New copy of Rainbow Rowell’s short story anthology Scattered Showers. Comes signed, with blue sprayed edges.

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

Stories

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes her first short-story collection, Scattered Showers

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true.

In her first collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure.

It's a feast of irresistible characters, hilarious dialogue, and masterful storytelling--in short, everything you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell book.

Scattered Showers (Bookworm Omaha edition)

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Dan Chaon

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING !! If you love psychological thrillers, horror, mystery, suspense, or anything like that, you'll love it too!

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

Presents a collection of suspenseful tales in which fragile and searching characters wander between ordinary life and a psychological shadowland after experiencing intense loss or displacement.

Stay Awake

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Adam Penn Gilders

First Edition Hardcover 
The cover has minor creasing. Some of pages have dog- ears. Otherwise clean and white pages. 

California

Adam Penn Gilders was a virtuoso of the deadpan prose miniature. He published his stories in Paris Review, The Walrus and J&L Illustrated, before passing away in 2007, at the age of 36, of a brain tumor. Another Ventriloquist collects Gilders' charming vignettes, which fall somewhere between Aesop's fable and bitch session: "My friend Geoffrey, to my constant dismay, seems compelled to enjoy life's little pleasures, such as coffee or perfectly cooked eggs, all at once, without delay or hesitation. With coffee, for example, which he particularly loves, he drains his cup with almost demented eagerness, often before his companions have taken a single sip. It was as though the best experiences, like hot liquids, were liable to evaporate if measured out in teaspoons. He had what I considered a 'Now or Never' attitude which made me want to proclaim 'Never '" With this posthumous collection, Gilders bequeaths a gem of concision and wit.

Another Ventriloquist (First Edition) 

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Neil Gaiman

Wisconsin

Short Fictions and Disturbances

From one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers of our time comes a major new collection of stories and verse "We each have our little triggers . . . things that wait for us in the dark corridors of our lives." So says Neil Gaiman in his introduction to Trigger Warning, a remarkable compendium of twenty-five stories and poems that explore the transformative power of imagination. In "Adventure Story"—a thematic companion to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane—Gaiman ponders death and the ways in which people take their stories with them when they die. "A Calendar of Tales" is comprised of short pieces about the months of the year—stories of pirates and March winds, an igloo made of books, and a Mother's Day card that portends disturbances in the universe. Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his award-nominated mystery tale "The Case of Death and Honey." Also included is "Nothing O'Clock," a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the beloved series in 2013, as well as the never-before-published "Black Dog," a haunting new tale that revisits the world of American Gods as Shadow Moon stops in at a village pub on his way back to America. Gaiman, a sophisticated writer whose creative genius is unparalleled, entrances with his literary alchemy and transports us deep into an undiscovered country where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday is incandescent. Replete with wonder and terror, surprises and amusements, Trigger Warning is a treasury of literary delights that engage the mind, stir the heart, and shake the soul.

Trigger Warning

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Isak Dinesen is the pseudonym of Karen Blixen, born in Denmark in 1885. After her marriage in 1914 to Baren Bror Blixen, she and her husband lived in British East Africa, where they owned a coffee plantation. She was divorced from her husband in 1921 but continued to manage the plantation for another ten years, until the collapse of the coffee market forced her to sell the property and return to Denmark in 1931. There she began to write in English under the pen name Isak Dinesen. Her first book, and literary success, was Seven Gothic Tales. It was followed by Out of Africa, The Angelic Avengers, Winter's Tales, Last Tales, Anecdotes of Destiny, and Shadows on the Grass and Ehrengard. She died in 1962. 

This book is a collection of 11 stories. 

First U.S. edition published by Random House in 1942 under wartime standards. Includes dust jacket in good condition with some chipping and small tears. Red cloth boards. 313 numbered pages. The book is in near fine condition with the only serious defect being the word “Free” written in ink/Sharpee. 



Texas

Winter’s Tales

This book has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. 

Minnesota

In four previously unpublished short works, a man explores his dark nature, a writer confronts a stranger, a cancer patient makes a deal with the devil, and a woman makes a horrifying discovery about her husband.

