"Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times). In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed Trespasses, women's lives are etched by deprivation--material, emotional, sexual--but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate. An expectant...

"For the first time in English, the work of master Haruki Murakami is available in manga form. In this collection you'll find striking full-color adaptations of these iconic short stories: Super-frog saves Tokyo -- A few days after an earthquake, Katagirl-san finds a giant frog in his home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from the next earthquake, but Katagiri-san must help him. Is this real, or a dream? Where I'm likely to find it -- A woman's husband...

"'Pillow Talk' is a sweet collection of short stories from author Marisa Bonilla, eight reminiscences from life as seen from a mature point of view. Much as in life, we are passing through, observing these stories. We don't always see the endings. The road they take beyond the story depends on your imagination."--Page 4 of cover.

A companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist is filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery. From one of the greatest writers of our age comes a collection of stories and parables unlocking the mysteries of the human condition. Gathered from Paulo Coelho's daily column of the same name, Maktub, meaning "it is written," invites seekers on a journey of faith, self-reflection, and transformation. As Paulo Coelho explains, " Maktub...

A collection of twenty-six short stories, all but one of which appeared in the "New York world."

"Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. In Dearborn, a father teaches his son how to cheat the IRS and hide their cash earnings inside of frozen chickens. Tensions...

"Raise a glass and settle in for a triple batch of short mysteries with everyone's favorite brewer and amateur sleuth, Sloan Krause. For the first time in print, Hold on for Beer Life, A Brew to a Kill, and Ale I Want for Christmas is a Clue are fermenting together in one intoxicating collection. These three short mysteries were previously only available in ebook format. Now they're bound together in one frothy print compilation! In Hold on for Beer...