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'When apple-picking season ended, I got a Job in a packing plant and gravitated towards short stories, which I could read during my break and reflect ... More

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The unforgettable canines gathered here include Kipling's heroically faithful 'Garm', Bret Harte's irrepressible scoundrel of a 'yaller dog' and the ... More

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The Shortcut: 20 Stories To Get You From Here To There is a collection of short fiction from literary figures such as Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, ... More

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"Retro Retro" brings together some of the best new literary talent from the US and the UK to pick and mix from the retro treasure chest: Marilyn ... More

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The Ian St James Awards are the most prestigious and most eagerly contested awards for short fiction. Launched by best-selling author Ian St James in ... More

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Twenty-two unabridged classics by Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde and others are read by a host of narrators.

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The literary journal Zoetrope, founded in 1997 by film director Francis Ford Coppola, proved an instant and spectacular success with readers and ... More

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As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas, to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of ... More

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Featuring stories selected from thousands published in literary magazines, "The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009" is studded with great writers such ... More

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Available now for the first time on compact disc, this title offers all 21 stories of the award-winning cassette, along with a recent short story by ... More

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These 25 unforgettable fishing stories boast fast action, dramatic plot twists, and intriguing characters, from the sinister to the hilarious. ... More

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Explores expressions of homosexuality in English and American literature. This selection reveals the diffidence and confidence of gay writers. Works ... More

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The long-awaited new collection from Bernard MacLaverty examines worlds in collision, relationships fragmenting, innocence face to face with real ... More

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A collection of short stories, including "Mr Potatohead in Love", which focuses on the drop-outs of society, and "Holding Together", which is told ... More

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50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world's finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, ... More

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Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. ... More

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Contemplating the appeal of the short story, Lorrie Moore writes in her introduction, "A story's very shortness ensures its largeness of ... More

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A series of novellas which explore the nature of art. From the author of A MAGGOT, MANTISSA, DANIEL MARTIN and THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN.

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