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Amitié Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Children's stories, American FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors) FICTION / Short Stories (single author) Forests and forestry Fiction Horror tales, American Mothers and sons Fiction Short stories Short stories, American Sœurs Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesseVásquez, Juan Gabriel
Summary: "A new collection of electric, searing stories from award-winning, bestselling author Juan Gabriel Vasquez. The characters in Songs for the Flames are men and women touched by violence -- sometimes directly, sometimes only in passing -- but whose lives are changed forever, consumed by fire, and by unexpected encounters and unyielding forces. A photographer becomes obsessed with the traumatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VASSummary: "Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the enchanting and eternally popular world of Greek myth. Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, and the other denizens of Mount Olympus feel almost as present and larger than life today as they did when they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: "Lovers on All Saints' Day is an emotional book that haunts, moves, and seduces. Juan Gabriel Vasquez, the brilliant novelist, now brings his keen eye and rich prose to the themes of love and memory in these seven powerful stories"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VASShepherd, Jean.
Contents: A fistful of fig newtons, or The shootout in room 303 -- The light at the end of the tunnel -- The mole people battle the forces of darkness -- Marcel Proust meets the New Jersey tailgater, and survives -- The marathon run of Lonesome Ernie, the Arkansas Traveler -- Sociology 101 (Hip Division) -- Lemons on the grass, alas -- The lost civilization of Deli -- The whole fun catalog of 1929 --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHEThompson, Jean
Summary: Presents a collection of stories that put a modern twist on classic fairy tales, depicting characters ranging from lost children who try to find their way home to adults who confront their past misdeeds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOShepherd, Jean.
Contents: The grandstand passion play of Delbert and the Bumpus hounds -- County fair! -- Scut Farkas and the murderous Mariah -- Ollie Hopnoodle's haven of bliss -- The star-crossed romance of Josephine Cosnowski -- Daphne Bigelow and the spine-chilling saga of the snail-encrusted tinfoil noose -- The return of the smiling Wimpy doll -- Wanda Hickey's night of golden memories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2001
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Summary: Twelve short stories feature an array of female narrators who experience the transition from youthful innocence to experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOSummary: 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 BESSpyra, Jen
Summary: "Jen Spyra has worked in nearly every kind of comedy there is: penning stories for The Onion, writing skits and one-liners for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, contributing pieces to The New Yorker and McSweeney's, and taking the stage for improv at UCB Theater in Manhattan. Her incredible range is on display in this uproarious, addictive collection of short stories that include a twisted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPYBear, Elizabeth
Summary: "From the start of her career, Elizabeth Bear has been one of the most distinctive voices in modern speculative fiction. Her debut novel, Hammered, won the Locus award for Best First Novel in 2005, the same year she received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. In the years since, she has produced an impressive array of stand-alone novels (Undertow) and multi-volume series (The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Subterranean Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEAJen, Gish
Summary: "In her first collection of stories since the acclaimed Who's Irish?, the beloved author of The Resisters refracts the fifty years since the opening of China through the lives of ordinary people. Beginning with a cheery, kindly letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to "poor Mr. Nixon" in hell, Gish Jen embarks on an eleven-story journey through U.S.-Chinese relations, capturing not only the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENDeveney, Jean-Christophe
Summary: "For the first time in English, the work of master Haruki Murakami is available in manga form. In this collection you'll find striking full-color adaptations of these iconic short stories: Super-frog saves Tokyo -- A few days after an earthquake, Katagirl-san finds a giant frog in his home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from the next earthquake, but Katagiri-san must help him. Is this real,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An anthology of short stories, by a variety of the international artists. Includes the full-color work of top animators for video games, DreamWorks, emerging Web cartoonists, and established comic book and graphic novel creators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 2008
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Summary: In this collection of rhyming stories, children conquer their fears and find inner strength during a nighttime thunderstorm, the first day of school, and a doctor's visit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rise x Penguin Workshop 2021
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Summary: "A witty, warm, and irreverent book that traces the lives of two young Taiwanese American women as they navigate friendship, sexuality, identity, and heartbreak over two decades"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HOKoontz, 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
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction SC Koontz 2014Koontz, 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: Collects sixteen interconnected short stories about a high school's battle of the bands competition, from such authors as Shaun David Hutchinson, Brittany Cavallaro, and Preeti Chhibber.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BATSummary: "Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knightsof the Round Table. The stories are so iconic that just a name, a word, conjures romance and betrayal, chivalry and magic. These are legends so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SWOSummary: 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 THISummary: Anthony Doerr and series editor, Heidi Pitlor, select twenty stories that represent the best examples of the form published in 2018.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BESKochai, Jamil Jan
Summary: "A luminous meditation on sons and fathers, ghosts of war, and living history that moves between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora. In playing "Metal Gear Solid V," a young man's video game experience turns into a surreal exploration on his own father's memories of war and occupation. A college student in "Hungry Ricky Daddy" starves himself in protest of Israeli violence against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOCMichaels, Fern.
Summary: Three holiday romance stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P MICMichaels, Fern.
Summary: Making spirits bright. "Melanie McLaughlin desperately wants to adopt two orphaned siblings and give them a real home for Christmas. A just-for-the-holiday marriage to Bryce Landry fits her plan perfectly . . . until unexpected sparks have Melanie dreaming of forever by his side."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2017