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The Best Short Stories 2022 by The Best Short Stories 2022 (retail) (epub)
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 )
No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez
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 )
Upheaval: Stories by Chris Holbrook
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 )
This Is My Beloved by Walter Benton
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 )
The Undertaker's Wife by Len Gasparini
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 )
The Jewish War by Tova Reich
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 )
Great Short Works of Herman Melville by Herman Melville
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 )
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York by Gail Parent
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 )
She Steals My Breath by Karen Kay
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 )
The Book of Mischief by Steve Stern
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 )
Taboo 2:: Locked In by Yoshe
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 )
Everybody In the Church Ain't Saved by Patti Trafton
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 )
Canción by Eduardo Halfon
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 )
Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang
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 )
Silent Mayhem: The Mayhem Series: #3 by Sue Coletta
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 )

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