Short stories, American
Found in 367 Collections and/or Records:
Stupid human tricks, 1991
Suburban mermaids, 2002
Surface logic, 2007
This collection of short stories explores the connections and tensions between the rational and imaginative worlds, with special emphasis on the role of women. My characters are often experiencing the world through 'surface logic,' a self-contained system
Survived by, 2004
Sustaining friendships, 2002
Swimming and other stories, 2000
Swimming with dogs, 2005
A collection of short fiction featuring women at different transitions into adulthood. Through each of their unique circumstances, these women try to figure out how to navigate their inner and outer worlds. -- abstract.
Tales of Atreval, 2005
A collection of interconnected short stories set in a fantasy world called Atreval. -- abstract.
Tell me anything, 1995
Tell me what you're thinking, 1994
Terra Firma and other stories, 1998
In these five short stories, characters grapple to define a shifting sense of reality. Though from vastly different backgrounds and situations, all share a life-altering loss. -- abstract.
Texas night-blooming, 2005
...a collection of thirteen stories that introduces as many different Texans, each either leaving, returning or trying to find some way to stay. -- abstract.
That day, 2011
Welcome to Eastport, Connecticut, home of the Wildcats and Dr. Dan's banana marshmallow ice cream. That is, it was known this way, until June 9, 2003, when Benjamin Finley brought a Browning 9mm semi-automatic pistol to the high school and killed five stu
The after party and other stories, 2005
These stories explore questions of identity, roles in society, and their development through the craft of fiction. -- abstract.
The animal machine, 2012
The collection of short stories loosely follows three generations of characters interconnected by the far-flung stillness of New Mexico and the rural haunt of eastern Pennsylvania. -- abstract.
The art of sidewalk chalk and other stories, 2005
This collection of short stories is a section of a larger story cycle. All set in East Boston, Massachusetts, the stories explore working-class life in an urban setting. -- abstract.
The avenue of the giants, 2011
In 'The Avenue of the Giants' the characters often find themselves treading on unfamiliar territory as they enter into new stages of their lives. Whether it is a pair of twenty-one-year-olds eloping, a husband and wife coping with a terminal illness, or t
The away game, 2012
In the title story, a high school basketball coach in the midst of a losing season struggles with the disintegration of his marriage. Many other stories in the collection...also center on instances of separation and disconnection. -- abstract.
The bark of the fancy trees, 2001
The beat of things : a collection of stories, 2010
The characters in this collection are connected by a shared history in a small town in rural Louisiana. Read individually, the stories bring to life characters who are struggling with the everday material of being alive, and who, for the most part, are wi