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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

Presents adaptations of eight classic British stories, each with a vocabulary preview, and a profile of the author.

British Classics

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Brian Coldrick

Joe Hill

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

A twisted figure crawling out of a tunnel. A giggling crowed of masked watchers. A reassembling corpse. What could be hiding behind you, just waiting for you to turn around?

Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories

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Small amount of dirt present on dust jacket. Minor shelf wear on top edge. No damage to hardcover or pages.

Virginia

Volume 1

Literotica 

George Saunders

Colorado

Stories

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "One of our most inventive purveyors of the form returns with pitch-perfect, genre-bending stories that stare into the abyss of our national character. . . . An exquisite work from a writer whose reach is galactic."--Oprah Daily
 
Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with his first collection of short stories since the New York Times bestseller Tenth of December.

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, NPR, Time, USA Today, The Guardian, Esquire, Kirkus Reviews

The "best short-story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose--wickedly funny, unsentimental, and exquisitely tuned--Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: Here is a collection of prismatic, resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.

"Love Letter" is a tender missive from grandfather to grandson, in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the (not too distant, all too believable) future, that reminds us of our obligations to our ideals, ourselves, and one another. "Ghoul" is set in a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park in Colorado and follows the exploits of a lonely, morally complex character named Brian, who comes to question everything he takes for granted about his reality. In "Mother's Day," two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. In "Elliott Spencer," our eighty-nine-year-old protagonist finds himself brainwashed, his memory "scraped"--a victim of a scheme in which poor, vulnerable people are reprogrammed and deployed as political protesters. And "My House"--in a mere seven pages--comes to terms with the haunting nature of unfulfilled dreams and the inevitability of decay.

Together, these nine subversive, profound, and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention Saunders does, even in the most absurd of circumstances.

Liberation Day (Signed First Edition)

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Published between 1922-1928
Kipling’d First major work as a writer 

Michigan

Plain Tales From The Hills (Antique) 

Clean text and dust jacket intact. Previous owner’s name in a pencil and price in pencil. Dust jacket has some tears. See photos. 1933

Massachusetts

The First Wife and other stories

Book is signed, limited edition #26 of 250

California

1891480049

The Ushers (Signed)

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Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

This First Edition, First Printing hardcover from the famous horror author is a rare find for any constant reader or horror fan.
Skeleton Crew is a short story collection contain some of Stephen King's most famous stories including The Mist, The Monkey, and The Raft.

This book is in Excellent Condition. There is only slight wear on the dust jacket including a small tear at the top of dust jacket. Included in photos.

This is a rare find for any Stephen King fan!

Please message if you have any questions or to make an offer!

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

First Edition 

Skeleton Crew

Peter V. Brett

Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons--bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting and killing humanity for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive. A handful of Messengers brave the night to keep the lines of communication open between the increasingly isolated populace.

The Great Bazaar and Other Stories

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John Skipp

Still Dead

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#hardcover #scifi #classicscifi #shortstories #philipkdick This book is a first British Edition 

The Father-Thing

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This collection by Brian James Freeman features six dark stories that are a little different than his other works. Some focus on unusual characters and some are simply told in unusual ways. These six thought-provoking stories show why David Morrell has called Freeman's writing "elegant and haunting" and why Michael Koryta has said Freeman writes "a taut, memorable tale."

Dreamlike States

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Putnam Book Club Edition 1967

"Here in one monumental volume are all 21 of the stories, novellas and novels making up Heinlein's famous Future History—the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work.


* Introduction - Damon Knight
* Life-Line
* The Roads Must Roll
* Blowups Happen
* The Man Who Sold the Moon
* Delilah and the Space-Rigger
* Space Jockey
* Requiem
* The Long Watch
* Gentleman, Be Seated
* The Black Pits of Luna
* "It's Great to Be Back!"
* "—We Also Walk Dogs"
* Searchlight
* Ordeal in Space
* The Green Hills of Earth
* Logic of Empire
* The Menace from Earth
* "If This Goes On—"
* Coventry
* Misfit
* Methuselah's Children"

Oregon

Future History Stories

The Past Through Tomorrow

Thomas Parkes

Very good clean tight copy, very good dust jacket.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

New York

A Collection of the Best Known and Most Memorable Short Stories

An entertaining collection features short stories from the past two hundred years, and includes the world of Washington Irving, Truman Capote, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, and more.

1994 edition * American Short Story

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The Dragon

Sarah Mlynowski Chris Manby/lauren Henderson

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Girls' Night In by Sarah Mlynowski Chris Manby/lauren Henderson released on Aug 25, 2004 is available now for purchase.

Girls Night In

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#hardcover #tomhanks #fiction #shortstories #bookofthemonth #botm 

Some Stories

The actor Tom Hanks's first work of fiction.

Uncommon Type

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Ray Bradbury

Arizona

Over the course of a long and celebrated career, Ray Bradbury has traveled many roads: cruising down country highways that wound through the unseen heart of small-town America; exploring rutted backwoods paths that led to dark and dangerous places; racing at mach-speed along shimmering celestial turnpikes as limitless and exciting as the unbound imagination. The Dean of American storytellers, Bradbury cherishes the worlds he envisions through his windshield. And with incomparable skill and an infectious wonder undiminished by years, he shares what he sees--so that we might also appreciate the view. DRIVING BLIND is a stunning new collection of short fiction--the first since the publication of Bradbury's critically acclaimed Quicker Than the Eye. With a steady hand on the wheel, the master once again transports us to remarkable places-- and to warm and achingly familiar destinations of the heart, revealed as we've never seen them before in the brilliance of day or gloom of night. Here are unforgettable excursions to the fantastic, glorious grand tours through time and memory-- interspersed with strange, unexpected side trips to the disturbing and eerie--where surprises are waiting around every curve and just beyond each mile marker. These are new roads we have never ridden before--sprawling interstates and lush, twisting rural routes fraught with dangers and delights of all manner, shape and substance. With Ray Bradbury in the driver's seat, the journey promises to be a memorable one. Come along and enjoy the ride.

