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This collection of five stories set in "the Spookiest Town in America" includes "Long Way Home," "Mister Pockets," "Property Condemned," "Whistlin' past the Graveyard," and the new story "The Trouble," a sequel to the Pine Deep trilogy.

"The Lottery," one of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, created a sensation when it was first published in the New Yorker. This collection unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range and power as a storyteller.

This volume presents eight of Louis L'Amour's ever popular short stories, including "Mistakes Can Kill You," "The Man from the Battle Flat," "The Lion Hunter and the Lady," "The One for the Mojave Kid," and others.

H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft's stories, just the way they were when first released.

Written by the most beloved Western authors of all time, these classic stories tell of love, adventure, and treachery on the wild frontier. Stories include "Cañon Walls" by Zane Grey, "Black Sheep" by Max Brand, and "Showdown on the Hogback" by Louis L'Amour.

Jim Harrison's magnificent trilogy of short novels--Legends of the Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name--explores the theme of revenge and survival, adding up to an extraordinary vision of the twentieth-century man.

These early stories are fine vintage Wodehouse: the rivalry between the ugly policeman and Alf, the Romeo milkman; the plight of a "man with two left feet" who fell in love with a dance hostess; and the first appearance of Jeeves.

From the eerily "real," almost holographic evocations of historical figures like Lyndon Johnson, over-televised game show hosts, and late-night comedians, to the title story, where terminal punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism, Wallace renders the incredible comprehensible, the bizarre normal, the absurd hilarious, and the familiar strange.

In this volume of fifteen tales of the town known to readers of Anne of Green Gables, a Persian cat plays an amazing role in a marriage proposal, and a foolish lie threatens to make an unattached woman the town's laughingstock.

All emotions are universal. We born, we dream, we strive, we die...Where the stars rise? Stories that bind us together regardless where we come from or where we are going-on Earth or in space. Futuristic Istanbul. Kerala waters. Cebu jungles. Gyeongbok Palace. Post-apocalyptic Tokyo. Follow twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors and their stories seen from an Asian perspective and envisioned through Asian eyes. Even beyond being Asian, the characters are diverse within themselves as they explore magic and science and deal with love, race, and politics.