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Trayéndolo todo de regreso a casa: relatos 1990-2020 (Narrativa hispánica (Alfaguara (Firm)))
Par Patricio Pron. 2021
"Argentine writer Patricio Pron began writing in 1990. A little more than twenty years later, El Cuervo has published a…
personal selection of his stories, one for each year of activity. Twenty stories, originally published in tiny editions that are now out of print, document the early years of creation and travel, travel and literature, of one of the most recognizable writers of contemporary Argentine literature. Like Bob Dylan, Patricio Pron brings his stories back to the place where he once conceived them and that was once his home." -- Translation provided by NLSFor more than thirty years Elton Miles, a past President of the Texas Folklore Society, has been collecting the stories…
and legends that spring from the unique Big Bend lifestyle. This volume includes never-before-published tales, variations on familiar legends, local border corridos, folk poems and other regional lore. AdultSan Juan noir (Akashic noir series)
Par Mayra Santos-Febres. 2016
"Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set…
in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos, Ernesto Quiñonez, Mayra Santos-Febres, José Rabelo, Luis Negrón, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Janette Becerra, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Tere Dávila, Edmaris Carazo, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Charlie Vázquez, and Manuel A. Meléndez." -- GoodreadsTristes sombras
Par Lola Ancira. 2021
"In this book, the stories give voice to those who have been marginalized and condemned to live in the shadows…
of madness, nostalgia, loss, and despair. The characters, defeated by life itself, take refuge in the memory of what they had, in abandonment, expired promises and discouragement. The former psychiatric hospital "La Castañeda" and former prison "El Palacio de Lecumberri" are the spaces that harbor the ultimate destiny of each character and their inevitable metamorphosis into shadows." -- Translation provided by NLSKiss, kiss
Par Roald Dahl. 1960
A collection of eleven macabre but humorous stories from the late master storyteller. Includes "Edward the Conqueror," "Georgy Porgy," and…
"The Way Up to Heaven." For junior and senior high and older readersKiss me again
Par Lisa Jackson, Lori Foster, Suzanne Forster, Debbie Macomber. 2005
Four short stories about women who find love in different ways. In "The Marrying Kind" by Debbie Macomber, Jason Ingram…
meets his first true love a few days before his wedding. In "The Brass Ring" by Lisa Jackson, Dr. Shawna McGuire's fiancé has amnesia. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2005Half in love
Par Maile Meloy. 2002
A collection of fourteen short stories set primarily in the rural American West. In simple, straightforward prose and understated drama,…
Meloy portrays her diverse characters in moments of crisis, upheaval, and change. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.La noche caníbal (Letras mexicanas)
Par Luis Jorge Boone. 2011
"This is a collection of haunting and breathtaking short stories. The characters are beings oppressed by their fears, tyrannized by…
their weaknesses, confused by their own dreams. An aura of death and delirium hovers over their lives forcing them to reveal the hidden boundaries of human nature. These stories inhabit the limits between reality and madness, between ordinary occurrences and unexpected coincidences. It is at these crossroads where the world becomes most unsettling and we are forced to evaluate our perceptions. Paranoia, lack of faith, obsession, panic, and psychosis are some of the forces that control the destinies of these protagonists. Luis Jorge Boone's cleanly-architectured prose conjures the great voices of Latin American short fiction and delivers them with a 21st century sensibility. This is a collection full of striking philosophical observations, brilliant twists, and disquieting images." -- Amazon.com"Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and…
two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman undergoing an experimental transition process to young lovers separated through decades and meeting in their own far future. These are stories of machines and magic, love and self-love." -- Provided by publisher"Dominican literature has exploded, and for the better, with a diverse and unbound generation that writes from the inside out…
and from the outside in. This selection by Rita Indiana unquestionably proves it, by bringing together diasporic and national authors, and revealing the creative diversity of a Caribbean, cosmopolitan and, at the same time, unconventional gaze...." -- Translation provided by NLSScreams 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 publisher"Dip into the rich treasure trove of Filipino alamat (legends) with this new collection of contemporary short stories. This anthology…
includes works by a dozen talented and award-winning Asian writers including Budjette Tan (Trese) and Eliza Victoria (Dwellers). Explore richly imagined realms where powerful gods and magical creatures are responsible for the twists and turns of fate in the lives of ordinary people. The 13 amazing stories in this collection include: The fate of the lingering Sky Maiden; The diwata Maria Makiling seeking romantic partners in the human world; Depictions of Philippine deities, including Balitok, Bangunbangun, Dagau, Haliya, Hukloban and Melu; Encounters with celestial power beneath the sea, at the movies and in a pawnshop; And many more! Each tale is reimagined for a modern sensibility and reinvented for the current generation of fantasy fiction fans. This gripping collection is essential reading for anyone interested in magical realism and contemporary Asian fiction." -- Provided by publisherThe Troll garden and selected stories
Par Willa Cather. 1990
This collection of seven stories deal with the status of artists and the artistic temperament in American Society. The pathos,…
