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Short stories -- 21st century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

999,999, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185630: [Barcode: 0113503185630]
Overview

From horror-movie gore, to sword swallowing, to breaking the Galaga score counter, strange obsessions lie at the core of this short-story collection. These obsessions often come in the form of unsolvable mysteries that characters are compelled to resolve.

Dates: 2015

Absent on picture day, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185606: [Barcode: 0113503185606]
Overview

Whether motivated by infatuation, fear, or ambition, the characters in the following stories find themselves taking hopeful risks. While a few reflect on their results, and others attempt to reconcile, some pass straight into the ether. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Deep, dark places of the heart, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503186034: [Barcode: 0113503186034]
Overview

A collection of stories that centers on characters whose lives are disrupted or bound together by secrets -- those that protect or inhibit them from what they desire the most. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Ghost guessed, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185671: [Barcode: 0113503185671]
Overview

Collection of six linked stories depicting a family's struggle to come to terms with marriage, motherhood, illness and loss. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Heart mountain, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503186026: [Barcode: 0113503186026]
Overview

A collection of linked stories examining the impact of WWII upon the Japanese American community. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Home, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185960: [Barcode: 0113503185960]
Overview

A collection of short fiction that explores the relationships between family members, those close connections or estrangements that affect our feelings of the places and people that we consider home. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Lost but never alone, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503186059: [Barcode: 0113503186059]
Overview

The title of the collection comes from a consistent theme within the stories, focusing on relationships, whether they are friendships, husband and wife, or parent and child. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Sex and drugs and rock and roll if you know where to look, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185689: [Barcode: 0113503185689]
Overview

Showcases [the author's] efforts to explore diverse perspectives while not losing focus on telling compelling stories. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Still short of Memphis, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185614: [Barcode: 0113503185614]
Overview

Five stories of misfits and wanderers, musicians and shut-ins, all struggling to make their voices heard from the fringes of Tennessee, from the outskirts of its cities to its forgotten small towns. --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

The fragile hour, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503186067: [Barcode: 0113503186067]
Overview

Collection of thirteen stories, eight of which are short-shorts.

Dates: 2015

The northern provinces, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503186075: [Barcode: 0113503186075]
Overview

Linked short story collection exploring a year, 1993-1994, in a small fictional city in the Basque Country within Spain. Against the backdrop of the Basque County's struggle for independence in the wake of the Spanish Civil War and the end of the Franco r

Dates: 2015

To the end of the world again, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185945: [Barcode: 0113503185945]
Overview

This collection is filled with prose that develops rhythms and themes in richness of detail and character. Those who want wealth or love will discover the high price of both success and failure in those endeavors in these stories. And after all that, some

Dates: 2015