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Book cover: KeynotesKeynotes
by - Roberts Brothers ,
This is a groundbreaking collection of short stories first published in 1893. The book is a cornerstone of feminist literature, exploring themes of female independence, sexuality, and inner consciousness in a way that was revolutionary for its time.
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Book cover: Beyond The Brackets: A Collection of Short WorksBeyond The Brackets: A Collection of Short Works
by - Smashwords ,
This Anthology contains an eclectic mix of work from five contemporary writers who have not held back from opening their hearts. The stories are contemplative, whimsical and adventurous. The flash fiction incisive, unpredictable and fantastical.
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Book cover: Children of MenChildren of Men
by - McClure Co. ,
Originally published in 1903, Children of Men is a collection of short stories, most of which are about sweatshop workers and about the interactions between Jewish immigrants to New York and the Christians that lived in that area.
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Book cover: While the Billy BoilsWhile the Billy Boils
by - Angus & Robertson Ltd ,
A collection of Aussie historical short stories. Like the majority of Australians, Henry Lawson lived in a city, but had had plenty of experience in outback life, in fact, many of his stories reflected his experiences in real life.
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Book cover: The Paperwork RebuttalThe Paperwork Rebuttal
by - Philistine Press ,
A collection of narrative and poetry fused onto U.S. federal and state government documents. These documents include the mental breakdown of an accountant on a Form 1040, an unlikely hero found on a jury duty summons, and a victim of sexual abuse.
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Book cover: Nowhere Else to TurnNowhere Else to Turn
by - Archive.org ,
This collection of short stories explores specific instances of involvement with or belief in the supernatural in a North African country. The tales, all claiming to be true, were collected over several years while the author was living in Morocco.
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Book cover: Other Sides: 12 Webfiction TalesOther Sides: 12 Webfiction Tales
by - Smashwords ,
The advent of digital publishing has seen the rise of a new breed of writers. This brand new anthology features a small sampling of these very writers, in a speculative fiction collection that will capture the imagination and dazzle the senses.
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Book cover: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey CrayonThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
by - G. Munro ,
Washington Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating the first classic American short stories ...
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Book cover: Password IncorrectPassword Incorrect
by - Feedbooks ,
A collection of tech-fiction short stories. Designed to be a perfect mobile reading for geeks, who from time to time desperately need to recover from tech-related stress, the one which says hello when you don't remember the password to your account.
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Book cover: A Bundle of YarnsA Bundle of Yarns
by - Providence ,
An odd and unique 'bundle' of short stories, some written in the first person other in the third-person. They tell of life in Rhode Island in the early 1800's. Written in the vernacular of New England speech, it makes for an interesting read.
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Book cover: MicrostoriesMicrostories
by - eBookIt ,
Microstories is a collection of 44 bite-sized tales, designed to inspire, entertain and inform. Each Microstory is accompanied by a spiritual summary that can be used as a meditative statement. The stories and summaries are all self-contained.
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Book cover: PorcelainPorcelain
by - CreateSpace ,
A collection of new and previously published short stories, poems, essays, and artwork, by Jess C Scott. Porcelain offers a personal draft of the author's navigation through a world that is fantastical, offbeat, ironic, unexpected, and true.
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Book cover: Devil StoriesDevil Stories
by - Alfred A. Knopf, Inc ,
Of all the myths which have come down to us from the East, and of all the creations of Western belief, the personality of evil has had the strongest attraction for the mind of man. The Devil is the greatest enigma that has ever confronted us.
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Book cover: The Book of Dreams and GhostsThe Book of Dreams and Ghosts
by - Project Gutenberg ,
Stories for the ghost hunter out there. The purpose of the book is to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected. The stories are classed in grades, advancing from the normal and familiar to the undeniably startling.
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Book cover: Stranger Things Happen: StoriesStranger Things Happen: Stories
by - Small Beer Press ,
This is the first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link. These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you.
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Book cover: The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: and Other StoriesThe Baum Plan for Financial Independence: and Other Stories
by - Small Beer Press ,
From the seductive relationships of people of questionable virtue, to encounters with Frankenstein, to Matriarchal lunar colonies, it's a collection with something for fiction readers of every genre. These stories deliver a powerful emotional punch.
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Book cover: Mothers & Other MonstersMothers & Other Monsters
by - Small Beer Press ,
These stories offer poignant and sometimes heartwrenching explorations of personal relationships and their transformative power. Each story in this collection meditates in its own, odd way on the dynamics of families and the vagaries of being human.
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Book cover: The Ant King and Other StoriesThe Ant King and Other Stories
by - Small Beer Press ,
A dazzling, postmodern collection of pulp and surreal fictions: a writer of alternate histories defends his patron's zeppelin against assassins and pirates, a woman transforms into gumballs; an emancipated children's collective goes house hunting.
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Book cover: The Entire Original Maupassant Short StoriesThe Entire Original Maupassant Short Stories
by - Project Gutenberg ,
During his brief ten years career, Maupassant produced poetry, romances and novels, with the fertility of a master hand, to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death. This book contains all thirteen volumes of his original short stories.
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