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Here there be unicorns
Par Jane Yolen. 1994
This collection of eight poems and ten stories relates tales of the well-known mystical beast in both medieval and traditional…
settings. The story "Unicorn Tapestry" was inspired by two famous unicorn tapestries, the Hunt of the Unicorn and the Lady with the Unicorn. For grades 4-7 and older readersHere there be witches
Par Jane Yolen. 1995
Collection of seven poems and ten stories about witches, wizards, and warlocks. In the poem "The Magic House," Hansel and…
Gretel knew they should have taken a hint from "chocolate doorknobs, / and windowpanes striped with mint." Also includes a Native American tale. For grades 4-7 and older readersNoctuary
Par Thomas Ligotti. 1994
A discussion of the genre of weird fiction, followed by twenty-seven short weird tales, presented in three parts. "The Medusa"…
probes the power of classical myth in modern life, "Conversations in a Dead Language" explores the tradition of trick or treating at Halloween, and "Autumnal" examines deathThe Aspern papers and other stories
Par Henry James. 1983
First published in 1888, "The Aspern Papers" is set in a crumbling Venetian palazzo, where a determined scholar tries to…
charm its inhabitants--the Misses Bordereau--out of a collection of letters by the American poet Aspern. Three short stories first published in the 1890s complete the collectionBlood Lake and other stories
Par James Krusoe. 1997
A collection of eight darkly humorous short stories each revealing a bizarre twist on ordinary events. The title tale opens…
with two men fishing in a leaky boat on a lake of actual blood, so that occasionally they need to dip their lures in anticoagulant. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe author defines travel stories as oriented to the actual act of traveling, rather than to the destination. This collection…
of more than thirty such tales spans more than a century and includes works by Evelyn Waugh, Rebecca West, Edith Wharton, Anthony Trollope, Paul Theroux, and William TrevorThe story of Paul Bunyan
Par Barbara Emberley. 1994
Includes tales of how the mighty lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe cleared the land for planting…
in Kansas and Iowa, and how they dug the Mississippi River. For grades K-3Once upon a galaxy
Par Josepha Sherman. 1994
Forty-two tales of folklore, fantasy, and science fiction. Five categories, each prefaced by an essay, include the fantastic voyage, the…
child who becomes a heroic leader, the hero ignorant of his origins, the quest for a magic item, and the cunning of the trickster. ViolenceCollected stories: including The member of the wedding and The ballad of the sad café
Par Carson McCullers. 1987
Short stories from a southern writer including "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," which…
are considered McCullers's best works. Many of the stories are autobiographical and feature southerners, either at home or transplanted to the north. Some violence and some strong languageDiary of a madman, and other stories (Penguin classics)
Par Nikolaĭ Gogolʹ. 1972
These stories, by the father of Russian realism, are set both in his native Ukraine and in St. Petersburg, the…
city that was to have an obsessive effect on him. Critics have acclaimed the early nineteenth-century writer for his uncanny understanding of the development of mental illnessIn our time
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1930
These thirty-two stories, each by a different writer, offer an introduction to the development of Hebrew-language fiction in the late…
nineteenth century and its evolution in Israel. Arranged in rough chronological order, they explore a broad range of social, political, cultural, and family issues. Each selection is preceded by a brief biography of its authorDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and other stories
Par Robert Stevenson. 1992
In the title story, a short psychological novel of the war between good and evil within the human personality, a…
kindly physician commits diabolical crimes when his suppressed personality is released. "The Body-Snatcher" and "A Lodging for the Night" pursue moral issues, "Markheim" and "Thrawn Janet" are stories about the supernatural, and "The Misadventures of John Nicholson" is a Gothic taleThe chronicles of Pern: first fall
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1993
Five stories about the early adventures of humans on the dragon planet, Pern. Includes stories on the discovery of Pern…
by humans, the human liaison with the indigenous flying dragons, the first battle with the deadly Threadfall, and the final isolation of the planet from the rest of humanity. Sequel to All the Weyrs of Pern (RC 34008; BR 8699)Fresno stories
Par William Saroyan. 1994
A collection of eleven of the author's humorous short stories that span the length of his career. Each story revolves…
around ethnic families in Fresno, California, in the early part of the centuryThe cricket on the hearth, and other Christmas stories
Par Charles Dickens. 1994
Three short Christmas tales written in the 1850s. In "The Cricket on the Hearth" and "The Holly-Tree," misunderstandings between lovers…
are cleared up in time to make the holiday cheerful. Similarly, in "The Haunted House," lovers are eventually unitedHunt on dark waters (Crimson Sails #1)
Par Katee Robert. 2023
A stern captain meets his witchy match in this captivating first fantasy romance novel in the Crimson Sails series from…
Katee Robert, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods . Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for danger. After she steals from her vampire ex and falls through a portal to another realm, she’s fished out of the waters by a band of seafarers and their telekinetic captain. She’s immediately given a choice—join their ship’s crew or die. Bowen has no memory of his life before he became one of the Cŵn Annwn. He and his band of pirates are bound by vow to patrol through Threshold, the magical sea in between realms, keeping the portals to other worlds safe. When he rescues Evelyn, he doesn’t expect to be attracted to the unflappably brassy pickpocket. The longer he spends in her presence, the more he begins to question if his heart is the next thing she’ll steal. But as tension heats up between Bowen and Evelyn, the danger at sea escalates as well. Because Evelyn has no intention of keeping her vows to the Cŵn Annwn, and if she betrays the crew, both she and Bowen will pay the ultimate priceMusical moment, and other stories
Par Yehoshuʻa Ḳenaz. 1995
Four stories of a young Israeli boy's coming-of-age in the 1940s and 1950s. In "The Three-Legged Chicken," the narrator recalls…
the day of his grandfather's funeral and the men who flocked to see the spectacle of a deformed chicken. In "Henrik's Secret," the narrator wants to know why someone is "bad friends" with himHere there be dragons
Par Jane Yolen. 1993
Five poems and eight stories about dragons by Jane Yolen, who precedes each with an introductory note about the piece.…
The collection includes "Why Dragons?" "The Dragon's Boy," "The Making of Dragons," and "Here There Be Dragons." For grades 4-7 and older readersKrik? Krak!
Par Edwidge Danticat. 1995
Ten short stories that reflect, to some degree, the violence and despair of the author's native Haiti. "Children of the…
Sea" is an exchange of letters, never sent, between a young woman and her lover, who is aboard a leaky boat en route to Miami. "Nineteen Thirty-Seven" describes the harsh treatment of a Haitian woman imprisoned for witchcraft