ambitions, pretensions, and pathos of artists are represented here in the midst of their foibles, affairs, and failures portrayed with great style and subtlety by a writer gathering her own powers. AdultTierra fresca de su tumba (Candaya narrativa #72)
Par Giovanna Rivero. 2021
"Six tales of a dark beauty that throb with disturbing themes: the legitimacy of revenge, incest as survival, indigenous witchcraft…
versus Japanese wisdom, the body as a corpse we inhabit. Rivero's stories pierce the reader like a wound, but in the end also offer possibilities of love, justice and hope. Told with a fierce and fragile lyricism that probes the abysses of the human soul, in |Fresh Dirt from the Grave| Giovanna Rivero reworks the boundaries of the gothic to engage with pre-Columbian ritual, folk tales, sci-fi and eroticism." -- Provided by publisherUstedes brillan en lo oscuro (Voces (Madrid, Spain). Literatura #329)
Par Liliana Colanzi Serrate. 2022
"Liliana Colanzi's stories explore different ways of narrating time, such as the geological journey in a cave, the search for…
the historical roots of rubber extraction in the ruins of an Amazonian village, or the dislocated temporality of a religious colony in which her characters long to get rid of the prohibitions that strand them in the past. In this book, radiation is an invisible agent that affects young people living near an Andean nuclear power plant and scrap collectors in a Brazilian city." -- Translation provided by NLSRainbow rainbow: stories
Par Lydia Conklin. 2022
"In this exuberant, prize-winning collection, queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming characters seek love and connection in hilarious and heartrending stories that…
reflect the complexity of our current moment. A nonbinary writer on the eve of top surgery enters into a risky affair during the height of COVID. A lesbian couple enlists a close friend as a sperm donor, plying him with a potent rainbow-colored cocktail. A lonely office worker struggling with their gender identity chaperones their nephew to a trans YouTube convention. And in the depths of a Midwestern winter, a sex-addicted librarian relies on her pet ferrets to help resist a relapse at a wild college fair. Capturing both the dark and lovable sides of the human experience, Rainbow Rainbow establishes debut author Lydia Conklin as a fearless new voice for their generation.." -- Provided by publisherTomorrow in Shanghai: and other stories
Par May-Lee Chai. 2022
"In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai's latest collection Tomorrow…
in Shanghai explores multicultural complexities through lenses of class, wealth, age, gender, and sexuality--always tracking the nuanced, knotty, and intricate exchanges of interpersonal and institutional power. These stories transport the reader, variously: to rural China, where a city doctor harvests organs to fund a wedding and a future for his family; on a vacation to France, where a white mother and her biracial daughter cannot escape their fraught relationship; inside the unexpected romance of two Chinese-American women living abroad in China; and finally, to a future Chinese colony on Mars, where an aging working-class woman lands a job as a nanny. Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalized world." -- Provided by publisherLa sangre de Medusa: y otros cuentos marginales
Par José Emilio Pacheco. 2020
"The Blood of Medusa gathers stories written by José Emilio Pacheco from 1956 to 1984, scattered until now in magazines,…
newspapers and pamphlets that are no longer available. Works of precocious solidity the oldest and of persistent strength the most recent, these stories have pursued their author, like stubborn ghosts, until they obtained from him their final version and escaped from the limbo of ephemeral reading publications. The result is the difficult re-reading that the mature writer makes of the pages that marked the stages of his development as a storyteller (and also that of Latin American narrative in its manners and concerns of the last forty years): "although I have modified them completely, their primitive structure remains intact. We can change everything except our vision of the world and our syntax." The stories that make up The Blood of Medusa constitute a series of extremely varied texts, an exhibition of mastery and registers: from the Borgesian precision of the juvenile tales or the brilliant satires in the manner of the Latins or Swift, to the avant-garde "horror" toys, the acidic two-line mini-stories, the conjectural monologues inspired by political-politicians' events. Like everything written by Pacheco, these texts speak directly to the reader, with a radical intelligibility, to think, to feel, to know with him and also, most especially in this volume, to invite him to enjoyment, the pleasure of inventing, the festive complicity that is literature." -- Translation provided by NLSKentucky Club
Par Benjamin Alire Sáenz. 2014
"Collection of seven short stories exploring the concept of boundaries. In 'He Has Gone to Be with the Women,' Javier…
and Juan Carlos meet and develop a relationship neither is sure he wants." -- Provided by NLSEl viento distante (Biblioteca Era. Narrativa #44/14)
Par José Emilio Pacheco. 2011
"It has been said that a poem never stops being written. Neither does a short story, as confirmed by this…
new edition of José Emilio Pacheco's The Distant Wind. Originally published in 1963, corrected and augmented in 1969 and subject, since then, to the work and refinement that the prose of this meticulous writer imprints on his stories, this book continues its patient maturation even though it has been an essential part of our modern literary canon for more than thirty years. The reader of these fourteen stories will find, in addition to the loving inventory of the distant years of a country, the lively evocation of its protagonists: children capable of embodying the deepest sufferings, the most icy terrors; adolescents on fire whose light is that of everyday passions, the light that falls on all of us; characters that history does not record but whose steps along these pages leave an imprint of inevitability in the great events. All of them more prone to the small textures of pain than to the shadowless plainness of joy." -- Translation provided by NLS