Driving Blind - first edition

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#hardcover #paperback #indigenous #americanindians #nativeamerican #shortstories #ex-lib movie Smoke Signals is based upon these books!!!

Lot bundle set 4 four books

A collection of stories about young Native Americans introduces a cast of characters who live and love in two worlds, balancing their Indian heritage and traditions against the realities of the modern world.

LOT #1/Flight, Ten Little Indians, The Toughest Indian in the World and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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Smoke-free pet-friendly home super fast shipping NO returns . I am an ELA teacher, ask me for suggestions!

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

English

LOT Teacher Guide and textbook Contemporary Short Stories

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Aleisha Maree

Linny Lawless

Isla Cross

J. A. Lafrance

Leah Negron

Nathan Kingsly

Rowan St. George

Ruby Carter

S. Courtney

Roux Cantrell

A gently read book in excellent condition. The spine has a bowing look but its because of the binding process and weight of the pages. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Merciless Few MC Anthology 2022

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Hair-Raising Holiday Tales

Presents a collection of werewolf stories that take place during the Christmas holidays.

Wolfsbane and Mistletoe

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Now available in Ecco’s Art of the Story series: a never-before-published collection of stories from a brilliant yet little known African American artist and filmmaker—a contemporary of revered writers including Toni Cade Bambara, Laurie Colwin, Ann Beattie, Amy Hempel, and Grace Paley—whose prescient work has recently resurfaced to wide acclaim Humorous, poignant, perceptive, and full of grace, Kathleen Collins’s stories masterfully blend the quotidian and the profound in a personal, intimate way, exploring deep, far-reaching issues—race, gender, family, and sexuality—that shape the ordinary moments in our lives. In “The Uncle,” a young girl who idolizes her handsome uncle and his beautiful wife makes a haunting discovery about their lives. In “Only Once,” a woman reminisces about her charming daredevil of a lover and his ultimate—and final—act of foolishness. Collins’s work seamlessly integrates the African-American experience in her characters’ lives, creating rich, devastatingly familiar, full-bodied men, women, and children who transcend the symbolic, penetrating both the reader’s head and heart. Both contemporary and timeless, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? is a major addition to the literary canon, and is sure to earn Kathleen Collins the widespread recognition she is long overdue.

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?

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From the acclaimed author of Good in Bed, All Fall Downand the forthcoming Who Do You Love, a witty and heartbreaking look at love and loneliness

A young married woman happens upon her ex boyfriend's wedding registry and wonders what life would have been like if she'd ended up with him after all - only to wake up and find out her dream, for better and worst, has come true.

In Tour of Duty, a young man visits an ivy league college with his mother who does not know how to tell him that his father has left and is moving out during their weekend away.

And in Kidnapping Nana two sisters travel to a beach resort and kidnap an older woman so they have a place to stay while they're there - and find an unexpected bond with the older woman in the process.
#paperback #theguynottaken #jenniferweiner #fiction #shortstories #paperback 

A collection of short stories that explores the progress of love and relationships over a course of a lifetime, from a teenager coming to terms with her father's disappearance to a widow accepting two young women into her home.

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Perfection Learning Staff

British Classics

Brian Coldrick; Joe Hill

Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories

Lori Selke

Literotica

George Saunders

Liberation Day (Signed First Edition)

Rudyard Kipling J.H. Sears & Company, Inc Publishers

Plain Tales From The Hills (Antique)

Buck, Pearl S.

The First Wife and other stories

Edward Lee

The Ushers (Signed)

Steven King

Skeleton Crew

Peter V. Brett

The Great Bazaar and Other Stories

John Skipp

Still Dead

Philip K. Dick

The Father-Thing

Brian James Freeman; Ed Gorman (Introduction by); Glenn Chadbourne (Artist); Vincent Chong (Artist)

Dreamlike States

Robert A. Heinlein

The Past Through Tomorrow

Thomas Parkes

1994 edition * American Short Story

Yevgeny Zamyatin

The Dragon

Sarah Mlynowski Chris Manby/lauren Henderson

Girls Night In

Tom Hanks

Uncommon Type

Ray Bradbury

Driving Blind - first edition

Sherman Alexie

LOT #1/Flight, Ten Little Indians, The Toughest Indian in the World and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

David Foote; Margaret Forst; Mary Hynes-Berry; Julie Johnson; Basia Miller; Brenda Perkins; Susan Schaffrath (Editor)

LOT Teacher Guide and textbook Contemporary Short Stories

Aleisha Maree; Linny Lawless; Isla Cross; J. A. Lafrance; Leah Negron; Nathan Kingsly; Rowan St. George; Ruby Carter; S. Courtney; Roux Cantrell

Merciless Few MC Anthology 2022

Charlaine Harris (Editor); Toni L. P. Kelner (Editor)

Wolfsbane and Mistletoe

Kathleen Collins

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?

Jennifer Weiner

The Guy Not Taken