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American literature 21st century American poetry 21st century Children's stories, American Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery stories, English Horror tales, American Interpersonal relations Fiction Short stories, American Small presses United States Teenage girlsSummary: "Open the files on seventeen new crime stories to probe the brutal and complex hearts of criminals ... Invisible Blood is a gripping collection of the compulsions of the criminal mind."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC INVLaurens, Stephanie.
Contents: Lost and found / Stephanie Laurens -- The matchmaker's bargain / Elizabeth Boyle -- The third suitor / Christina Dodd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LAUREGroff, Lauren
Summary: A collection of short stories capturing the lives and interactions of a wide spectrum of characters across the landscape of Florida.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction GroffGroff, Lauren
Summary: A collection of stories spanning centuries of time in mercurial Florida examines the decisions and connections behind life-changing events in characters ranging from two abandoned sisters to a conflicted family woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GROSummary: An exceptional anthology exploring the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration-- written by YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants. Their characters face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands... while also dancing at weddings, keeping diaries, teaching ESL. In presenting the myriad facets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COMAnderson, Sherwood
Summary: Collects the complete works published by the author during his lifetime as well as a selection of previously uncollected and unpublished stories, in a volume that explores themes of small-town life, moments of change, and sexual awakening.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDMcHugh, Maureen F.
Summary: A collection of nine short stories from Maureen F. McHugh that explore life after apocalyptic events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCHSummary: "A collection of sixteen sci-fi and fantasy stories edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton and debut author William McCaskey. A girl who will go to any lengths to save her newborn brother. A woman who is stuck in a continuous loop, reliving her life after being murdered over and over again by the same man. Martyrs who make the ultimate sacrifice for humanity. In this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FANSummary: Collects articles, interviews, poems, and stories on romance, friendship, and self-care from the online magazine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305 ROOSummary: "As the variety of selections in Pushcart Prize XLIV indicates, it is an eclectic and constantly changing community. Over 70 authors are included from more than 50 presses."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushcart Prize Fellowships Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PUSSummary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC CALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CALSummary: "The Pushcart Prize is the only annual anthology to exclusively showcase the very best writing from America's alternative literary presses. Each year contributing editors, whose ranks include the most important writers of today, along with hundreds of small presses, nominate thousands of stories, poems, essays and memoirs for inclusion in Pushcart's collection. This unique submissions process...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushcart Prize Fellowships 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PUSEstleman, Loren D.
Summary: ""Loren Estleman is my hero." --Harlan Coben. Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places represents forty years of suspense writing in the short form. Previously published in a host of magazines and anthologies, with a new Preface and introductions to the stories written especially for this collection, these eighteen tales feature gangsters, private eyes, psychotic killers, hitmen,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyrus Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M ESTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS ESTKing, Laurie R.
Summary: "A dynamic short story collection that illuminates many hidden corners of the beloved, best-selling Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. Since the first book-length "memoir" appeared in 1994, famous partner, Sherlock Holmes, has excited a community of readers, young and old. With this collection, nine previously published short stories and one never-before-seen Sherlock Holmes mystery are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2016
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINRussell, Karen
Summary: A collection of stories features a pair of centuries-old vampires whose relationship is tested by a sudden fear of flying, a dejected teen who communicates with the universe and a massage therapist who heals a tattooed veteran by manipulating the images on his body.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUSShepard, Karen
Summary: Karen Shepard's Kiss me someone is inhabited by women who walk the line between various states: adolescence and adulthood, stability and uncertainty, selfishness and compassion. They navigate the obstacles that come with mixed-race identity and instabilities in social class, and they use their liminal positions to leverage power. They employ rage and tenderness and logic and sex, but for all of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHELippman, Laura
Summary: "In a suspenseful collection of stories featuring fierce women--including one never-before-published novella--New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today's top crime writers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LIPLippman, Laura
Summary: A collection, for the first time, of a mix of award-winning short stories and a new novella by the author. Lippman has won every major mystery award.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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Summary: In the collection's marvelous title story, two aging vampires in a sun-drenched Italian lemon grove find their hundred-year marriage tested when one of them develops a fear of flying. In "The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979," a dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left in a seagull's nest. "Proving Up" and "The Graveless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RUSSummary: In this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Les Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known as Sherlock Holmes devotees admit to being inspired by Conan Doyle stories? While some are highly-regarded mystery writers, others are best known for their work in the fields of fantasy or science...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ECHSummary: A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Min Jin Lee, author of the highly acclaimed National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023