Short Stories (single Author)

In this all-new short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci, worlds collide when government assassin Will Robie is ...

"The Book Case" is a story that features Nelson DeMille's most famous (successful) character, Detective John Corey, who has appeared in six ...

An original short story by New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.Frank Becker is a highly sought after, expert assassin. When Bec...

Noelle Mitchell never explained why she abruptly ran away from home at the age of fifteen. All anyone knew was that her boyfriend Reno convi...

Mary Higgins Clark is a master storyteller, who keeps hr readers spellbound. Now, in her first two published stories, written in the fifties,...

From Jeffery Deaver--the New York Times bestselling author of the upcoming Lincoln Rhyme novel THE KILL ROOM (on sale June 4, 2013)--comes a...

From the undisputed Queen of Vampire Literature, Anne Rice, The Master of Rampling Gate is a chilling tale of vampiric seduction.Se...

Fiendish suspense. Shocking twists. Twelve diabolical tales. New York Times bestselling author and highly acclaimed storyteller Jeffery De...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner’s short story, The Half Life, previously published in Redbook magazine is now avai...

Death is the end, and if a man doesn't speak before it silences him, then his deepest secrets go with him.From #1 New York Times
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A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.

A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.

From Jeffery Deaver--the New York Times bestselling author of the upcoming Lincoln Rhyme novel THE KILL ROOM (on sale June 4, 2013)--come th...

Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered A...

Another story of Roma Eterna. A Roman nobleman is sent in punishment to a remote corner of the Empire–the Arabian city we know as Mecca...

A Stephen King ghost story in the grand tradition, Riding the Bullet is the ultimate warning about the dangers of hitchhiking. A college stu...

Jesus' Son is a visionary chronicle of dreamers, addicts, and lost souls. These stories tell of spiraling grief and transcendence, of rock bo...

"On the busy, bustling, colonized future Moon, McAuley reminds us that although everyone makes mistakes, some mistakes have far greater conse...

When Golds daughter is viciously attacked by a neighbors dog and barely escapes with her life, Golds world is torn open. Haunted by the incid...

Encore, Encore! The brilliant sequel to the smash bestseller Auntie Mame is back and the reviews are in.…Praise:“As extravagantly...

Parker's quips and light verse have become embedded in the American literary landscape. In these selected stories is the chance to draw on he...

Here are twelve magnificent stories in which John Cheever celebrates -- with unequaled grace and tenderness -- the deepest feelings we have....

A classic tale of brotherly love and rivalry from short-story master Tobias Wolff Pete has always been successful. Happily married with two ...

Kate Chopin is a widely considered the forerunner to the feminist authors of the twentieth century. Focusing on themes of race and gender, he...

A lesson on the power of vanity, The Necklace tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband. Mathilde always imagined herself as ...

Road Rage unites Richard Matheson's classic Duel and the contemporary work it inspired—two power-packed short stories by three of the ...

Charles Dickens is known for writing the greatest of all Christmas stories...A Christmas Carol, but few know that he wrote a number of other ...

A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.

A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.

The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifter...

After many happy years of marriage and raising a family, Brian and Kathleen suddenly find themselves a bit lost in life. Midwesterners who&rs...

In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into remarkable moments in the lives of women, when memories and events c...

The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career, forming a luminous chronicle of the life and times ...

One of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary storiesIn The A...

In his second collection, including the iconic and much-referenced title story featured in the Academy Award-winning film Birdman, Raymond Ca...

A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.

Jonathan Lethem's new collection of stories is a feast for his fans and the perfect introduction for new listeners-- a smorgasbord of fantast...

With his marriage on the rocks, a father takes his son skiing for the weekend. After insisting on staying just a bit longerdespite a growing ...

Mr. Givens obituary is nothing remarkable, hardly something to remember at all. He led a quiet life, served in the Army, was married to the s...

One of Tobias Wolffs classic tales, "The Liar" is the story of a deceitful teenage boy and his religious, resolute mother. James is a liar. ...

One of F. Scott Fitzgeralds earliest short stories, The Ice Palace is about Sally Carrol Happer, a young Southern woman who is bored with her...

Before Louisa May Alcott achieved national fame with Little Women, she received success and recognition for Hospital Sketches, which was publ...

A prominent sociologist, lecturer, and writer of the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Perkins Gilmans unorthodox concepts and lifestyle hel...

O. Henry was a prolific American short-story writera master of surprise endingswho wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. ...

Burke, a San Francisco lawyer, is defending a woman who has been disabled by a botched surgery. His client has a personal connection to Burke...

García, the wealthy, swaggering son of a foreign dictator, invites two lower-class boys from his boarding school to have dinner in New...

Western writer and historian Dale L. Walker writes, Londons true genius lay in the short form, 7,500 words and under, where the flood of imag...

Celeste and Marla are the type of friends who know each others' thoughts without having to hear them spoken. So as the two friends sit and en...

The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career, forming a luminous chronicle of the life and times ...

The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career, forming a luminous chronicle of the life and times ...