Reading Short Stories: Where To Start
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
- ASIN: 0679745130
- ISBN: 0679745130
- Brand: Brand: Vintage
- Manufacturer: Vintage
Variously funny, frightening, poignant, and exhilarating, these collected stories displays the best American writers at the peak of their powers and the national narrative at its most eloquent, truthful, and inventive.The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As select... [Read More]
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Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759471393
- ASIN: 048647139X
- ISBN: 9780486471396
- Brand: Blaisdell, Bob (EDT)
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," C... [Read More]
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)
- UPC: 046442843676
- ASIN: 0395843677
- ISBN: 0395843677
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the b... [Read More]
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The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library (Hardcover))
- ASIN: 0679601228
- ISBN: 0679601228
- Brand: Modern Library
- Manufacturer: Modern Library
The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume. The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader's delight those tales honored almost unanimously by anthologists and those that represent, in variety and balance, the best work of America's ... [Read More]
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The Best American Short Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: 0547939418
- ISBN: 0547939418
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.” Boyle’s choices of ... [Read More]
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The Best Short Stories of all Time: Volume I
- ASIN: B005USA8FY
- Including a short biographies of authors This outstanding collection features short stories by a variety of great authors. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Henri Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Jack London, Henri Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, Oscar... [Read More]
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The Best American Short Stories 2016 (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: 0544582896
- ISBN: 0544582896
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
“The literary ‘Oscars’ features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.” —Shelf Awareness for Readers The Best American Short Stories 2016 will be selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz. He brings "one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, ca... [Read More]
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PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018
- ASIN: 1936787938
- ISBN: 1936787938
- Manufacturer: Catapult
THE ESSENTIAL YEARLY GUIDE TO THE NEWEST VOICES IN SHORT FICTION "A book of gems, each one carrying its own particular clarity and cut, that teaches students of writing how limitless the short story form can be." ―Marie-Helene Bertino, author of 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018 celebrates twelve outstanding s... [Read More]
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Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
- UPC: 035313670787
- ASIN: 1440354375
- ISBN: 9781440354373
- Brand: Writer's Digest Books
- Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books
THE BEST RESOURCE FOR GETTING YOUR FICTION PUBLISHEDNovel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 38th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes co... [Read More]
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Crafting Novels & Short Stories: The Complete Guide to Writing Great Fiction (Creative Writing Essentials)
- UPC: 035313655319
- ASIN: 1599635712
- ISBN: 1599635712
- Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books
Learn How to Create Stories That Captivate Agents, Editors, and Readers Alike!Inside you'll find the tools you need to build strong characters, keep your plots moving, master the art of dialogue, choose the right point of view, and more.This comprehensive book on the art of novel and short story writing is packed with advice and instruction from be... [Read More]
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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
- ASIN: 0525436588
- ISBN: 0525436588
- Manufacturer: Anchor
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 contains twenty prize-winning stories chosen from thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The winning stories come from a mix of established writers and emerging voices, and are uniformly breathtaking. They are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations fr... [Read More]
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Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present
- ASIN: 0316599239
- ISBN: 0316599239
- Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
In 1969, Little, Brown and Company published The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, edited by Langston Hughes - the classic compendium of African-American short fiction from 1897 to 1967. Now, a quarter of a century later, Gloria Naylor has compiled an encore volume, Children of the Night, bringing this extraordinary series up to date. Gathering ... [Read More]
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The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology
- ASIN: 0316380318
- ISBN: 0316380318
- Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Collects short stories by African American writers such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker
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The Best American Short Stories 2017 (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: B01N7HZA3K
- Brand: Unknown
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and t... [Read More]
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100 Years of The Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: B00QPI449E
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. For the centennial celebration of this beloved annual series, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-... [Read More]
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Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
- ASIN: B0042FZVOY
- Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books
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Free Comic Book Day 2018: Avengers/Captain America #1
- ASIN: B07CX7FLH3
- Manufacturer: Marvel
Free Comic Book Day 2018 is your perfect chance to dive into the Marvel Universe! With a story from Jason Aaron and art by Sara Pichelli, Marvel's FCBD title debuting this May features stories that set the stage for an epic new direction for the Avengers in the Marvel Universe. Plus, a Captain America story from Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Francis... [Read More]
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The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction
- ASIN: 1457664615
- ISBN: 1457664615
- Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's
PACKAGE THIS TITLE WITH OUR 2016 MLA SUPPLEMENT, Documenting Sources in MLA Style (package ISBN-13: 9781319084691). Get the most recent updates on MLA citation in a convenient, 40-page resource based on The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, with plenty of models. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and pa... [Read More]
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Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing (Vol 1)
- ASIN: 0898790492
- ISBN: 0898790492
- Manufacturer: Writers Digest Books
Here's a collection of the most helpful articles from WRITER'S DIGEST magazine covering every aspect of short story writing. Every writer, from beginner to professional, will find guidance, encouragement, and answers to such concerns as how to make characters believable, developing dialogue, writer's block, viewpoint, the all-important use of confl... [Read More]
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Fatal Starts: Two Gripping Jess Kimball Thrillers with Heart Pounding Suspense to Keep You Awake All Night (The Jess Kimball Thrillers Series Book 11)
- ASIN: B00A9JQIM6
- Manufacturer: AugustBooks
Bestselling JESS KIMBALL SUSPENSE THRILLER SERIES Begins Here. Special Edition. Special Price. Limited time. From award-winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI in this special combined edition of the first novel and first novella in the highly addictive Jess Kimball Thrillers Series.Introducing Jess Kimball, the relentle... [Read More]
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