United States
epub |eng | 2022-09-13 | Author:The Best Short Stories 2022 (retail) (epub)

PRAGMAS JOINT-STOCK COMPANY She went in through the door. A security guard in a black uniform was creeping around in the large, bright entryway, and a young receptionist sat behind ...
( Category: Anthologies December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-08-19 | Author:Gabriel García Márquez

Ana was exhausted that morning. But the town’s excitement was contagious. Faster than usual, she collected the clothing to wash that week, and went to the harbor to witness the ...
( Category: Classics December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Chris Holbrook

On his first haul, Haskell watches his truck's rear end in the side mirror, lining it up with the berm as he backs toward the highwall edge. His eyes and ...
( Category: Southern December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-15 | Author:Walter Benton [Benton, Walter]

When a star falls, I shall wish for you. When the moon is new, I shall wish for you. When a bird looks into my window, when a leaf falls ...
( Category: Anthologies December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2007-08-03 | Author:Len Gasparini

“Yes, it was tactless.” Quickly changing the subject, he told her what he’d seen yesterday in Chinatown: a chop suey joint with the name Kum Tu Soon (which he spelled), ...
( Category: Anthologies December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-05 | Author:Tova Reich [Reich, Tova]

Upon her door, Chuck Buck reported to Yehudi when he returned to the tent from his visit to the Rebbetzin Sora Freud, was a small placard written in English: Here ...
( Category: Jewish American December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Herman Melville

I, DON JOSÉ DE ABOS AND PADILLA, His Majesty’s Notary for the Royal Revenue, and Register of this Province, and Notary Public of the Holy Crusade of this Bishoprick, &c. ...
( Category: Anthologies December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-17 | Author:Gail Parent [PARENT, GAIL]

The Wedding (Not Mine) WE DID GO BACK to Fire Island the following summer … and the following summer. Then we were the ones who were saying, “The island was ...
( Category: Jewish American December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-03-22 | Author:Karen Kay

THE SUGGESTION OF RIDING out onto the prairie was an idea Laylah could little resist. But, she would not go with Thomas. Rather, she would make this trip alone. Perhaps ...
( Category: Native American December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-12-15 | Author:Steve Stern

Romance I. The tale is told in my family of my mother’s father, Eli Goldfogle, who was engaged at birth to his future wife, Esther, in the Old Country, what ...
( Category: Jewish American December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2011-12-15 | Author:Yoshe

Approximately an hour later, a tactical search operation was in full swing. Correction officers from every facility in the five boroughs were in Five North, searching and practically tearing the ...
( Category: Urban December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-03 | Author:Patti Trafton

“All right, Lo. Congratulations, girl. I’ll call you,” Faye said, after dropping Lorene off. “I’m happy for you, Lo. I’ll call you too,” Patrice said. Faye waited until Lorene was ...
( Category: Urban December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Eduardo Halfon

IT’S THE LAST DAY OF MARCH 1970. A Tuesday with a hint of spring sunshine. Just past noon. A black Mercedes is driving down Avenida de las Americas, very slowly: ...
( Category: Hispanic American December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-07-12 | Author:K-Ming Chang [Chang, K-Ming]

* * * — Ail didn’t come to work the next morning. I did the work of two, slicing fish so fast and without feeling that I almost served someone ...
( Category: Asian American December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2019-04-23 | Author:Sue Coletta [Coletta, Sue]

Chapter Twenty-Three Monday 6:45 p.m. I was not a fan of Mondays, but I only had fifteen minutes till the end of my shift. After examining crime scene photos of ...
( Category: Native American December 19,2022 )