Summary: This collection features twenty pieces of short fiction that reflect a world full of fractured relationships, but also wondrous hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: MP3CD FIC LEEMoore, Alan
Summary: "In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover--and in some cases even make and unmake--the various uncharted parts of existence. In "Hypothetical Lizard," two concubines in a brothel of fantastical specialists fall in love with tragic ramifications. In "Not Even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOORissi, Anica Mrose
Summary: "A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chills, laughs, and screams, even from the most devoted fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: A dazzling new collection of stories from the critically acclaimed author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for The Day Ben Loory returns with a second collection of timeless tales, inviting us to enter his worlds of whimsical fantasy, deep empathy, and playful humor, in the signature voice that drew readers to his highly praised first collection. In stories that eschew literary realism,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOOMonáe, Janelle
Summary: "Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monáe and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monáe such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts-as a means of self-conception-could be controlled or erased by a select...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: SF MONMoore, Lorrie.
Summary: In these eight masterful stories, Lorrie Moore, in a perfect blend of craft and bewitched spirit, explores the passage of time and summons up its inevitable sorrows and hilarious pitfalls to reveal her own exquisite, singular wisdom. In "Debarking," a newly divorced man tries to keep his wits about him as the United States prepares to invade Iraq, and against this ominous moment, we see--in all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOCore, Leopoldine
Summary: "A sly, provocative, and psychologically astute debut story collection from a 2015 Whiting Award winner In Leopoldine Core's stories, you never know where you are going to end up. Populated by sex workers and artists, lovers and friends, her characters are endlessly striving to understand each other. And while they may seem to operate at the margins, there is something eminently relatable, even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORMoore, Hadley
Summary: "Not Dead Yet studies the uncertainties of loss, turning a gaze toward the often-silenced voices of the infirm, elderly, and adolescent. Rich in humor and honesty, Hadley Moore's debut collection of short stories presents a contemporary set of narratives from a lush cast of characters. We find the protagonists of her stories tenderly revealing their pain after the loss of loved ones and coping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Autumn House Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOORylant, Cynthia
Summary: Follows a busy mouse as he plays an unusual game of croquet with his brother, makes deliveries by bus, and reaches a crossroads.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction Rylant 2020Rylant, Cynthia
Summary: Motor Mouse takes a hot air balloon ride with his brother Valentino and neighbor Horatio, decides to teach Valentino to drive a car, and spends a day with Valentino at the Funfair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RYLSummary: Featuring guest editor contributions by the author of "Less," the latest edition of the respected literary annual collects twenty top-selected short stories from the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESRylant, Cynthia
Summary: Hornbeam the moose goes on a picnic with his best friend Eureka, sleeps over his friend Cuddy's house, and learns how to swim with Adorabelle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RYLCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RYLAtwood, Margaret
Summary: In these stories, Ramsay runs away from relatives, Bob is raised by dogs and Dorinda does housework for distant relatives, and Wenda and her woodchuck companion need to find a way to outsmart Widow Wallop.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ATWPoe, Edgar Allan
Summary: A sweet little cat drives a man to insanity and murder. The grim death known as the plague roams a masquerade ball dressed in red. A dwarf seeks his final revenge on his captors. A sister calls to her beloved twin from beyond the grave. Prepare yourself. You are about to enter a world where you will be shocked, terrified, and, though you'll be too scared to admit it at first, secretly thrilled....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC POECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC POESummary: "Triumph. Tragedy. The empyreal. The infernal. Even the mundane, filtered through the fantastical. Superheroes are, appropriately enough, a sort of super-genre, encompassing all other story types. This YA anthology features 13 short stories that creatively turn superhero tropes on their head, while still paying homage to the genre that has found fans for more than eight decades. And there will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GENPoe, Edgar Allan
Contents: CD1. To- (1:48) -- Alone (1:01) -- The city and the sea (3:01) -- The fall of the House of Usher (22:57) -- The pit and the pendulum (30:27) -- CD2. Masque of Red death (16.25) -- The tell-tale heart (13:40) -- The black cat (25:57) -- CD3. The raven (8:15) -- The facts of the case of M. Valdemar (15:15) -- The cask of Amontillado -- The bells (4:02) -- Annabel Lee (2:03) -- Eldorado (:39) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caedmon 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN POE1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC POE
Summary: A collection of top-selected mystery writing from the past year is culled from a variety of respected sources and offers insight into evolving genre trends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESClare, Cassandra
Summary: Follow Jem and see - against the backdrop of the Shadow Market's dark dealings and festival - Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland's soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can be saved one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLAMunro, Alice
Summary: Alice Munro illuminates the moment a life is shaped, the moment a dream, or sex, or perhaps a simple twist of fate turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real paint a vivid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD Fiction Munro 2012Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)
Summary: It's a month before Halloween. That seems like forever! But when you read a Halloween storyt every day in October, the time will go by much faster. From the Great Pumpkin, to Halloween parties, to picking out the perfect costume, this book will help make Halloween arrive faster than you can say, "Trick or treat!"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: Addison Goodheart is a mystery even to himself. He was born in an isolated home surrounded by a deep forest, never known to his father, kept secret from everyone but his mother, who barely accepts him. She is haunted by private demons and keeps many secrets―none of which she dreads more than the young son who adores her. Only in the woods, among the wildlife, is Addison truly welcome. Only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KOOSummary: "Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book--Reunion Beach--these close friends and colleagues channeled their creativity, admiration, and grief into stories and poems that celebrate this ... woman and her abiding love for the Lowcountry of her native South Carolina--a land of beauty, history, charm, and Gullah magic she ... brought to life in her acclaimed novels"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: LP FIC REUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC REUBennett, Alan
Summary: Presents two short tales of sex, secrets, and misrepresentation, including "The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson," in which a widow supplements her income by being a test subject for medical students.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: Fourteen short stories from Dean Koontz's career as a writer, from 1966 to 2013.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014