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The Angel on the Roof by Russell Banks
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Russell Banks

Comfort Leon LaRoche, the bank teller, tried to tell this story once to his friend and neighbor, Captain Dewey Knox (U.S. Army, ret.). Leon was in his late twenties when ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
mobi |eng | 2007-08-13 | Author:Russell, Karen [Russell, Karen]

Finally, we have reached the bluffs. From up here, we can see the midway point, the alkali desert of the Great Sink. It’s a tough landmark to celebrate. The Great ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-03-18 | Author:Donald Ray Pollock

BACTINE I’D BEEN STAYING OUT AROUND MASSIEVILLE WITH MY CRIPPLED uncle because I was broke and unwanted everywhere else, and I spent most of my days changing his slop bucket ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs by Tobias Wolff
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-28 | Author:Tobias Wolff

Howard spent most of the dinner talking to Ron. Ron reminded him of a horse. He had a long face and muddy brown eyes and when he laughed his upper ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Fiction by Robin Black
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-30 | Author:Robin Black

When Brooke returned just before dinner, she was as unruffled as her bedroom had been. All but her hair, which was a mess. She disappeared upstairs for a few minutes, ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-10-11 | Author:Dave Eggers

YOUR MOTHER AND I I TOLD YOU about that, didn’t I? About when your mother and I moved the world to solar energy and windpower, to hydro, all that? I ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Loory Ben
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-25 | Author:Loory, Ben [Loory, Ben]

THE MARTIAN A MAN AND A WOMAN GO TO VISIT A FAMOUS ASTRONAUT. What was it like on the moon? says the man. Did you see any Martians? says his ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2014 )
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z. Z. Packer
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Z. Z. Packer

THE DISHWASHERS always closed down the dining hall. One night, after everyone else had punched out, Heidi and I took a break, and though I wasn’t a smoker, we set ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
Dead Certain by Mariah Stewart
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-06-29 | Author:Mariah Stewart

CHAPTER FIFTEEN “Are you a coffee drinker?” Greer looked up from her breakfast when she heard Amanda’s footsteps nearing the kitchen. “Oh. Yes. Thank you.” Amanda stood awkwardly in the ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
Coronado by Dennis Lehane
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-07-27 | Author:Dennis Lehane

MUSHROOMS HER BOYFRIEND, KL, is driving, and she and Sylvester are packed beside him in the front seat of the Escalade, sucking down Lites as they drive through the rain ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
The Complete Short Novels by Anton Chekhov & Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
mobi |eng | 2010-12-27 | Author:Anton Chekhov & Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky

VII Now, as I write these lines, my hand is restrained by a fear nurtured in me since childhood—of appearing sentimental and ridiculous; when I would like to caress and ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2008-01-01 | Author:Louise Erdrich

The Kindred ONE DAY, AS I am standing in a strip of shade, my uncle walks up and speaks to me, low, without looking at me. It’s on you, I ...
( Category: United States March 25,2014 )
The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro
mobi, epub |eng | 1985-01-01 | Author:Alice Munro

4 I dreamed that X wrote me a letter. It was all done in clumsy block printing and I thought, that’s to disguise his handwriting, that’s clever. But I had ...
( Category: Anthologies March 25,2014 )
The Knife Thrower by Steven Millhauser
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-01 | Author:Steven Millhauser

THE DREAM OF THE CONSORTIUM THE PURCHASE OF the department store by the consortium filled us with uneasiness and secret hope. The department store was the last of the grand ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
The Grass Harp by Truman Capote
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2012-07-03 | Author:Truman Capote

FOR TWO DAYS FOLLOWING OREILLY’S arrest Sylvia did not leave her room: sun on the window, then dark. By the third day she had run out of cigarettes, so she ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )

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