Short stories

Tell Tale [9781447252290]

Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories was published, Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited, brand-new collection. Tell Tale gives u…

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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories [9780141395623]

A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami. This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the…

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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories [9780241396698]

Truman Capote makes whiskey-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted b…

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Bad Behavior [9780241383100]

A young woman anxiously waits for her date on a street corner in New York City; he sits in a pizza parlour across the street, watching her discomfort.…

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The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories [9780241299838]

When Jhumpa Lahiri decided to read exclusively in Italian, a language she had studied for many years, her life as a reader - and writer - took a surpr…

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The Voice in My Ear [9781787331983]

The first work of fiction from award-winning poet Frances Leviston offers a frighteningly perceptive slice of contemporary womanhood Ten women, all…

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Christmas is Murder: A chilling short story collection [9780751581775]

'No one can plot or tell a story like she can' Daily Express The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these po…

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Paris for One and Other Stories [9781405928168]

A collection of 11 unmissable short stories from the number 1 internationally bestselling author of Me Before You and After You 'Moyes somehow manages…

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Dark Tales [9780241308493]

The perfect read for Hallowe'en, this new volume of Jackson's finest stories reveals the queen of American gothic at her unsettling, mesmerising best …

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That Old Country Music [9781782116219]

Since his landmark debut collection, There Are Little Kingdoms, and his award-winning second book, Dark Lies the Island, Kevin Barry has been acclaime…

The Golden Age of British Short Stories, 1890-1914 [9780141992204]

The quarter century or so before the outbreak of the First World War saw an extraordinary boom in the popularity and quality of short stories in Brita…

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Stories: Collected Stories [9780241327418]

The complete short stories of Susan Sontag, one of the most brilliant & influential writers of the twentieth century - collected together for the firs…

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Best British Short Stories 2019 [9781784631857]

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or…

Things We Say in the Dark [9781787301535]

So here we go, into the dark. Some things can't be spoken about in the light of day. But we can visit our fears at night, in the dark. We can turn th…

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Blue in Chicago: and other stories [9781529035827]

'The work of a woman who has invested her life in her art, and who will, I think be remembered as one of the significant writers of her generation.' S…

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Grand Union [9780241983126]

The first ever collection of stories from the bestselling and beloved author of Swing Time and White Teeth'Zadie Smith is the best writer of our gener…

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Reality, and Other Stories [9780571363001]

Selfie sticks with demonic powers. Cold calls from the dead. And the creeping suspicion that none of this is real. Reality, and Other Stor…

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Roar [9780008283537]

Have you ever imagined a different life? Have you ever stood at a crossroads, undecided? Have you ever had a moment when you wa…

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Runaway [9780099472254]

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE - WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2013 'A marvel' - Jonathan Franzen 'Genius' - Independent 'Read…

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Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text [9780143118336]

Here is the perfect introduction to contemporary Japanese fiction. Featuring many stories appearing in English for the first time, this collection, wi…

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