Full Dark, No Stars (First Edition)

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Angela Slatter

James Lovegrove

Alison Littlewood

An Anthology of Works Inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Shortlisted for best anthology in the Shirley Jackson Awards. From the greatest names in fantasy and horror comes an anthology of stories inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Join Alice as she is thrown into the whirlwind of Wonderland Within these pages you'll find myriad approaches to Alice, from horror to historical, taking us from the nightmarish reaches of the imagination to tales that will shock, surprise and tug on the heart-strings. So, it's time now to go down the rabbit hole, or through the looking-glass or... But no, wait. By picking up this book and starting to read it you're already there, can't you see? Brand-new works from the best in fantastical fiction M.R. CAREY MARK CHADBOURN GENEVIEVE COGMAN JONATHAN GREEN ALISON LITTLEWOOD JAMES LOVEGROVE L.L. McKINNEY GEORGE MANN JULIET MARILLIER LAURA MAURO CAT RAMBO LILITH SAINTCROW CAVAN SCOTT ROBERT SHEARMAN ANGELA SLATTER CATRIONA WARD JANE YOLEN RIO YOUERS

Wonderland

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John Joseph Adams

Diana Gabaldon

This book was a gift and has never been read.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-selling Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon.



Today's readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever--to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020

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#Vintage #Antique lot of 10-volume complete set, pocket-sized collection of short stories published in 1927. Worn corners, water stains and fading on some pages. Bindings are all intact and each book remains readable and durable despite aged condition. #fiction #anthology #ShortStories 

Books are categorized topically: 1) Adventure…2) Romance…3) Mystery…4) Love…5) Drama…6) Courage…7) Women…8) Men…9) Ghosts…10) Humor #hardcover 

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

New Jersey

Volume 1-10

The World’s 100 Best Short Stories

Alabama

The Hat On The Bed

Stephen King

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.

In order for a copy or Skeleton Crew to be a First Edition, First Printing the following criteria must be met:

1. Issued with a dustjacket and price of $18.95. 
2. First edition copies will have the line 12345678910 on the copyright page.

Both of these critiera were met in this copy and can be seen in the pictures, making it a True First Edition, First Printing. These criteria were pulled from https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/1st/skeletoncrew.html which is a great resource for identifying First Edition Stephen King. 

This book is in Good Condition. There is wear on the dust jacket including staining and tears along the top and bottom of dust jacket especially on the spine. There is a small tear at the top of the dusjacket on the back cover. The pages of the book are slightly yellowed with age. All these flaws can be seen in the pictures. 

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)

Arizona

Age-old images of fear fuse with the iconography of contemporary American life in this collection of tales from the modern master of horror

Skeleton Crew -1st Edition/1st Printing

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Steven Millhauser

Rare new signed first edition in very fine condition. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

In his first book since his 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Martin Dressler, the author presents a collection of short stories ranging from a magical tale of night baseball to a meditation on adolescent alienation. 35,000 first printing.

The Knife Thrower and Other Stories—Signed

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Eric LaRocca

A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes. Includes an introduction from acclaimed bestselling author Chuck Wendig.

Eight stories of literary dark fiction from a master storyteller. Exploring the shadow side of love, these are tales of grief, obsession, control. Intricate examinations of trauma and tragedy in raw, poetic prose. In these narratives, a woman imagines horrific scenarios whilst caring for her infant niece; on-line posts chronicle a cancer diagnosis; a couple in the park with their small child encounter a stranger with horrific consequences; a toxic relationship reaches a terrifying resolution...

Originally published under the title The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales, this is a much-praised collection of deeply unsettling, painfully dark tales.

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

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Richard Ford

Rare new first edition in very fine condition. 

The Granta Book of the American Short Story

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Jojo Moyes

Very good clean tight copy, very good dust jacket,first edition, first printing.

From provincial Sophie being swept off of her feet in the glamour of belle epoque Paris to Beth's unexpected confrontation with an old lover in a marquee in Britain, this first collection of short stories from internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes contains ten tales of love, loss, liberation and laughter

First edition /1st* Paris for One and Other Stories

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#paperback #smallpress #horror #shortstories #omnibus

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Kentucky

Volume One

Harmlessly Insane: The Complete Collection features twenty top-rated tales of terror from The Light Brothers, authors Evans Light and Adam Light.Clocking in at nearly 600 pages, this collection features the stories Crawlspace, Taken, and The Mole People Beneath the City, plus the complete novellas Serving Spirits, Arboreatum, and much, much more.

