Christina Rossetti, Mary Weston Fordham, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Alice Dunbar-Nelson.<

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