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Selections include stories from prolific authors such as Robert Silverberg, John Kessel, and Stephen Baxter, as well as newer writers.…
In "Immersion" the scientists go to Africa to study the great apes and become one with them; in "The Flowers of Aulit Prison," shared reality for a native is shattered by a Terran. Includes twenty-eight stories. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sexTwenty hard-boiled mystery stories first published in 1996. Includes well-known authors Jonathan Kellerman and Elmore Leonard. In "Red Clay," a…
movie star is accused of murder in a small southern town. In "Hot Springs," a football coach continues his losing streak. Some strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexEleven short stories of terror and fright written by popular young adult authors. In "The Bogey Man," a boy discovers…
too late that his grandmother wasn't lying about the dangers of the basement. In "The Beautiful Thing," a teenager longs for the power and the thrill of borrowing his friend's gun. Includes an afterword by each author. For senior high and older readersIn a departure from the usual alphabetical format, this year's collection is arranged into four categories to serve as a…
"reminder of the rich possibilities of the story form...." Manners and Right Behavior includes a story by Robert Stone; Identifying the Stranger has one by Cynthia Ozick; Perceived Social Values includes a story by Clyde Edgerton; and Rites of Passage includes Tobias WolffSixteen short stories by writers from the south. In "Spittin' Image of a Baptist Boy," three children are introduced to…
their new stepgrandmother, who has come to "check out the divorcee." In "Zoe," a teenager meets another of her mother's new boyfriends. Strong language and some violenceSixteen short stories selected from among the best writers of the south, including Reynolds Price, Jill McCorkle, and Lee Smith.…
In "The Arabesque," two sisters live in dread of their mother, who is insane. In "Intensive Care," a middle-aged man leaves his family for a woman he knew in high school, only to have her die of cancer. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexEighteen short stories concerned with relationships, love, and family. In "White Boys and River Girls," a man remembers a summer…
girlfriend who has since moved away. In "Major Six Pockets," a father on a camping trip with his children recalls how a fire destroyed his two sons physically but strengthened them in other ways. Some strong languageSixteen short stories by southern writers. A couple in their forties are contemplating separation when their young daughter calls to…
announce her pregnancy and her forthcoming marriage to the sixty-three-year-old father in "Aren't You Happy For Me?" "My Other Life" tells of a young woman in the Peace Corps who introduces her African boyfriend to her parents when they come to visit. Some strong languageSeventeen short stories from prominent southern writers including Lee Smith, James Lee Burke, and Larry Brown. In "Explaining Death to…
the Dog," a grieving mother tries to explain to her pet that the baby will never be coming back. "A Sturdy Pair of Shoes That Fit Good" tells how another woman spends her family's food money on shoes for the eleven children next doorAn annual collection of short stories, essays, and poetry published in magazines and by small presses. In "Grounded," a mother…
joins her son, who is running away from home. In "Oxygen," a man recalls one summer he spent delivering oxygen tanks to dying people. Descriptions of sex and strong languageIn this anthology of southern writers, the most prominent story is by William Faulkner, which went unpublished until 1995. "Rose…
of Lebanon" features a Confederate widow who, after sixty-five years, returns to Memphis and finally recounts what she told the Yankee marauders. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sexShort mysteries by such diverse authors as Edith Wharton, John Cheever, Naguib Mahfouz, and Alice Walker. In "Miss Forbes's Summer…
of Happiness," a governess is killed, apparently in a fit of passion. In "The Johore Murders," someone is eliminating expatriates as they prepare to leave for home. Violence and some strong languageCollection of short stories dealing with southerners. In "Gravity," an elderly spinster--the last of a distinguished family--contends with her mother's…
impending death. In "Every Building Wants to Fall," a young girl whose late father was a demolitionist watches her own life fall down around her. Some strong languageShort stories involving lawyers and the legal system by eleven established authors. In "The Divorce" by Grif Stockley, a widowed…
lawyer is set up by a comely woman, who is seeking a divorce. In "Poetic Justice," a conniving but lazy lawyer meets his match in a powerful politician who just happens to be his sizeIn his introduction, guest editor Keillor says each of these twenty stories "surprised and delighted" him. Some are recollection pieces,…
such as "My Father on the Verge of Disgrace," by John Updike. "Elvis Has Left the Building," by Carol Anshaw, is a slice-of-life tale. Some descriptions of sexEditor Grafton includes twenty crime stories by well-known authors Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Jay McInerney, Donald E. Westlake, and…
others. In Stuart Kaminsky's "Find Miriam," a man searches for his missing wife. Peter Robinson depicts events in the lives of two elderly ladies who share a cottageStories by seventeen authors who lived in cultures ranging from the Caribbean islands to Latin America, Africa, and Asia. They…
portray Americans abroad, host country nationals' reactions to Americans, and volunteers' experiences living in remote societies with different customsA collection of nineteen stories that, the editor asserts, typify Southern literature: "The people have been whipped, and whipped good."…
In "Memorial Day" a boy confronts Death as a laconic young man outside the house where the boy's brother lies deathly ill. Then Death pulls a startling twist. Strong languageNew stories from the South: the year's best, 1999
Par Tony Early. 1996
Twenty stories on various themes that give insight into the culture of the American south. In "Borrowed Hearts" a retiree…
is beset by the sudden loss of his olfactory sense. His dreams, which are redolent of a haunting past experience, vanish after he is cured. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999Twenty stories "full of life, death, love, humor, passion, hubris, blood, guts, dirt, God, war, mystery, fear, and longing." In…
"Boot" a Marine Corps recruit must make a profound ethical choice that will change his life forever. Strong language and descriptions of sex