Impact: Fifty Short Stories3 reviews Fannie Safier Henry Holt & Company, 1996 A fabulous collection of short short stories for teachers + Great Book + Impact: fifty short short stories "Impact" is a book my school has used for nearly a decade as an introduction to the short story, literary issues, and writing projects. An excellent selection of 50 short-short stories, "Impact" follows up each story with a discussion of some appropriate literary term, a selection of questions ...             The Watcher and Other Stories4 reviews Italo Calvino Harvest Books, 1975 Nice Collection + Dealing with problems + How humanity copes The Watcher and Other Stories is a collection of three different but thematically interlinked stories. I personally thought that the title story was the most intriguing. The Watcher deals with our protagonist "watching" the voting procedures in a home for invalids/deranged/etc. The home is a ...             Just Weird: Short Stories Marguerite Hobbs Vantage Press, 2007             What\'s It All About? Dave Eggleton\'s Story Dave Eggleton Story Trafford Publishing, 2006 The book is a combination of events and stories about Daves lifestyle and activities. it includes early life times, work interests, (Probation Officer), hobbies, (coin dealing, treasure hunting). family experiences etc.             Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)45 reviews Neil Gaiman Harper Perennial, 2007 neil gaiman--great as always + Fragile and Upsettling things + Wonderful Imagination Whether you've read Neil Gaiman before or not, I recommend reading this collection of short stories. They are cleverly written dark fantasy stories that really appeal to one's imagination. Not only are the stories all great, but the book also contains an Introduction where Neil gives brief ...             Short Stories: Lady with Cat & Other Stories Dorothy Walker Trafford Publishing, 2004 Short Stories is an anthology of short fiction not based on any one particular theme. Dorothy Walker uses the short story format to describe various settings, characters and subject matter. Each story is wonderfully enticing and all link together to form an admirable representation of Australian short fiction.             Read This and Tell Me What It Says: Stories (Bard Book)6 reviews A. Manette Ansay Harper Perennial, 1998 I love this author! + I usually read a lot of nonfiction--memoirs but.. + Read This and Weep + Read This and Weep + a good read             Candide and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) Voltaire Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's "philosophical tales," in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. What Candide does for chivalric romance, the other tales in this selection--Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull--do ...             Single Scene Short Stories1 review Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2007 Great Anthology for Writing Teachers The short stories Margaret Bishop has assembled in this collection are not only wonderful to read, but are also perfect stories for writing teachers who want to show, not tell, their students how to create effective scenes. Each of the thirty-two stories included in the anthology was chosen for ...             Great Mystery Series: 12 Of the Best Mystery Short Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Media Books Audio Publishing, 2000             Best Short Stories of the Modern Age2 reviews Douglas Angus Fawcett, 1987 For the money, it really packs a punch + Time to Catch up on the Old Masters This is a great buy if you want a good sampling of great short stories from popular writers, but don't want to go out and buy an entire anthology. Among the authors included are Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, William Faulkner, D. H. Lawrence, and ...             Tales of Suicide: A Selection from Luigi Pirandello's Short Stories for a Year Luigi Pirandello Dante University of America Press, 1987             Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence, and Forbidden Desires, a Surprising Number of ...6 reviews Pete Dexter Ecco, 2007 Brilliant, fun, sad, poignant ... + A REAL TREASURE. + Blast from Past + Pete Dexter can WRITE! + Biting             Never Put a Piano on the Outside Wall: A Book of Related Short Stories Judith Mansfield Cody SFA Publishing LA, 2004 Judy always heard Mama say, "I hope the neighbors won't find out about this." After her brother Ross' sudden death, Judy witnessed all the basic Southern family food groups: attempted suicide, alcoholism, mental illness, infidelity, voodoo, divorce, jail time, and...hope. Like a piano placed against the outside wall, almost everyone she knew seemed out of tune. In a lifelong journey, Judy ...             Come October...: Short Stories and Poems for Lovers of the Bizarre1 review Edward T May AuthorHouse, 2003 An entirely original and terrifying work Having recently enjoyed May's BRIDGE OF SIGHS AND OTHER STORIES, I was more than ready for COME OCTOBER... subtitled "Short Stories and Poems for Lovers of the Bizarre", this is quite a treat. And treat is an apt word since these horror stories and poems are sewn into the fabric of Halloween. My ...             Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Lover: 101 True Stories of Soul Mates Brought Together by Divine Intervention ...12 reviews Arielle Ford Plume, 2001 A Gorgeous Book On Spiritual Love + A book to uplift a lover's soul...... + When you just need to believe in love + Inspirational & Hopeful Book             Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories Donald R. Gallo Laurel Leaf, 1995 Here are seventeen original short stories that reflect young adults' views on friendships and prejudice, expectations and disappointments, and connections and confrontations.             The Exiles, and Other Short Stories Honore de Balzac, Translated by Clara Bell BiblioBazaar, 2006 Short excerpt: Now, here is one, he went on, pointing to a girl who was folding an altar-cloth, clumsily enough, it must be owned, who looks to me more like a damsel rather free of her person than a sturdy country wench.             The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 197010 reviews Touchstone, 1999 Amazing. + This is a Terrific Collection + Buy it for all your writer friends! + A Treasure Chest Of Short Fiction             The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories7 reviews Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 An Excellent Compilation of International Short Stories!!!! + Very Pleased + Excellent textbook for writing course + Superb sampling of short fiction