Anthologies
epub |eng | 2006-01-22 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

V Alvin and Lettice had spent the whole morning discussing Karin’s arrest, and how she’d managed to plant the bomb. When Temple finally arrived at the lab, a little after ...
( Category: Anthologies March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1999-10-11 | Author:Kurt Vonnegut [Vonnegut, Kurt]

"The Oriental mind works in devious ways," said Harry. "Exactly," said Laird. "You've caught the whole spirit of the Orient in that one sentence, Harry." "They ship these things all ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-25 | Author:John Updike [Updike, John]

Crocuses are up at the old house; daffodils bloom at the new. The children who had lived in the new house before us left Superballs under the radiators for us ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-09 | Author:Gonzales, Manuel [Gonzales, Manuel]

Barbara likes birds. She watches them. She’s a bird-watcher. She attends bird-watching events. She’s rather devoted to them. She donates money and time to the Audubon Society. For a while, ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2000-05-04 | Author:Philip K. Dick [Dick, Philip K.]

The audience agreed, "Amen." Rising from his chair, Klugman said, "Now, before the business of the meeting, we'll have a few minutes of our own talent displayed for our enjoyment. ...
( Category: Anthologies March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 1990-06-22 | Author:Philip K. Dick [Dick, Philip K.]

"Primitive. Late Jurassic. I don't have the knack. I can't seem to get them into the mammal stage. This is my sixteenth try. I never can get any farther than ...
( Category: Anthologies March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1990-05-13 | Author:Philip K. Dick [Dick, Philip K.]

"How many units are ready for immediate action? How large a force can we raise without notice?" "Because of the war we're mobilized on a twenty-four hour basis. There are ...
( Category: Anthologies March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-08-19 | Author:Dean Wesley Smith & Paula M. Block & Elisa J. Kassin [Smith, Dean Wesley & Block, Paula M. & Kassin, Elisa J.]

A pinprick of light flashed in her eye, slamming into her retina. She blinked quickly, trying to recoil against the intrusion, but her head was held steady. "Eduow eil heisot ...
( Category: Genetic Engineering March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-04-14 | Author:Laurell K. Hamilton [Hamilton, Laurell K.]

HOUSE OF WIZARDS This is another story about domestic skills being more important than magic. I have no talent for organizing a household. None. Over the years I’ve come to ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-31 | Author:Jennifer Haigh [Haigh, Jennifer]

In the afternoon the rain stops. Agnes pulls on her boots and walks down the muddy lane to the road. Deer Run is high and winding, overlooking a deep valley. ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-17 | Author:John Updike [Updike, John]

Sirmione, even in early May, was full of other tourists. “The kids are here,” the couple said, continuing a joke that had developed in Venice and continued into Ravenna, where ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1995-01-28 | Author:Dorothy West [West, Dorothy]

THE MAPLE TREE Liz Terrell and Betsy Comden were summer neighbors. Their friendly relationship did not extend into winter, except for an exchange of Christmas cards, because their common interests ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2001-02-01 | Author:George Saunders [Saunders, George]

Joysticks reopens on friday. It’s a madhouse. They’ve got the fog on. A bridge club offers me fifteen bucks to oil-wrestle Mel Turner. So I oil-wrestle Mel Turner. They offer ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Ali Smith

I know a story about that fire exit down there, you’d told me once in the cinema. It was back before we knew each other very well, one of the ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-04 | Author:Martin Amis [Amis, Martin]

“Hey. Hey! Ain’t no damn use you sneaking out like that. Have you read my novel yet?” “Yes,” said Rodney. Rodney said Yes, not because it was true or anything ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )