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Eighteen: a novel of suspense
Par Jan Burke. 2004
Eighteen short mystery and suspense stories by Edgar Award winner and author of Nine (DB 55576). In "Mea Culpa" a…
disabled boy believes his stepfather will kill his mom. Includes "Miscalculation," about the wartime service of the oceanliner Queen Mary, "Unharmed," "The Muse," and others. Some violence. 1993Queer little nightmares
Par David Ly. 2023
The fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror…
gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout history, monsters have appeared in popular culture as stand-ins for the non-conforming, the marginalized of society. Pushed into the shadows as objects of fear, revulsion, and hostility, these characters have long conjured fascination and self-identification in the LGBTQ+ community, and over time, monsters have become queer icons. In Queer Little Nightmares , creatures of myth and folklore seek belonging and intimate connection, cryptids challenge their outcast status, and classic movie monsters explore the experience of coming into queerness. The characters in these stories and poems — the Minotaur camouflaged in a crowd of cosplayers, a pubescent werewolf, a Hindu revenant waiting to reunite with her lover, a tender-hearted kaiju, a lagoon creature aching for the swimmers above him, a ghost of Pride past — relish their new sparkle in the spotlight. Pushing against tropes that have historically been used to demonize, the queer creators of this collection instead ask: What does it mean to be (and to love) a monster? Contributors include Amber Dawn, David Demchuk, Hiromi Goto, jaye simpson, Eddy Boudel Tan, Matthew J. Trafford, and Kai Cheng ThomThe mysterious bookshop presents the best mystery stories of the year 2023
Par Amor Towles. 2023
Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Andrew Child, Jeffrey Deaver, and T.…
C. Boyle. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, New York Times bestseller Amor Towles has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. The volume also contains a "bonus story" selected from the bookshop's rare book room, featuring a look into the history of this illustrious genreScreams from the dark: 29 tales of monsters and the monstrous
Par Ellen Datlow. 2022
"|Screams From the Dark| is a chilling anthology featuring 29 all-original tales of monsters from bestselling and award-winning authors, edited…
by Ellen Datlow, one of the top editors in horror. From werewolves and vampires, to demons and aliens, the monster is one of the most recognizable figures in horror. But what makes something, or someone, monstrous? In |Screams From the Dark|, award-winning and up-and-coming authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw, and Gemma Files attempt to answer this question. These stories run the gamut from traditional to modern, from mainstream to literary, from familiar monsters to the unknown and unimaginable. This bone-chilling collection has something to please-and spook-everyone, so lock your doors, turn off your lights, and try not to scream. Contributors include: Ian Rogers, Fran Wilde, Gemma Files, Daryl Gregory, Priya Sharma, Brian Hodge, Joyce Carol Oates, Indrapramit Das, Siobhan Carroll, Richard Kadrey, Norman Partridge, Garry Kilworth, Caitli´n R. Kiernan, Chikodili Emelumadu, Glen Hirshberg, A. C. Wise, Stephen Graham Jones, Kaaron Warren, Livia Llewellyn, Carole Johnstone, Margo Lanagan, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Evenson, Nathan Ballingrud, Cassandra Khaw, Laird Barron, Kristi DeMeester, Jeffrey Ford, and John Langan." -- Provided by publisherShift (Shifters #05)
Par Rachel Vincent. 2010
"Being the first female werecat enforcer isn't easy. Scars accumulate, but I'm stronger in so many ways. As for my…
personal life? It's complicated. Choices worth making always are. Ever since my brother's death and my father's impeachment, it's all I can do to prevent more blood from spilling. Now our Pride is under attack by a flight of vicious thunderbirds. And making peace with our new enemies may be the only way to get the best of our old foe. With the body count rising and treachery everywhere, my instincts tell me to look before I leap. But sometimes a leap of faith is the only real option." -- Provided by publisherBark M For Murder (Bloodhound #7)
Par Virginia Lanier, Chassie West, Lee Charles Kelley, J. A. Jance. 2006
Bestselling and award-winning mystery writers set the hounds on the killers’ trail—in an incomparable quartet of crime stories with a…
canine edge. New York Times–bestselling author J.A. Jance provides a spellbinding saga of a scam-busting septuagenarian and her two golden retrievers. Anthony Award-winner and Agatha and Edgar Award finalist Virginia Lanier’s thrilling tale features bloodhounds and bloody murder. Edgar and Anthony nominee Chassie West’s suspenseful stunner is about a life-saving German shepherd and a ghastly forgotten crime. And Lee Charles Kelley, author of the series starring criminologist-turned-dog trainer Jack Field, offers an edge-of-your-seat yarn that pits an ex-cop kennel owner and a yappy toy poodle against a craven killer.Man’s (and woman’s) best friends take the lead in this phenomenal collection of tales tense and surprising, humorous and thrilling.Praise for the contributors“One of the best mystery writers in North America.” —Ottawa Citizen on J.A. Jance“Lanier skillfully juggles multiple mysteries, and her bloodhounds are always endearing.” —Booklist on Virginia Lanier“West creates characters so warm, wonderful, and delightfully quirky.” —Janet Evanovich on Chassie West“Action aplenty, and lots of humor.” —Bookloons on Lee Charles KelleyA Game Called Malice: A Rebus Play
Par Ian Rankin, Simon Reade. 2023
A delicious, and somewhat drunken, dinner party segues into a murder mystery game created by the hostess. However, the parlour…