Harmlessly Insane: the Complete Collection

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#paperback #horror #indiehorror #shortstories #rare #signed and inscribed by the author

The author of Stirring the Sheets and Of Foster Homes & Flies explores both the dark and humorous in 12 never-before-published stories that ask questions like: What's that poking up from the lake? Are we on drugs? Where's the body? What does human taste like? Why isn't Grandpa moving? Where are the maggots coming from? And more...
The One Who TookA Stranger DreamThe SecretWhat I Wouldn't GiveReaching PeopleSpicy ConstellationChocolate Milk MistakeFour-Finger DiscountWhen It Rains...A Weekend TraditionTV CasualtyCatch Him

Spicy Constellation and Other Recipes

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#paperback #horror #shortstories #rare #oop

Author Edward Lorn is best known for his horror stories. These are not those.WORD is a collection of literary fiction that celebrates Story in all its forms. You will find tales of odd lovers, social outcasts, and leaving your childhood behind.These six stories, four of which are published here for the first time ever, take a considered look at the different facets of society and how Normal is a word always in search of meaning.Table of Contents:BurritoSkinnyCome (previously published)Margins (previously published)Lounge Glamis

Word

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#paperback #horror #smallpres #lohf #poetry #shortstories signed/inscribed by the author #rare unavailable on Amazon or eBay 

Crank up your respirator, strap on your goggles, and hide your antennae from the humans because it's dangerous being a hybrid in 1912. Starting with the launch of a pollen-powered ship called the RMS Titanic, The Maiden Voyage & Other Departures explores six tales of an alternate history world poisoned by warring industries and populated by spectacular beings. Take jellyglass elevators to secret labs and bondage parlors where assassins and aviators, debutantes and corpse-snatching spiders wait to reap the honey of a dying planet.From the dark and wild mind behind The Green Kangaroos and Home Birth, Jessica McHugh's debut collection invites you to embark on a journey into a spectacular world where the future lies in the minds of freaks and the forgotten.

The Maiden Voyage and Other Departures

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Gwen E. Kirby

#paperback #fiction #shortstories #feminist #lgbtq #gwenekirby #npr #penguin 

Michigan

Margaret Atwood meets Buffy in these funny, warm, and furious stories of women at their breaking points, from Hellenic times to today. Cassandra may have seen the future, but it doesn't mean she's resigned to telling the Trojans everything she knows. In this ebullient collection, virgins escape from being sacrificed, witches refuse to be burned, whores aren't ashamed, and every woman gets a chance to be a radioactive cockroach warrior who snaps back at catcallers. Gwen E. Kirby experiments with found structures--a Yelp review, a WikiHow article--which her fierce, irreverent narrators push against, showing how creativity within an enclosed space undermines and deconstructs the constraints themselves. When these women tell the stories of their triumphs as well as their pain, they emerge as funny, angry, loud, horny, lonely, strong protagonists who refuse to be secondary characters a moment longer. From "The Best and Only Whore of Cym Hyfryd, 1886" to the "Midwestern Girl Is Tired of Appearing in Your Short Stories," Kirby is playing and laughing with the women who have come before her and they are telling her, we have always been this way. You just had to know where to look.

Shit Cassandra Saw

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Alice Wong

An impressive little cube-shape book about cats! Cat stories, poems, activities, recipes, advice, tips, & humor.
Over 350 pages of kitty folklore & photos!
Over 175 full color illustrations.
Amazing as a gift for your favorite cat lover or treat yourself.
Near perfect condition. Near perfect dust cover. No rips, tears, stains. Was used as display.
Hardback edition.
Ribbon marker.
First edition -  2005.
6.75” x 6.75” x 1.75”
Cat lovers featured include:
Rudyard Kipling
Emile Zola
Lewis Carroll
Ernest Hemingway
James Herriot
Ogden Nash
Adlai Stevenson
Emily Dickinson
W B Yeats
and more!

Georgia

LBB CATS

Celebrate the wonder of cats in The Little Big Book of Cats, Welcome’s newest addition to the award-winning Little Big Book series. Cats are our best friends, our cleanest roommates, and our constant companions. Who else in our lives could be so loving and then turn so insolent, be so attentive and then so indifferent, and still win our hearts? Through their own shifting personas and emotions, cats continue to teach us more about ourselves than we could ever imagine. Without them we’d be lost. Without us, well, they’d probably be just fine.

The Little Big Book of Cats is a delightful treasury of stories, poems, fun activities, recipes, advice, tips, fun, and humor to indulge all cat-lovers. With the turn of each page, readers learn how to better understand, train (well, sort of), and pamper their feline friends with fun activities and treats, while literary excerpts, writings, and poetry from the brightest of cat-loving minds share the joys, awe, and challenges of befriending a cat (or two, or three, or four…). This purr-fect book includes:

Literary Excerpts and Stories: Renowned writers who love or have been fascinated by the cat seem endless: Lewis Carroll, Colette, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Alice Adams, Emile Zola, and Rainer Maria Rilke, among others. Fiction or non-fiction, each selection is as enchanting as its subject.

