Summary: A collection of seventeen short stories from young adult authors, includes a story in which an alien helps a girl decide if she should tell her best friend how she feels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OUTGass, William H.
Summary: A collection of short stories and novellas includes tales of an illicit photograph collection, the poor treatment of the piano from "Casablanca," and the thoughts of an old folding chair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GASBass, Rick
Summary: Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have the definitive collection of stories, new and old, from the writer Newsweek has called "an American classic."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Worlds 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STAGardam, Jane.
Summary: Presents a collection of short stories, including "Pangbourne," "The Hair of the Dog," "Waiting for a Stranger," and "The Last Reunion."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GARJohnson, Adam
Summary: ""In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. 'George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine' follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. 'Nirvana' portrays a programmer whose wife has a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHSummary: Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THIRubin, Adam
Summary: "Here are six thrilling stories--ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to adventure--set in six different worlds, featuring artwork from six different illustrators."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RUBJohnson, Adam
Summary: "In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. "George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine" follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. "Nirvana," portrays a programmer whose wife has a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JOHRubin, Adam
Summary: "Reader, be advised that the events in this book may tickle your funny bone: A boy and his robot nanny travel the globe in search of the world's tastiest treat. A girl and her sister compete in an ice cream eating contest--against an honest-to-goodness pig. A child prodigy invents a new way to create the freshest dessert ever. And we should probably mention the evil ice cream seller terrorizing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RUBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RUBAkiwenzie-Damm, Kateri
Summary: Fourteen stories that illuminate the strange workings of the human heart
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2015
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 AKISachs, Adam Ehrlich
Summary: Adam Ehrlich Sachs's Inherited Disorders is a rueful, absurd, and endlessly entertaining look at a most serious subject--the eternally vexed relations between fathers and sons. In a hundred and seventeen shrewd, surreal vignettes, Sachs lays bare the petty rivalries, thwarted affection, and mutual bafflement that have characterized the filial bond since the days of Davidic kings. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts. 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SACWalter, Jess
Summary: Presents a collection of stories originally published in magazines and anthologies, including "Thief," in which an aluminum worker turns unlikely detective to determine which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALSummary: 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 CALWalter, Jess
Summary: We all live like we're famous now, curating our social media presences, performing our identities, withholding those parts of ourselves we don't want others to see. In this riveting collection of stories from acclaimed author Jess Walter, a teenage girl tries to live up to the image of her beautiful, missing mother. An elderly couple confronts the fiction writer eavesdropping on their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALSummary: "Your Future Is Bright! After all, your mother is a robot, your father has joined the alien hive mind, and your dinner will be counterfeit 3D-printed steak. Even though your worker bots have staged a mutiny, and your tour guide speaks only in memes, you can always sell your native language if you need some extra cash." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tachyon Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEWSummary: A darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Summary: Gathers together six of the most beloved stories by a master storyteller, and brings to life the enchanting characters to create a timeless collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ANDBennett, 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 BENMoore, 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 MOOAndersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Summary: Presents 156 tales accompanied by the author's notes on the background of his stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Press 1983
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph)
Contents: Introduction: Perelman, the Pearl of Providence / by Adam Gopnik -- Sketches and Satires. Puppets of passion: a throbbing story of youth's hot revolt against the conventions -- Those charming people: the latest report on the Weinbloom reptile expedition -- Scenario -- Strictly from hunger -- The love decoy: a story of youth in college today-awake, fearless, unashamed -- Waiting for Santy: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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Summary: "A vengeful family hides an army deserter for eight years after the end of World War II, cocooning him in a false reality where the war never ended. A pair of girls look alike, but they're not twins. And a boy's nightmare threatens to spill out into the real world...A vengeful family hides an army deserter for eight years after the end of World War II, cocooning him in a false reality where the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021