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A baby is born in a mining camp and soon orphaned. The miners band together to raise the baby and he brings them luck in finding gold.

The collected stories of O. Henry make entertaining listening.

In these tales, Lord John vows to avenge a murder, investigates a terrifying "night-hag" on the battlefields of Europe, and discovers treason in His Majesty's ranks.

As a 41-year-old man confronts his own mortality in this collection's title story, he recalls his Spokane Indian father's chilling death from alcoholism and diabetes.

McCall Smith delivers a collection of stories about dating, with emotions running from the thrill of finding happiness to the humiliation and loneliness of rejection.

Machart pens this critically acclaimed collection of 10 nuanced tales.

When a certain kind of man is needed, why not make him to order? Such things can be done, but take care: much can go wrong—but then, sometimes it can go wonderfully right. Imagine...

On September 1, 2011, TJ Klune wrote, "...it's not about the ending, it's about the journey..." in a review of Eric Arvin's Woke Up in a Strange Place.

A collection of short stories presents a compelling cast of characters who struggle with inconvenient revelations, from the deserts of Egypt to the side of Interstate 5.

Tow-Kaye just learned that the love of his life is pregnant--and though he knows what the right thing to do is, he's scared to death to do it.

Written over the course of four decades, this collection of 12 stories centers around Depression-era Texas.

In rural Michigan, the American dream, if it ever existed, lies discarded like so much rusty scrap metal.

Lost in the City features 15 poignant short stories, each set in Washington, D.C.

In his debut collection, Gay brings to life 13 stories about a diverse group of colorful characters living in the fertile Tennessee country land.

Katz shares 16 tales of heartwarming relationships between humans and their four-legged friends.