This collection of transgressive stories has been compiled through a rigorous nomination and vetting process and hand-selected by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, as the best of The Cult workshop. These stories run the gamut from...
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Author:Palahniuk, ChuckSummary: - Author:Lloy, Susan ESummary:
Though But When We Look Closer is a collection of eighteen stories that approaches its subjects from a parade of landscapes, running through these tales is a singular motif—taking control. Characters find themselves in skins they wish...
- Author:Roy, Zoë S.Summary:
Butterfly Tears is a collection of short fiction that depicts the experiences of Chinese immigrant women facing the challenges of life in a new country. The stories are set in different parts of China, Canada, and the United...
- Author:Šileika, AntanasSummary:
The anecdotes, extended scenes and burgeoning imagination that make up these stories are tightly composed and sharply focused. The book manages to be both harsh and sympathetic. It welds humour, tragedy and the personal embarrassments...
- Author:Smith, LeeSummary:
This collection of nine stories, ranging from poignant ballads to delightfully inventive forms, will make you chuckle and leave you with a satisfying sense that no matter how unruly or warped life may seem, equilibrium can be found...
- Author:Morris, Keith LeeSummary:
Keith Lee Morris delivers a collection of stories. In these unforgettable tales of deep humanity, the flaws and strengths of young men are explored with remarkable clarity.
- Author:Bierce, AmbroseSummary:
24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable...
- Author:Rosenbaum, RichardSummary:
In 1995, Canadian novelist and critic Hal Niedviecki started publishing Broken Pencil, a magazine dedicated to the zine scene, the independent and alternative arts community that had been boiling below the surface of Canada’s...
- Author:Cullen, Nancy JoSummary:
What has to die before you force yourself to change? That's the question facing the always quirky and often-queer characters of Canary. From the communal showers of a hot yoga studio to seedy pubs on Vancouver's East Side, from Catholic...
- Author:Lincoln, Joseph CrosbySummary:
This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of “The Old Home House”. Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a...
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The twenty-two authors featured within Carpe Noctem descended into midnight waters to explore the deepest horrors and wildest wonders which darkness cloaks. This anthology is not for the faint of heart.
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- Author:WODEHOUSE, P. GSummary:
A humorous collection of the exploits of that most unflappable of butlers, Jeeves.
- Author:CollectifSummary:
Après avoir exploré la « Couronne Sud » et la « Couronne Nord » dans les deux premiers tomes des Cartographies, La Mèche réunit dans ce troisième volet des fictions, récits et textes inclassables qui donnent à lire des...
- Author:McCarthy, MarySummary:
Seven extraordinary stories from bestselling author Mary McCarthy that carry readers from the heartbreaking core of a broken family to the tourist sites of Italy and into the contemplative mind of a potential murderess Best known for...
- Author:Hagey, MarySummary:
This debut short-story collection showcases Mary Hagey's uncanny ability to capture the essence of being human. These richly satisfying stories, told with wry humour, intelligence, and verve take us into fictional territory that is...
- Author:Green, JaneSummary:
An original short story featuring Jemima, the main character from Green's beloved novel Jemima J, and Cat, the main character from her novel Summer Secrets. Fans of these popular characters will be delighted to see them sharing...
- Author:Carver, RaymondSummary:
This is Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the canonical titular story about blindness and learning to enter the very different world of another. The twelve stories in Cathedral...
- Author:Smith, RaySummary:
The fourth title in Biblioasis's Renditions Series, Century begins with the nightmare visions of a young woman named Jane Seymour, catching the reader up in a chronicle of the Seymour family that moves from Austria, America and Africa,...
- Author:Smith, Alexander McCallSummary:
It is said that a picture may be worth a thousand words but an old photograph can inspire many more. In this beguiling book, Alexander McCall Smith casts his eye over five chanced-upon photographs from the era of black-and-white...
- Author:Richardson, PeterSummary:
short stories and fragments of poetry from a wordsmith's half-century love affair with Queensland's Sunshine Coast
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