Thriller

Rescue Me

Cherry Adair, Lora Leigh, Cindy Gerard · 352 pages

Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror

R.L. Stine, James Rollins, Heather Graham, Walter Sorrells, Tim Maleeny, Suzanne Weyn, Jennifer Allison, Heather Brewer, Peg Kehret, Alane Ferguson, Ryan Brown, F. Paul Wilson, Meg Cabot · 313 pages

A collection of thirteen scary stories by bestselling and award-winning authors, including Ryan Brown's "Jeepers Peepers," Meg Cabot's "The Night Hunter," and others. In this thrilling collection of heart-stopping original stories from thirteen masters of adult and young adult thriller writing, anyone can be a villain, and no one is who or what he or she seems. The plots contain sexual references

Dangerous Women: Original Stories from Today's Greatest Suspense Writers

Otto Penzler, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Michael Connelly, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffery Deaver · 384 pages

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and the most shockingly fatal of femmes fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today's finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "***Third Party***," Jay McInerney takes you on

Stalkers

Martin H. Greenberg · 351 pages

Short story anthology by various authors on the subject of stalking, edited by Gorman and Greenberg.

Other Worlds

Shaun Tan, Ray Bradbury, Eric Nylund, Neal Shusterman, Tom Angleberger, Rebecca Stead, Shannon Hale, D.J. MacHale, Eric S. Nylund, Kenneth Oppel · 331 pages

An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.

Half-Minute Horrors

Neil Gaiman, Lesley Livingston, R.L. Stine, Margaret Atwood, Holly Black, James Patterson, Adele Griffin, Melissa Marr, Nadia Aguiar, Katherine Applegate, Avi, Pseudonymous Bosch, Libba Bray, Lisa Brown, Michael Connelly, Joseph Delaney, Dan Gutman, Erin Hunter, Angela Johnson, Jonathan Lethem, Gail · 141 pages

How scared can you get in just thirty seconds? Dive into the shortest, scariest stories ever created, with more than seventy instant thrills from the likes of Lemony Snicket, James Patterson, Neil Gaiman, R.L. Stine, Holly Black, Brett Helquist, and Margaret Atwood.

A Glory Of Unicorns

Bruce Coville, Alix Berenzy · 198 pages

Award-winning author Bruce Coville believes in unicorns, and his mission is to make believers out of all of us with this collection of stories by distinguished fantasy writers. The guardian of memory / Bruce Coville Tearing down the unicorns / Janni Lee Simner Beyond the fringe / Gregory Maguire Stealing dreams / Ruth O'Neill The dream-child / Nancy Varian Berberick The ugly unicorn /

Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down

Clive Cussler · 512 pages

"From Jeffery Deaver's tale of international terrorism to Lisa Jackson's dysfunctional family in the California wine country to Ridley Pearson's horrifying serial killer, this collection has something for everyone. Twenty-three bestselling and hot new authors in the thriller genre have submitted original stories to make up this unforgettable blockbuster."--Page 4 of cover.

Funny Business

Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett, Adam Rex, David Yoo, Paul Feig, Kate DiCamillo, Christopher Paul Curtis, Eoin Colfer, Jack Gantos, David Lubar, Jeff Kinney · 268 pages

A collection of humorous stories featuring a teenaged mummy, a homicidal turkey, and the world's largest pool of chocolate milk.

Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales

Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling

Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the villains in fairy tales—evil, no two ways about it. But the villains themselves beg to differ. In Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's new anthology for younger readers, you'll hear from the Giant's wife ("Jack and the Beanstalk"), Rumplestiltskin, the oldest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. A stellar lineup of authors, including Gar

Fantasy Stories

Noel Langley, John Masefield, L. Frank Baum, Rudyard Kipling, Eva Ibbotson, Elizabeth Goudge, E. Nesbit, Patricia C. Wrede, Andrew Lang, Jane Yolen, Tove Jansson, Andre Norton, Norton Juster, Joan Aiken, C.S. Lewis, Katharine Mary Briggs, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 254 pages

Diana Wynne Jones's personal choice of favorite fantasy writing is a treat for all fans - and the perfect introduction for anyone coming to this genre for the first time. This collection contains stories from some of the best fantasy writers of all time. With stories including extracts from classics to modern favorites, this is a comprehensive and satisfying anthology. There are humorous stories

The Lost Islands

Kazu Kibuishi · 128 pages

Killer Year: A Criminal Anthology

Lee Child · 304 pages

Some of the rising stars in the crime, suspense, and mystery genres reveal their talents in an anthology of short stories, each of which is introduced by such mentors as Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, and Lee Child.

