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"These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning ... More

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"When are the 1970s going to begin?" ran the joke during the Presidential campaign of 1976. With his own patented combination of serious journalism ... More

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This anthology of fiction by Rose Terry Cooke contains eleven stories, drawn together for the first time in one volume, that reflect the whole ... More

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Here Are 70 of The Very Best Short-Short Stories of Recent Years Including Contributions From Such Contemporary Writers As Raymond Carver, Leonard ... More

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V.S. Prictchett, one of our greatest living short-story writers, has chosen some forty stories written in the English language to produce a ... More

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This complete collection includes all the published stories of Eudora Welty. There are forty-one stories in all, including the earlier collections A ... More

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Truman Capote's dazzling New York novel "Breakfast at Tiffany's" that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is beautifully ... More

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This Pulitzer Prize-winning collection features 61 stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." "Profound and ... More

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Raymond Carver said it was possible 'to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language and endow these things - a ... More

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These fifty-eight stories make up the most thorough collection of Thomas Wolfe's short fiction to date, spanning the breadth of the author's career, ... More

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From the author of THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRANES, EQUAL AFFECTIONS and THE PAGE TURNER, a collection of short stories which tell of middle-class ... More

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These Pulitzer Prize-winning stories represent the major short works of fiction by one of the most distinctively American stylists of her day. Jean ... More

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This collection of stories about love and privacy is serious, funny, tender, and alive with the elegance and spirit that characterize Laurie Colwin's ... More

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Within these fourteen hilarious and insightful tales of urban life, you'll meet: Raiford Phelps, an ornithologist who discovers new patterns of ... More

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From the poignant realisation as an adult of the cruel brutality of childhood in 'The Robin', man then comes face to face with himself as a boy in 'A ... More

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Short stories. "Dixon's people are intelligent, imaginative creations, humorous and long-suffering, somehow paralyzed or stagnating."--"Publishers ... More

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These 21 tales represent a selection taken from Taylor's stories written between 1940 and 1969.

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"This Is Where We Live" showcases a rising generation of North Carolina authors whose work reflects the fast-changing realities of the state's ... More

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Why I Lie tells the painful and hilarious story of a down-home Arkansas boy's efforts to make good. Jack Smith, the protagonist of this story cycle, ... More

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