Aye, and Gomorrah: And Other Stories

Cosmicomics

Italo Calvino · 153 pages

Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. "Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?"--Publisher description.

Machineries of Joy

Ray Bradbury · 239 pages

"The Machineries of Joy" is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury, known for his distinctive blend of science fiction and fantasy. The book features a diverse range of tales, from the whimsical to the haunting, all infused with Bradbury's characteristic poetic prose. The stories explore themes such as the impact of technology on humanity, the passage of time, and the power of imagination.

Unlocking the Air and Other Stories

Ursula K. Le Guin · 207 pages

This collection of mainstream stories, which have been published in such distinguished magazines as The New Yorker, Harper's, Omni, and Playboy, is a stunning example of the virtuosity of the legendary Ursula K. Le Guin. In her own words: "These stories span twelve years of writing, from the early eighties to the mid-nineties. It took them a long time to gather themselves into a whole, with the sh

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

Neil Gaiman · 352 pages

This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction -- stories, verse, and a Doctor Who story written for the series' fiftieth anniversary (Nothing o'clock). There is also "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of his novel American Gods. The collection explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulner

The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth

Roger Zelazny · 287 pages

The Rediscovery of Man

Cordwainer Smith · 400 pages

A Portable Shelter

Kirsty Logan · 180 pages

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

Lesley Nneka Arimah · 235 pages

"A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager

Central Station

Lavie Tidhar · 275 pages

A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris' ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind wi

Almost Famous Women: Stories

Megan Mayhew Bergman · 281 pages

A collection of stories that explores the lives of talented, gutsy women throughout history. Now Megan Mayhew Bergman resurrects these women, lets them live in the reader's imagination, so we can explore their difficult choices. Nearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity--she raced speed boats or was a conjoined twin in show business; a reclusive painter

Heat and Light

Ellen Van Neerven · 232 pages

Memory Wall

Anthony Doerr · 256 pages

Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and

Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories

Angela Carter · 480 pages

From early reflections on jazz and Japan, through vigorous refashionings of vampires and werewolves, to stunning snapshots of real-life outcasts and the glorious but tainted world of "the rich and famous," this complete collection of Angela Carter's short stories gathers together four published books - Fireworks, The Bloody Chamber, Black Venus, American Ghosts and Old World Wonders - with her ear

Little Birds

Anais Nin · 153 pages

Thirteen explorations of sexual variants feature rivals for the same lover, husbands with exotic tastes and frustrated wives, a celebrated prostitute, a sixteen-year-old waif striving to surpass her mother, and other adventurers.

Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte

Horacio Quiroga · 133 pages

Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies

Hermann Hesse · 213 pages

In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories

William H. Gass · 206 pages

Stories of God: A New Translation

Rainer Maria Rilke · 139 pages

The Empty Family

Colm Toibin · 224 pages

First Snow on Fuji

Yasunari Kawabata · 237 pages

The Love Object: Selected Stories

Edna O'Brien · 174 pages

The thirty-one stories collected in this volume provide, among other things, a cumulative portrait of Ireland, seen from within and without. Coming of age, the impact of class, and familial and romantic love are the prevalent motifs, along with the instinct toward escape and subsequent nostalgia for home. Some of the stories are linked and some carry O'Brien's distinct sense of the comical. In "A

Oriental Tales

Marguerite Yourcenar · 160 pages

Seven Gothic Tales

Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen · 420 pages

Originally published in 1934, *Seven Gothic Tales,* the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" *(The Atlantic),* is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, a

First Love and Other Stories

Ivan Turgenev · 298 pages