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  • The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 (Touchstone Books (Paperback))

    • ASIN: 1416532277
    • ISBN: 9781416532279
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists.Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, ... [Read More]

  • Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

    • ASIN: 022661669X
    • ISBN: 022661669X
    • Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

    More than 250,000 copies sold! A creative writer’s shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway’s best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft. N... [Read More]

  • Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print

    • ASIN: 0060545690
    • ISBN: 9780060545697
    • Brand: William Morrow Company
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories. In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to ap... [Read More]

  • How Fiction Works (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Updated and Expanded

    • ASIN: 1250183928
    • ISBN: 1250183928
    • Manufacturer: Picador

    10th anniversary revised edition with new Introduction How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction―an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power. Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mea... [Read More]

  • The Right Kinda Hood 2

    • ASIN: B07YZNNJFW
    • Manufacturer: Supreme Works Publications

    East has found himself in the last place he ever thought he would end up. Jail was never a factor when he considered his future, but an unfortunate connection has cost him in a major way.Joi learns that one slip in judgment can cost more than she ever imagined and to make matters worse, she’s not the one who is suffering the consequences. Regret ... [Read More]

  • Essays and Fictions

    • ASIN: 0999218646
    • ISBN: 0999218646
    • Manufacturer: Tyrant Books

    Brad Phillips' collection of short stories adeptly walks a very thin line between taboo and propriety, with rigorous self-awareness and generosity. By confusing ideas around fiction and autobiography, Phillips writes with painful sincerity about shame, addiction, trauma, and the more troubling outreaches of sexual desire, with wit that is at odds w... [Read More]

  • The Secret Letter: Gripping and heartbreaking WW2 historical fiction

    • ASIN: 1786817012
    • ISBN: 1786817012
    • Manufacturer: Bookouture

    ‘Incredibly heart-wrenching... it’s just mind-blowing... I adored this book from start to finish... If I could give it 10 stars, I would!’ Confessions of a Bookaholic, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Germany, 1939. A tumbledown farmhouse, on the outskirts of a close-knit village in the heart of the rolling hills of Bavaria. A once happy family home torn apar... [Read More]

  • Friend or Fiction

    • ASIN: 1623541085
    • ISBN: 1623541085
    • Manufacturer: Charlesbridge

    One creative middle-schooler discovers that the best friend a girl can have is the one she makes herself in this charming magical realism read.Jade's life hasn't exactly been normal lately, especially since her dad's cancer diagnosis. Jade wishes her family could leave their no-name town in Colorado already--everybody else does sooner rather than l... [Read More]

  • Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy

    • ASIN: 1419734652
    • ISBN: 1419734652
    • Brand: Abrams Image
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    A fascinating illustrated history of lost, overlooked, and uncompleted works of science fiction and fantasy   Science fiction and fantasy reign over popular culture now. Lost Transmissions is a rich trove of forgotten and unknown, imagined-but-never-finished, and under-appreciated-but-influential works from those imaginative genres, as well as li... [Read More]

  • The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

    • ASIN: 0316055441
    • ISBN: 0316055441
    • Brand: Back Bay Books
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Ab... [Read More]

  • The Tuscan Secret: An absolutely gripping, emotional, World War 2 historical novel

    • ASIN: 1786819597
    • ISBN: 1786819597
    • Manufacturer: Bookouture

    Il Mulino. An old crumbling mill, by a winding river, nestled in the Tuscan mountains. An empty home that holds memories of homemade pasta and Nonna’s stories by the fire, and later: the Nazi invasion, and a family torn apart by a heartbreaking betrayal.Anna is distraught when her beloved mother, Ines, passes away. She inherits a box of papers, h... [Read More]

  • The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field

    • UPC: 884289817876
    • ASIN: 0978984862
    • ISBN: 0978984862
    • Brand: Brand: Rose Metal Press
    • Manufacturer: Rose Metal Press

    With its unprecedented gathering of 25 brief essays by experts in the field, The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction meets the growing need for a concise yet creative exploration of the re-emerging genre popularly known as flash fiction. The book's introduction provides, for the first time, a comprehensive history of the short sho... [Read More]

  • The Morley Brothers 2: Seduced by a Boss' Love

    • ASIN: B07YN9YFW7
    • Manufacturer: Leo Sullivan Presents

    The drama continues from part one and overflows into part two! The most jaw-dropping secret has been let out - Bronnie knows that Aidonia is Alpha! So, where does it leave this couple who were on their way to a budding romance? Will Bronnie believe Elena, or will Alpha find a way to let her know the truth anyway? Ares thought it was best to let Kor... [Read More]

  • Making Shapely Fiction

    • ASIN: 039332124X
    • ISBN: 039332124X
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    A deft analysis and appreciation of fiction―what makes it work and what can make it fail. Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page―whether the reader is a beginner, a seasoned writer, or a teacher of writing. You will see how a work takes form and shape once you grasp the princi... [Read More]

  • The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers

    • ASIN: 0679734031
    • ISBN: 0679734031
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.   John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the cours... [Read More]

  • The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 13 (Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year)

    • ASIN: 1781085765
    • ISBN: 1781085765
    • Brand: Solaris
    • Manufacturer: Solaris

    The finest short science fiction and fantasy, from the master anthologistScience fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine; fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has pored through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, th... [Read More]

  • The Point of Light (Historical Fiction Book 1)

    • ASIN: B07MZMLN9F

    AMAZON HAS SAID, "WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF THIS WRITER AND HOW HE IS DELIGHTING READERS"--AMAZON PRESS RELEASE 10/15/18May 1940 - Paris. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Claire hears the devastating news: the German army has invaded her homeland, and her beloved Paris has fallen. Within months, her life is turned upside-down. She tak... [Read More]

  • Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0441011330
    • ISBN: 0441011330
    • Brand: Ace Books
    • Manufacturer: Ace

  • The Rapture: Fact or Fiction?

    • ASIN: 0945593317
    • ISBN: 0945593317
    • Manufacturer: Lamb & Lion Ministries

    This book answers the most frequently asked questions about the Rapture: Where can the Rapture be found in the Bible? What is the meaning of the Rapture? When is the Rapture most likely to take place? Who will be included in the Rapture? Are there signs that will signal the Rapture? Does the Rapture have relevance to our lives now? The answers to t... [Read More]

  • Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Fifty Really Short Stories

    • ASIN: 0393314324
    • ISBN: 0393314324
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    The World's Best Short-Short Fictions in a Big, Little Book that you could probably carry in your Pocket. Ten years ago, Jerome Stern, director of the writing program at Florida State, initiated the World's Best Short Short Story Contest. Stories were to be about 250 words long; first prize was a check and a crate of oranges. Two to three thousand ... [Read More]

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