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A fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland.

Men and women, in the midst of contemporary quandaries and crises, recall the long-buried yearnings, dreams, and hard choices that have given shape to their lives.

"There's no way not to suffer.

Nine stories draw us immediately into that special place known as Alice Munro territory--a place where an unexpected twist of events or a suddenly recaptured memory can illumine the arc of an entir

Twelve stories of hope, joy, and endurance, exploring the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone.

In this collection of fables in the literary tradition of Italo Calvino, Maggie Schein brings together medicine men, monks, immortals, witches, seekers, souls in various stages of their cycles in a

Turn out the lights, cuddle with your love, and shiver to tales from the greatest fright-meisters in the world. This collection offers the best classics for lovers of the macabre.

This volume brings together Andre Dubus' third and fourth collections of short stories and novellas--Finding a Girl in America and The Times Are Never So Bad--with a thought-provoking new introduct

A short story collection from bestselling fantasy author Garth Nix, including an Old Kingdom novella, a short story set in the same world as Shade's Children, and another story set in the world of

Doug Bradley's Spine Chillers, Volume 2, presents four classic stories from the masters of horror literature.

A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.A m

The award-winning and critically-acclaimed master of horror returns with a pair of chilling tales-both never-before-published in print-that examine the violence and depravity of the human condition

How I Came to Haunt My Parents is storytelling for parents on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Bizarre sexual parables, hilarious science fiction, fables, text-tangles, dirty stories, lush love letters, re-visionary fairy tales, predictions,strange new games, dream transcripts, and a complet

An unflinching look at the human body and the ways it defines, fails, and frees us