Living with Cats: For those just starting out on their new journey with a furry friend, basic information is provided from cat breeds to general cat care (from bathing your cat to giving kitty a massage!).

Poetry: There are so many odes in honor of beloved feline friends. Cat-lovers know why. In these pages are the best from greats such as Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Pablo Neruda, and W. B. Yeats.

Training and Tricks: Is it possible? Clicker training cats has gained much popularity in the past years. Give it a try!

Fun and Games: Kibble Dribble, Macaroni Hockey, Stair Bounce . . . keep Kitty on her toes with fun and games sure to amuse all involved.

Kitty Treats: Sardine Sandies, Catnip Snaps, Cheesy Bites and more are guaranteed to elicit satisfied purrs.

Feline Funnies: The other side of our regal, mysterious, and elegant friend is pure silliness. Enjoy the loveable, funny side of cat with pages of jokes, humor, and feline shenanigans.

The Little Big Book of Cats

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Tsugumi Ohba

#graphicnovel #manga #deathnote #short-stories #kira #shonenjump

Tennessee

Is Kira's story truly over, or does his influence linger? Death Note's story continues in this collection of short stories penned by the series' creators.

 

Is Kira's story truly over, or does his influence linger?

In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series' creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note...or fight it.

Contains stories "C-Kira," "a-Kira," the Death Note pilot chapter, vignettes of L's life, and more.

Is Kira's story truly over, or does his influence linger?

In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series' creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note...or fight it.

Contains stories "C-Kira," "a-Kira," the Death Note pilot chapter, vignettes of L's life, and more.

Death Note Short Stories

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Jonathan Strahan

This is an excellent almost New 1st Edition book.

An Anthology

With a breathtaking array of original stories from around the world, P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Garth Nix, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renée Thomas, and two dozen other fantasy and science fiction geniuses bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction, witches, in never-before-seen works written exclusively for The Book of Witches, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan and illustrated by award-nominated artist Alyssa Winans. Witches! Whether you know them from Shakespeare or from Wicked, there is no staple more beloved in folklore, fairy tale, or fantasy than these magical beings. Witches are everywhere, and at the heart of stories that resonate with many people around the world. This dazzling, otherworldly collection gathers new stories of witches from all walks of life, ensuring a Halloween readers will never forget. Whether they be maiden, mother, crone, or other; funny, fierce, light and airy, or dark and disturbing; witches are a vital part of some of the greatest stories we have, and new ones start here! Bringing together twenty-nine stories and poems from some of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers working today, including three tales from a BIPOC-only open submission period, The Book of Witches features Linda Addison, C.L. Clark, P Djeli Clark, Indrapramit Das, Amal El Mohtar, Andrea Hairston, Millie Ho, Saad Hossain, Kathleen Jennings, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Khaw, Fonda Lee, Darcie Little Badger, Ken Liu, Usman T. Malik, Maureen F. McHugh, Premee Mohammed, Garth Nix, Tobi Ogundiran, Tochi Onyebuchi, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Kelly Robson, Angela Slatter, Andrea Stewart, Emily Teng, Sheree Renée Thomas, Tade Thompson, and E. Lily Yu--and contains illustrations from three-time Hugo award-nominated artist Alyssa Winans throughout. This extraordinary anthology vividly breathes life into one of the most captivating and feared magical sorceresses and will become a treasured keepsake for fans of fantasy, science fiction, and fairy tales everywhere.

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Rainbow Rowell

Scattered Showers (Bookworm Omaha edition)

Dan Chaon

Stay Awake

Adam Penn Gilders

Another Ventriloquist (First Edition)

Neil Gaiman

Trigger Warning

Isak Dinesen

Winter’s Tales

Stephen King

Full Dark, No Stars (First Edition)

Angela Slatter; James Lovegrove; Alison Littlewood

Wonderland

John Joseph Adams; Diana Gabaldon

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020

Grant Overton (Editor)

The World’s 100 Best Short Stories

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The Hat On The Bed

Stephen King

Skeleton Crew -1st Edition/1st Printing

Steven Millhauser

The Knife Thrower and Other Stories—Signed

Eric LaRocca

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

Richard Ford

The Granta Book of the American Short Story

Jojo Moyes

First edition /1st* Paris for One and Other Stories

Evans Light; Adam Light

Harmlessly Insane: the Complete Collection

Chad Lutzke

Spicy Constellation and Other Recipes

Edward Lorn

Word

Jessica McHugh

The Maiden Voyage and Other Departures

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Shit Cassandra Saw

Alice Wong

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Death Note Short Stories

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The Book of Witches

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