A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture...

Now Díaz turns his remarkable talent to the haunting, impossible power of love - obsessive love, illicit love, fading love, maternal love. On a beach in the Dominican Republic, a doomed relationship flounders. In the heat of a hospital laundry room in New Jersey, a woman does her lovers washing and thinks about his wife. In Boston, a man buys his love child, his only son, a first baseball bat and glove. At the heart of these stories is the irrepressible,...

This volume provides an overview of his work, from stories that won national awards (such as the Spur and Peacemaker) to tales that are brand new. Western, science fiction, fantasy, (topped off with a bit of poetry).

In this debut story collection from Jerry McGahan, artist, novelist and lifelong Montanan, comprised of short fiction published over a span of twenty years, and appearing in major literary journals, nature in all its varieties cohabits with and intervenes in the lives of the people who make their home along the fringes of the wilderness.

This a collection of stories by known authors: A young ghost eases his brother's pain and guilt by inviting him into the dreams of an imaginative author of children's books. The shattered soul of an angry spirit imprisoned in a Scottish manor house. A shopkeeper's solitude is complicated by a magic coin, a daring rogue, and dreams of her late husband, and more.

A collection of nineteen short fiction stories by American author Willa Cather.

"Mia Alvar's ... debut gives us a vivid ... picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America--and, sometimes, turning back"-- "A powerful, globe-trotting debut short-story collection from an exciting new writer--vivid, character-driven stories about Filipinos from every walk of life. Mia Alvar's stunning debut gives us a vivid, insightful picture of the...