A collection of stories by Australia's most significant Yiddish writer translated into English, some never before published. Goldhar was the literary voice of his generation, as well as a leading cultural and social commentator. This new collection will ensure that this wonderful writer is not forgotten. Pinchas Goldhar (1901-1947) arrived in Australia in 1926, escaping growing anti-Semitism in Poland. Here he laid the foundations of the now substantial...

The essential anthology of early short fiction by an American master Set primarily in Texas and Oklahoma during the Great Depression, these extraordinary stories display the unique blend of irony, nostalgia, and sharp-edged lyricism that established William Humphrey as one of America's finest chroniclers of small-town life.   In "The Last Husband," a bright-eyed newlywed bears witness to the cynical intrigues of an older married couple. "The Human...

From the dark, mind-expanding imagination of H P Lovecraft, Wordsworth presents a third volume of tales penned by the greatest horror writer of the 20th Century.

Short stories to entice, boggle and thrill: Future experiments. A one-of-a-kind travel agency. Space-marine trauma. And a decades-long war. And many more, including: Two Men In A BoatBoredom EscapesVoices In The MirrorThe Antarctican Land-Grab OffensiveDisobeyedDeath In The Time Of ParadiseShining StarThe Mortician's AlibiDeath Of A CEOPanic On The Streets Of LungerthraxDog's DayeFuture PrisonsAnd He Sadly DiedPopulated Entirely By Concrete Slabs...

H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a primary influence of countless iconic authors, and even now, nearly a century after its publication, its themes of cosmic horror and madness remain at the forefront of supernatural literature, as well as being highly influential in the mediums of music, film, and video games. But Lovecraft's expansive imagination didn't stop there. This five-story volume contains some fascinating rarities outside the Cthulhu Mythos. The...

In this edition of short fictional works by the prestigious twentieth century author, writer Ashenden turns secret agent in World War I, the chasms of misunderstandings between colonizers and natives comes to a head, and a poetry writing woman clashes with her, the only hardcover edition of short stories by one of the twentieth century's most enduringly popular fiction writers. Though W. Somerset Maugham was also famous for his novels and plays, it...

WINNIE-THE-POOH
POOH GOES VISITING and other stories
Story 1 In which we are introduced
Story 2 In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place
Story 3 In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle
Story 4 In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one
Story 5 In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water
Story 6 In which Christopher Robin gives a Pooh...

Short stories to beguile, confound and exhilarate: A regenerated human. A celebrity cult. A maniac on the Moon. And many more, including: Intercepted Smith Population One Rules Of The Tribe Blood Storm The Memory Farm NukeTheWorld.com The Meat Wagon Music For Robot Lovers The Church Of Ollie Field's Double Chin Symptoms Of A Disoccupied Mind Last Page The Transcendentalist Encounter Earthly Comforts

In the early 1970s, literary journals that contained Andre Dubus' short stories were passed around among admiring readers. When his debut collection, Separate Flights, arrived in 1975, it was immediately celebrated and won the Boston Globe's Laurence L. & Thomas Winship / PEN New England Award. The collection includes the novella We Don't Live Here Anymore, which served as the basis for the 2004 film of the same title (nominated for the Grand Jury...