game may hold clues about the dark truths hiding just under the surface of this genteel gathering...As suspects, clues and red herrings are sifted - it seems one of the guests has an unfair advantage: John Rebus, an ex-detective who used to do this for a living. But is he playing another game, one to which only he knows the rules, that will soon be revealed? As the tension rises, one by one, all their secrets will come out - and there is a shocking discovery that awaits them all...A Game Called Malice: A Rebus Play
Par Ian Rankin, Simon Reade. 2023
A delicious, and somewhat drunken, dinner party segues into a murder mystery game created by the hostess. However, the parlour…
game may hold clues about the dark truths hiding just under the surface of this genteel gathering...As suspects, clues and red herrings are sifted - it seems one of the guests has an unfair advantage: John Rebus, an ex-detective who used to do this for a living. But is he playing another game, one to which only he knows the rules, that will soon be revealed? As the tension rises, one by one, all their secrets will come out - and there is a shocking discovery that awaits them all...Inferno: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
Par Pat Cadigan, Lucius Shepard, K. W. Jeter, Christopher Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, P. D. Cacek, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Bear, Terry Dowling, Stephen Gallagher, John Grant, Laird Barron, Nathan Ballingrud, Conrad Williams, Mark Samuels, Glen Hirshberg, Lee Thomas, Paul Finch, Simon Bestwick, Mike O'Driscoll. 2007
This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear. To create this…
volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would &“provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights very bright and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear.&” Mission accomplished. The resulting collection draws together some of the most powerful voices in the field: Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard, to name a few. Each author approaches fear in a different way, but all of the stories&’ characters toil within their own hell.Winner of the 2008 World Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award, and Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology.Little Deaths: 22 Tales of Horror and Sex
Par Douglas Clegg, Pat Cadigan, Barry N. Malzberg, Lucius Shepard, K. W. Jeter, Nicola Griffith, Joyce Carol Oates, M. John Harrison, Kelley Eskridge, Kathe Koja, Melanie Tem, Harry Crews, Stephen Dedman, Richard Christian Matheson, Nicholas Royle, Lucy Taylor, Joel Lane, Jack Womack, J. Calvin Pierce, Sarah Clemens, Wayne Allen Sallee. 1994
A World Fantasy Award–winning anthology of erotic horror stories, including dark tales of desire by Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Dedman,…
Harry Crews, and others. The title of this acclaimed anthology comes from the French term &“la petite mort,&” a seventeenth-century euphemism for orgasm. It was thought that part of a man&’s life-force was drained from him each time he climaxed. In Little Deaths, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow collects twenty-two stories that explore the connection between sex and death. These stories range from the erotic to the psychological, all against a backdrop of horror. Authors include Lucy Taylor, Nicola Griffith, Kathe Koja, Richard Christian Matheson, Lucius Shepard, and many more.The Dark: Ghost Stories
Par Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, Charles L. Grant, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford, Kelly Link, Daniel Abraham, Kathe Koja, Terry Dowling, Stephen Gallagher, Jack Cady, Glen Hirshberg, Sharyn McCrumb, Gahan Wilson, Mike O'Driscoll. 2014
This award-winning horror anthology is the &“yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured&”—featuring Tanith Lee, Joyce Carol Oates,…
and others (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Award-winning anthologist Ellen Datlow—praised by William Gibson as &“the genre&’s sharpest assembler of strange, dark fictions&”—is determined to prove that ghost stories still possess the power to chill modern readers to the marrow. So she reached out to a list of varied and talented authors and invited them to scare the heck out of her. The resulting anthology redefines the ghost story, venturing beyond the accustomed tropes and into horror&’s true realm: the unknown. The Dark takes a nuanced and disquieting look at the tormented and unquiet dead; the darkness in us, the living; and the sometimes tenuous boundary between the two. Under the covers of The Dark, you will find a gathering of sixteen unique ghost stories, deftly penned by authors versed in the argot of the damned, including Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford, Glen Hirshberg, Kelly Link, Sharyn McCrumb, Lucius Shepard, and Gahan Wilson. This is the stuff nightmares are made of.Winner of the International Horror Guild Award for Best Anthology of the YearThe Best American Essays 2018 (The Best American Series)
Par Hilton Als. 2018
The Pulitzer–Prize winning and Guggenheim-honored Hilton Als curates the best essays from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, bringing &“the…
fierce style of street reading and the formal tradition of critical inquiry, reads culture, race, and gender&” (New York Times) to the task. &“The essay, like love, like life, is indefinable, but you know an essay when you see it, and you know a great one when you feel it, because it is concentrated life,&” writes Hilton Als in his introduction. Expertly guided by Als&’s instinct and intellect, The Best American Essays 2018 showcases great essays as well as irresistibly eclectic ones. Go undercover in North Korea, delve into the question of race in the novels of William Faulkner, hang out in the 1970s New York music scene, and take a family road trip cum art pilgrimage. These experiences and more immersive slices of concentrated life await.The Best American Short Stories 2016 (The Best American Series)
Par Junot Díaz. 2016
&“The literary &‘Oscars&’ features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.&” —Shelf Awareness for Readers…
