Short stories

  • In absentia : an anthology

    Creator

    Reeder, Ben

    Abstract

    Chance Fortunato may be away at boarding school, but the bad guys haven't gone anywhere, and they certainly haven't changed their ways. It falls to Chance's friends to pick up the slack.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • The ancient minstrel : novellas

    Creator

    Harrison, Jim

    Abstract

    A collection of three novellas from New York Times bestselling writer Jim Harrison, in which an aging Montana-based writer copes with an unplanned litter of piglets, a woman attempts to have a child late in life, and Detective Sunderson investigates a cult involved in mysterious activity at the zoo.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Audio

    Not specified
  • Strange pilgrims : twelve stories

    Creator

    García Márquez, Gabriel

    Abstract

    In these twelve stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Reunion beach : stories inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank

    Creator

    Hilderbrand, Elin

    Trigiani, Adriana

    King, Cassandra

    Monroe, Mary Alice

    Henry, Patti Callahan

    Wentworth, Marjory

    Dupree, Nathalie

    Abstract

    Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book, her close friends and colleagues channeled their creativity, admiration, and grief into stories and poems that celebrate this remarkable woman and her abiding love for the Lowcountry of her native South Carolina.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperCollins

    Not specified
  • The heart is deceitful above all things : stories

    Creator

    LeRoy, J. T.

    Abstract

    This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Serendipity : ten romantic tropes, transformed

    Creator

    Meyer, Marissa

    Abstract

    Love is in the air in Serendipity , a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer. The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker. From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been there all along, 10 of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favorite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Young Listeners

    Not specified
  • Fiona and Jane

    Creator

    Ho, Jean Chen

    Abstract

    NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY VOGUE * USA TODAY * TIME * OPRAH DAILY * PARADE * THE WASHINGTON POST * BUZZFEED * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * MARIE CLAIRE * FORTUNE * GLAMOUR * W MAGAZINE * NYLON * BUSTLE * POPSUGAR * ELECTRIC LITERATURE * THE RUMPUS * DEBUTIFUL * AND MORE!   A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK " Fiona And Jane captures the textures of female friendship and all the intensity, loyalty, and occasional torment of it." -NPR's "All Things Considered"   "Intricately rendered. . . .

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • The butcher of Anderson Station : The Expanse series, book 1.5

    Creator

    Corey, James S. A.

    Abstract

    A novelette set in the hard-scrabble world of James S. A. Corey's NYT -bestselling Expanse series. One day, Colonel Fred Johnson will be hailed as a hero to the system. One day, he will meet a desperate man in possession of a stolen spaceship and a deadly secret and extend a hand of friendship. But long before he became the leader of the Outer Planets Alliance, Fred Johnson had a very different name. The Butcher of Anderson Station. This is his story.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Orbit

    Not specified
  • The new space opera

    Creator

    Dozois, Gardner

    Abstract

    This dazzling anthology includes epic interstellar adventures, tales of space and wonder, from some of the brightest names in science fiction. Authors include Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Tony Daniel, Greg Egan, Peter F. Hamilton, Gwyneth Jones, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Ken Macleod, Paul J. McAuley, Ian McDonald, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Robert Silverberg, Dan Simmons, and Walter Jon Williams.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC

    Not specified