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Different Seasons

by Stephen King

Four mesmerizing novellas, including the ones that inspired the movies The Shawshank Redemption , Apt Pupil , and Stand by Me .

Four Past Midnight

by Stephen King

The scary story has never been the same since. An extraordinary quartet of full-length novellas: The Langoliers , Secret Window , Secret Garden , The Library Policeman , and The Sun Dog .

The Bachman Books : Four Early Novels by Richard Bachman (Rage / The Long Walk / Roadwork / The Running Man)

The Bachman Books : Four Early Novels by Richard Bachman (Rage / The Long Walk / Roadwork / The Running Man)

by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man. A compelling collection of four spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense - "Rage", "The Long Walk", "Roadwork" and "The Running Man" - in which Stephen King also explains 'Why I was Richard Bachman'.

Hearts In Atlantis

by Stephen King

'Although it is difficult to believe, the 60s are not fictional; they actually happened' (from the Author's Note). "Hearts in Atlantis" comprises of five brilliant, interconnected, sequential narratives, each deeply rooted in the 60s and haunted by the Vietnam War: In "Low Men in Yellow Coats", 11-year-old Bobby discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. In the title story, a... (more)

Isis

by Douglas Clegg

New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg brings us Isis , a beautifully illustrated, unforgettable novella that is sure to become a classic tale of the supernatural. If you lost someone you loved, what would you pay to bring them back from the dead? Old Marsh, the gardener at Belerion Hall, warned the Villiers girl about the old ruins along the sea-cliffs. “Never go in, miss. Never say a prayer at its... (more)

Angry Management

by Chris Crutcher

Every kid in this group wants to fly. Every kid in this group has too much ballast. Mr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits. A place for stories. And, man, does this crew have stories. There's Angus Bethune and Sarah Byrnes, who can hide from everyone but each other. Together, they will embark on a road trip full of haunting endings and glimmering beginnings. And Montana West, who doesn't... (more)

Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels (H B J Modern Classic)

Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels (H B J Modern Classic)

by Katherine Anne Porter

First published in 1939, these three short novels secured the author’s reputation as a master of short fiction.

Fantasy

by Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries

In these four new novellas by today's hottest romance writers, a Victorian widow auctions off her most prized possession: herself...a beautiful jungle explorer discovers her own wild side...a bloodthirsty beauty gives in to her darkest desires...and a young woman turns an all-male academy into a school for seduction.

Santa, Baby

by Jennifer Crusie, Carly Phillips, Lori Foster

Get ready for a holiday season you’ll never forget with three of today’s most sensational writers who know what every woman wants for the holidays. You’ll believe in Santa all over again with these seductive stories from: JENNIFER CRUSIE Mayhem ensues under the mistletoe as a determined shopper grabs the very last hot toy action figure off the shelf, only to find herself plunged into the middle of a... (more)

Angels & Insects: Two Novellas (Vintage International)

Angels & Insects: Two Novellas (Vintage International)

by A. S. Byatt

The author of Possession returns to the territory of her bestselling novel in two breathtaking fictions that explore the social and psychic landscape of Victorian England. Set in a proper country house with undercurrents of brutality and at a seance where historical figures yearn for one another, these works remind us of Byatt's powers.

Legends

by Robert Silverberg, Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Anne McCaffrey, Raymond E. Feist

The greatest collection of original fantasy short novels ever--11 of the most famous bestselling writers of epic fantasy tell new and original tales set in their bestselling worlds. Featured are works by Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Robert Silverberg, Tad Williams, Raymond E. Feist, and, of course, the master of the... (more)

Bad Boys in Kilts

by Donna Kauffman

Rascal Brodie Chisholm has more charm than the law allows, which is a good thing given that he's bailed out of university to run the local pub. Brodie loves everything about the pub life: the community, the darts, trading barbs with the lads, flirting outrageously with the lasses - except for Kat Henderson, of course. She'd probably kick his ass. But Kat's about to show Brodie that the woman of his dreams might... (more)

The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

by Nella Larsen

In The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen , whose career flamed brightly but briefly in the 1920s, we rediscover one of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Nella Larsen's subject is the struggle of sensitive, spirited heroines to find a place for themselves in a hostile world. Passing is the story of a light-skinned beauty who, after spending years passing for white, finds herself dangerously... (more)

The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (New York Review Books Classics)

The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (New York Review Books Classics)

by Alvaro Mutis

Winner of the 2002 Neustadt Prize for World Literature, these seven novellas follow Maqroll's adventures and love affairs from Amazon jungles to Andean peaks. In a world threatened by violence and given over to dirty deals, Maqroll strives at all costs to preserve his honor and maintain his independence. "One of the greatest writers of our time." -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Legends II: Shadows, Gods, and Demons

by Robert Silverberg

Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends , his acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long-awaited second volume is here. Legends II picks up where its illustrious predecessor left off. All of the bestselling writers represented in Legends II return to the special universe of... (more)

The MacGregor Brides (Macgregors)

by Nora Roberts

In this captivating story, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces us to the next generation of one of her most popular and celebrated families, as cousins Laura, Gwendolyn and Julia discover what their parents already know -- that their busybody grandfather has an unerring instinct for love. Daniel MacGregor is at it again! At age ninety, there is nothing the powerful patriarch of... (more)

Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas

Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas

by Jane Smiley

"Smiley's stories lucidly explore the complexities of contemporary sexual and dometic life...the emotional and moral complexity that she uncovers in the characters of these resonant novellas confirms Jane Smiley's singular talent. ORDINARY LOVE AND GOOD WILL is an extraordinary achievement." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD ORDINARY LOVE At a reunion with her grown children, a woman recalls the long-ago affair that... (more)

Mistletoe and Mayhem (Avon Romance)

by Christie Ridgway

An unexpected visitor is about to arrive with an unexpected gift ... Will it be something wonderful or woeful, rueful or romantic... or a little bit of everything? In the expert hands of four unsurpassed storytellers, "the season of giving" takes on an air of mystery. Get ready for a stockingful of shocking -- a potent holiday punch spiked with surprises, a hearty dash of romance and a twist of murder! The... (more)

Animal Farm

by George Orwell

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned - a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first... (more)

Ender: Book 1

First Meetings

by Orson Scott Card

Meet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the unforgettable boy-hero of Ender's Game --winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel--and enter his Universe through this collection of stories. "The Polish Boy" is John Paul Wiggin, the future father of Ender. In the years between the first two Bugger Wars, the Hegemony is desperate to recruit brilliant military commanders to repel the alien invasion. They may... (more)

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by Stephen King

by Stephen King

by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

by Stephen King

by Douglas Clegg

by Chris Crutcher

by Katherine Anne Porter

by Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries

by Jennifer Crusie, Carly Phillips, Lori Foster

by A. S. Byatt

by Robert Silverberg, Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Anne McCaffrey, Raymond E. Feist

by Donna Kauffman

by Nella Larsen

by Alvaro Mutis

by Robert Silverberg

by Nora Roberts

by Jane Smiley

by Christie Ridgway

by George Orwell

by Orson Scott Card