Guys Write for Guys Read

Jon Scieszka · 272 pages

Love Is Murder

Allison Brennan · 544 pages

An edge-of-your-seat anthology, written exclusively by members of International Thriller Writers, Inc., features 30 tales of suspense from today's hottest writers.

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket

Chris Van Allsburg · 236 pages

Who is Harris Burdick? For more than twenty-five years, readers have been puzzling over the illustrations by this enigmatic artist. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with his intriguingly titled pictures. And now, some of our most imaginative storytellers attempt to solve the perplexing mysteries of Harris Burdick. Enter The Chronicles of Harris Burdic

First Thrills: Volume 1

Lee Child, Michael Palmer, Daniel James Palmer, Karen Dionne, J.T. Ellison, Ryan Brown, Rip Gerber, Sean Michael Bailey

The Mammoth Book of Special Ops Romance

Shannon K. Butcher, Sydney Croft, Laura Griffin, Cheyenne McCray, Marliss Melton, Charlene Teglia, Michele Albert, Gina Robinson, Shiloh Walker, Jordan Summers, Caitlyn Nicholas, Liz Muir, Nicola March, Gennita Low, Debra Webb, Penny McCall, Rinda Elliott, Charlotte Mede, Rachel Caine, E.C. Sheedy · 534 pages

Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold: Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War

Joseph Finder, J.A. Jance, Laura Lippman, John Lescroart, T. Jefferson Parker, Sara Paretsky, Alan Cook · 384 pages

Collects twenty short stories depicting spies, double agents, femme fatales, and the weaponry of the Cold War written by such modern authors as Joseph Finder, Sara Paretsky, and T. Jefferson Parker.

Terrifying Tales

Jon Scieszka, Adam Gidwitz, R.L. Stine, Dav Pilkey, Michael Buckley, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Adele Griffin, Kelly Barnhill, Lisa Brown, Daniel Jose Older · 288 pages

Eleven masters of suspense Kelly Barnhill, Michael Buckley, Adam Gidwitz, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Daniel Jose Older, Dav Pilkey, R.L. Stine, and Rita Williams-Garcia have come together to bring you a bone-chilling collection of original ghost stories with illustrations by Gris Grimly, perfect for sharing around the campfire, reading under the covers with a flash

Tales of Tinfoil: Stories of Paranoia and Conspiracy

Lucas Bale, Edward W. Robertson, Eric Tozzi, Forbes West, Michael Bunker, Peter Cawdron, Nick Cole, Richard Gleaves, Ernie Lindsey, Wendy Paine Miller, Chris Pourteau, Jennifer Ellis · 538 pages

The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore

Jane Yolen, Ella Young, Ardath Mayhar, Nicholas Stuart Gray, Patricia C. Wrede, Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Jennifer Roberson, Audrey Alexandra Brown, Megan Lindholm, William Jay Smith, Margaret Greaves, Myra Cohn Livingston, Madeleine L'Engle, Beatrice Farrington, E. V. Rieu, C.S. Lewis · 202 pages

Filled with the most popular legends about the mythical unicorn and including original poems and stories, this collection brings together the singular talents of Bruce Coville, Madeleine L'Engle, Jane Yolen, C. S. Lewis, Myra Cohn Livingston, and many others. A perfect companion to Coville's own bestselling Unicorn Chronicles and an ideal gift for the child who has always wondered about these glor

Flying Lessons and Other Stories

Sherman Alexie, Jacqueline Woodson, Kwame Alexander, Walter Dean Myers, Meg Medina, Tim Tingle, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Pena, Tim Federle, Grace Lin · 229 pages

From basketball dreams and family fiascoes to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this [anthology](https://www.diversebooks.org/), written by award-winning children's authors, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.

The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief

Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, Emma Trevayne · 501 pages