Short Stories of Our Time
Title | Short Stories of Our Time PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas R. Barnes |
Publisher | Nelson Thornes |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 1985-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780174450948 |
Short Stories of Our Time is a selection of 13 short stories by contemporary authors, all with 20th Century urban settings. The stories have been chosen to appeal to students who are impatient with the classics but respond to stories which illuminate the reality they know.
Great Short Stories of the World
Title | Great Short Stories of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Barrett Harper Clark |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1096 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Short stories |
ISBN |
177 short stories.
The World's Greatest Short Stories
Title | The World's Greatest Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | James Daley |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2012-03-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486114791 |
Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, this wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable anthology includes Tolstoy, Kipling, Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, Pirandello, Mann, Updike, Borges, and other major writers of world literature.
Great American Short Stories
Title | Great American Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Negri |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 2012-03-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486114678 |
Features 19 gems in the American short-story tradition, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herman Melville, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, plus stories by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, Twain, others.
Great Short Stories by American Women
Title | Great Short Stories by American Women PDF eBook |
Author | Candace Ward |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2012-03-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486111083 |
Choice collection of 13 stories includes "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat," plus superb fiction by Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, many others.
Very Short Stories
Title | Very Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Sean Hill |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 2011-12-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1612430325 |
Inspired by an experiment on Twitter, these 300 moving stories are no bigger than a sentence or two, on themes like love, death, and family. In this one-of-a-kind collection, author Sean Hill has crafted hundreds of engaging stories that conjure an entire novel in just a sentence or two. Sometimes sad, often humorous and always creative, these tales touch on a wide range of life experiences from romance and family to death and sex. Nana rocked in her old wooden rocking chair. “Timmy, you have always been my favorite,” she said. He looked at her. “Nana, I’m Bobby.” Read your diary, discovered your secret. I thought I loved you, but now I’m not sure. Don’t know what to do, you look so human. Clowning was Daryl’s profession, cooking was his passion. Stella thought he was perfect. She liked to laugh and never learned to cook. Alex bought Sharon a ring for Valentine’s Day, which she sold to buy the gun that stopped him from loving her. In 2009, Sean Hill combined his love of writing and technology by creating @VeryShortStory, a Twitter feed where he interacts with his readers and shares his 140-character stories. Praise for Very Short Stories “Some are touching, some ring true, but most are laugh-out-loud funny.” —Seattle Times “The book is a treasure-trove of fascinating exploration into the craft of language and storytelling.” —Summit Daily “Story telling is his bag, pure and simple.” —Austin American Statesman “The best of the stories might rival Hemingway's classic six word story in their descriptive brevity and their ability to tell a complete and affecting tale.” —Short and Sweet NYC “Witty, well-crafted and always thought-provoking.” —Salt Lake Tribune
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
Title | The Best American Short Stories of the Century PDF eBook |
Author | John Updike |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 868 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780395843673 |
Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").