The Best American Short Stories 2016 will be selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz. He brings "one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, caffeinated and wonderfully eclectic" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) to the collection.The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 (The Best American Series)
Par Sheila Heti. 2018
Sheila Heti, author of the acclaimed How a Person Should Be? and coeditor of the best-selling anthology Women in Clothes,…
along with the students of 826 Valencia writing lab will edit this year&’s anthology. Their compilation includes new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-defying gems that have become one of the hallmarks of this lively collection.The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (The Best American Series)
Par Elizabeth George. 2016
The Anthony Award–winning author presents a &“highly readable&” anthology featuring mysteries by Stephen King, Megan Abbott, Elmore Leonard and more…
(Publishers Weekly). &“What you&’ll find in this volume are stories that demonstrate a mastery of plotting; stories that compel you to keep turning the pages because of plot and because of setting; stories that wield suspense like a sword; stories of people getting their comeuppance; stories that utilize superb point of view; stories that plumb one particular and unfortunate attribute of a character,&” promises guest editor Elizabeth George in her introduction. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 is a feast of both literary crime and hard-boiled detection, featuring a seemingly innocent murderer, a drug dealer in love, a drunken prank gone terribly wrong, and plenty of other surprising twists and turns. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 includes entries by Steve Almond, Megan Abbott, Matt Bell, Lydia Fitzpatrick, Tom Franklin, Stephen King, Elmore Leonard, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and others. &“There isn&’t enough Xanax in anyone&’s medicine cabinet to calm the jitters these 20 skillful stories will unleash on a worried world.&” —Kirkus ReviewsThe Best American Noir of the Century (The Best American Series)
Par James Ellroy. 2011
This &“impressive crime anthology&” presents a century of American greed, crime and comeuppance by some of the genre&’s greatest authors…
(Publishers Weekly, starred review). James Ellroy, the author of such noir classics as The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential, joins forces with award-winning editor Otto Penzler to present this treasure trove of stories. Ranging from the 1920s to the present day, this collection represents noir at its best across a century of literary evolution. From the genre&’s infancy come gems like James M. Cain&’s &“Pastorale,&” while its postwar heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter. Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, and William Gay, with many page-turners appearing from the 21st century.The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 (The Best American Series)
Par John Sandford, Otto Penzler. 2017
The New York Times–bestselling author presents a thrilling anthology of devious crimes with stories by C. J. Box, Peter Straub, Joyce…
Carol Oates and more. &“Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—although there&’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,&” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction to this action-packed volume of mystery fiction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 includes entries by C.J. Box, Gerri Brightwell, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Trina Corey, Craig Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, and others.Iris
Par Fiona McGregor. 2022
Who is Iris Webber? A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover. A scammer, a schemer, a friend. A musician,…
a worker, a big-hearted fool. A woman who has prevailed against the toughest gangsters of the day, defying police time and again, yet is now trapped in a prison cell. Guilty or innocent? Rollicking through the underbelly of 1930s sly-grog Sydney, Iris is a dazzling literary achievement from one of Australia's finest writers. Based on actual events and set in an era of cataclysmic change, here is a fierce, fascinating tale of a woman who couldn't be held back.Gone: A gripping collection of short crime stories
Par Stephen Golds. 2022
A thrilling collection of crime fiction featuring thirty short stories. A woman running away from the darkness of her past…
finds it has followed her to Spain. A man searching for his missing wife ends up lost in translation in Japan. A girl in financial distress moves in with her boss with gruesome results. A guilt-racked musician on tour in Germany slips into delusion and paranoia. A private detective investigating a disappearance finds the mystery solved close to home. An aging mobster tries to teach a young DJ the ways of the world. These crime shorts and more come together in one volume to create a remarkable line-up of talent from the famous to the fresh. Includes contributions by: Charles Ardai · Sharon Bairden • John Bowie • Gordon J. Brown • M. H. Callway • Ailsa Cawley • Richard Chizmar • M. Sean Coleman • Scott Von Doviak • Ted Flanagan • Nils Gilbertson • Stephen J. Golds • Gabriel Hart • Noelle Holten • B. F. Jones • Steven Kedie • Awais Khan • Chris McDonald • Mike McHone • S. E. Moorhead • Judith O&’Reilly • Nathan Pettigrew • M. E. Proctor • Mark SaFranko • Jacqueline Seewald • Megan Taylor • Ken Teutsch • Sebastian Vice • Bev Vincent • Trevor WoodThe Best American Mystery Stories 2011: The Best American Series (The Best American Series)
Par Harlan Coben. 2011
The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s…
finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 includes Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Beth Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin, Ed Gorman, Richard Lange, S. J. Rozan, Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, and others