The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Quiroga Horacio)(Paperback)

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Quiroga Horacio)(Paperback)

Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality: these are the works of South American master storyteller Horacio Quiroga. Author of some 200 pieces of fiction that have been compared to the works of Poe, Kipling, and Jack London, Quiroga experienced a life that surpassed in

Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Bareham Lindsey)(Paperback / softback)

'There's not a recipe here I don't want to eat immediately.' - Nigella Lawson Roast Chicken and Other Stories provides an insight into Simon Hopkinson's unique style of unpretentious cooking with 160 of his favourite recipes. Simon Hopkinson's forty favourite ingredients include everyday basics as

The Gambler and Other Stories (Dostoyevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, 'The Gambler', a story of a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written under a strict deadline so he could pay off his

Boulevard Wren and Other Stories (Boatclub Blindboy)(Paperback)

Boulevard Wren and Other Stories is the stunning follow-up to the bestselling Gospel According to Blindboy, and a warped mirror held up to the Irish psyche.Provocative and unsettling, the stories rove through the centuries, from the barren fields of Famine-struck Meath to the chaotic landscape of

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories: And Other Stories (Cisneros Sandra)(Paperback)

A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories (Blackwood Algernon)(Paperback)

'Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories' is a collection of supernatural stories by one of the greatest writers of such stories to have ever lived, Algernon Blackwood. This collection contains the title story, 'Ancient Sorceries', which is the tale of a tourist who becomes enchanted by a strange

Scent of Almonds and Other Stories (Lackberg Camilla)(Paperback / softback)

THE SCENT OF ALMONDS AND OTHER STORIES is a collection of short stories from the No.1 international bestseller Camilla Lackberg. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo

NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories (Nofx)(Paperback)

NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is the first tell-all autobiography from one of the world's most influential and controversial punk bands. Fans and non-fans alike will be shocked by the stories of murder, suicide, addiction, counterfeiting, riots, bondage, terminal illness, the

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Kafka Franz)(Paperback / softback)

Mario and the Magician - & other stories (Mann Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Cop and the Anthem and Other Stories (Henry O.)(Paperback / softback)

O. Henry was a master of the short story and one of the most popular American writers of the twentieth century. This selection of tales from across his writing career ranges from New York apartments to the cattle-lands of Texas, taking in con men, clerks, hustlers, shop assistants, tramps and

Fat Artist and Other Stories (Hale Benjamin)(Paperback / softback)

The arresting and brilliantly original collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling author of The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore. 'An absolute pleasure' (New York

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his 'Author's Note' to 'Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two 'Calm-pieces' ('The Secret Sharer' and The Shadow-Line) and his two 'Storm-pieces' (The Nigger of the

Canterville Ghost, The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Wilde Oscar)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a collection of stories, including 'The Canterville Ghost', and 'The Happy

The Sea Cloak: And Other Stories (Qarmout Nayrouz)(Paperback)

The Sea Cloak is a collection of 11 stories by the author, journalist, and campaigner, Nayrouz Qarmout. Drawing from her own experiences growing up in a Syrian refugee camp, as well as her current life in Gaza, these stories stitch together a patchwork of different perspectives into what it means

Rendezvous And Other Stories (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A haunting collection of stories in the tradition of THE BIRDS and DON'T LOOK

Death in the Woods and Other Stories (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback)

Still fresh and strikingly contemporary, the stark realism of these stories carefully explores the dreams and emotions of Sherwood Anderson's unforgettable characters. In Death in the Woods, we travel deep into the heart of America as Anderson saw it, to find an introspective man, in a desolate

Natasha: And Other Stories (Bezmozgis David)(Paperback)

Now a Major Motion Picture A dazzling debut--and a publishing phenomenon--Natasha: And Other Stories is the tender, savagely funny collection from a young immigrant who has taken the critics by storm.Few readers had heard of David Bezmozgis before May 2003, when Harper's, Zoetrope, and The New

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Kafka Franz)(Paperback / softback)

Kafka's masterpiece of unease and black humour, Metamorphosis, the story of an ordinary man transformed into an insect, is brought together in this collection with the rest of his works that he thought worthy of publication. This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion

A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories (Ibbotson Eva)(Paperback)

A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories is a delightful collection of eighteen of the best of Eva Ibbotson's short stories. They range from nineteenth-century Vienna to the north of England at the end of the last century, from pre-revolutionary Russia to the devastated Brazilian Amazon. Each

Space Pirates and Other Sci-fi Stories (Bradman Tony)(Paperback / softback)

Space Pirates and other stories is a collection of tales from an award-winning author in the science-fiction

The Black Gondolier: & Other Stories (Leiber Fritz)(Paperback)

A collection of supernatural horror stories from the SFWA Grand Master and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser novels. Assembled here is a selection of Mr. Leiber's best horrific tales, many of which have been virtually unobtainable for decades. From the riveting

She-Clown, and Other Stories (Vincent Hannah)(Paperback)

Hannah Vincent's short stories depict the ordinary and extraordinary lives of women coping with the demands of society, the demands of men, of their fellow women, of their own bodies. At the centre of each story is a woman engaged in an act of self-preservation.In one story a young woman on the

Rashomon: And Other Stories (Akutagawa Ryunosuke)(Paperback)

Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan's cultural upheaval. Whether his fictions are set centuries past or close to the present, Akutagawa was a modernist, writing in polished, superbly nuanced prose subtly exposing human needs