This collection features ten of Lily King's finest short stories--half of them brand new--that explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, moments of jolting violence and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs.
Everyday places and situations are the backdrops for tense and unpredictable confrontations. A chance encounter between neighbors in their building's trash room; a routine visit to a yoga class; a friendly chat in the cardiac recovery ward of a hospital--thirteen commonplace moments escalate into tension, violence--and even death.
This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, brings together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.
In Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers that a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading, and finds himself enchanted. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he has made up a city called Ambergris, imagined its every last detail, and that he's really from a place called Chicago.
The Don't Ask, Don't Tell law may have been repealed, but what if there are some members of the US armed forces who still have reasons to keep their sexuality a secret? Here are four such stories.
Captain Arthur Hastings was an ongoing friend and adventure companion of the often exuberant Belgian investigator. In the tales related by Hastings, we soon discover the supremely confident little man lived up to his apparent braggadocio.
Even in the safest of places, crime hits home. What happens then? In this volume, Mystery Writers of America brings together contributions from todayss top writers, and new talents, to consider this question.
Singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar, Janelle Monáe presents a collection of tales from the bold vision and powerful Afrofuturistic themes of her acclaimed album, Dirty Computer.
In 1943, twenty-year-old Polish poet Tadeusz Borowski was arrested and deported to Auschwitz. This is the most complete collection of Borowski's major writings, brought together for the first time in English.
This is a compilation of thirteen love stories for every star sign in the cosmos straight from the hearts of thirteen multicultural YA authors. A haunted Aquarius finds love behind the veil, an ambitious Aries will do anything to stay in the spotlight, a foodie Taurus discovers the best eats in town (with a side of romance), and so much more.
