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In 1919, the same year *Demian* was published, seven of these stories appeared as a book entitled *Märchen*—literally, *Fairy Tales*.

Gene Wolfe is producing the most significant body of short fiction of any living writer in the science fiction genre.

On en convient, l’époque moderne est celle de l’émancipation des femmes.

Introduction by Richard Howorth and foreword by the author.

Darkly funny, searingly honest short stories from Hans Fallada, author of bestselling Alone in Berlin.

Nisi Shawl's steampunk-flavored alternate history of the "Belgian" Congo, Everfair, has taken the science fiction and fantasy world by storm. No surprise there.

Winner of the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction – a collection of fifty-three interconnected stories by the National Book Award-winning author of Europe Central.

The Collected Stories – a stunning volume of William Trevor's unforgettable short stories.

Winner of the National Book Award. The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O’Connor’s monumental contribution to American fiction.

Internationally acclaimed as a playwright, screenwriter, comic, and sardonic commentator on the endless gaffs, absurdities, and the profound and painful misunderstandings that continue to character

Haight Words presents an anthology of thoughtful poetry from individuals sharing their experiences of homelessness on one of the most famous streets in one of the wealthiest cities in the world: Sa

From the author of The Mercy Seat and Fire in Beulah comes a new collection of six stories troubled by ghosts that linger in our present moment.

'The Kreutzer Sonata' is the self-lacerating confession of a man consumed by sexual jealousy and eaten up by shame and eventually driven to murder his wife.

With the precision of a surgeon, Peter Stamm cuts to the heart of the fragile and revealing moments of everyday life. They are bankers, students, mothers, or retirees.

Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan-tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints, scoundrels, ghosts, magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and d