W. Peter Flaig Library

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After the People Lights Have Gone OffThis collection of fifteen stories taps into the horrors and fears of the supernatural as well as the everyday. Included are two original...

All the Beloved GhostsFrom 1920s Nova Scotia to the London riots of 2011, from Oscar Wilde’s grave to the Brighton Pavilion, these exquisitely formed stories c...

American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other WritingsZitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life. Raised on a Sioux reservati...

America StreetWelcome to America Street, where every story is as vital and unique as the friends, neighbors, and relatives we encounter every day. Here...

Behind YouA twisted figure crawling out of a tunnel. A giggling crowd of masked watchers. A reassembling corpse. What could be behind you, just wai...

The Best American Mystery Stories 2018#1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as h...

The Best American Short Stories 2018Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual sh...

The Best Science Fiction of the Year (The Best Science Fiction of the Year, #1)A biological plague begins infecting artificial intelligence; a natural-born Earth woman seeking asylum on another planet finds a human s...

Black EnoughBlack Enough is a star-studded anthology edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi that will delve into the closeted thoughts, hid...

The Complete StoriesThe Complete Stories brings together all of Kafka’s stories, from the classic tales such as “The Metamorphosis,” “In the Penal Colony,” a...

Dark and Distant Voices"This is every card in the horror deck, played by someone who knows the game better than most of us ever will."—Stephen Graham Jones, aut...

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other StoriesThe raid -- The woodfelling -- Three deaths -- Polikushka -- The death of Ivan Ilyich -- After the ball -- The forged coupon.

The Doll-Master and Other Tales of TerrorBold and haunting, The Doll-Master and Other Tales is a collection of six psychologically daring stories from Joyce Carol Oates. In the t...

ExhalationAn alternate cover edition for this book can be found here. From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story "The Story o...

Flash! (Flash Fiction Anthologies) (Volume 2)100 stories. 100 authors. Under 1,000 words. No holds barred. This second installment in Browncoat Press's flash fiction anthology series...

Flowers of MoldPraised for her meticulous descriptions and ability to transform the mundanity of everyday life into something strange and unexpected, Ha...

Flying Lessons & Other StoriesFor the hardback, see ISBN13: 9781101934593. Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this ...

From a Certain Point of View40 Years. 40 Stories. In honor of the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope, this unique anthology features Star Wars stories by be...

Ghost SummerWhether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, American Book Award winner and Essence bes...

Her Body and Other PartiesIn Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science f...

A Matter of SoulsFrom the shores of Africa to the bowels of a transatlantic ship to a voting booth in Mississippi to the jungles of Vietnam, all human con...

Night ShiftNever trust your heart to the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Stephen King. Especially with an anthology that features the...

100 Years of The Best American Short StoriesThe Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. For the centennial celebr...

One WorldThis book is made up of twenty-three stories, each from a different author from across the globe. All belong to one world, united in thei...

One World TwoOne World Two is the eagerly awaited follow-up to One World and another globe-trotting collection of stories. But it is more than simply ...

A People's Future of the United StatesWhat if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love comes to life in original speculative stor...

Robots vs. FairiesA unique anthology of all-new stories that challenges authors to throw down the gauntlet in an epic genre battle and demands an answer to...

The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash FictionLiterary Nonfiction. Literary Criticism and History. Reference. With its unprecedented gathering of 25 brief essays by experts in the fie...

The Secret of VentriloquismJon Padgett's The Secret of Ventriloquism, named the Best Fiction Book of 2016 by Rue Morgue Magazine, heralds the arrival of a significa...

Stories of Your Life and OthersTed Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazin...

Tales from the Inner CityTALES FROM THE INNER CITY is a collection of incredibly original stories, rich with feeling, strangely moving, almost numinous. And when ...

UnbrokenThis anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With ...

Vampires in the Lemon GroveNamed a Best Book of the Year by:The Boston GlobeO, The Oprah MagazineHuffington PostThe A.V. ClubA Washington Post Notable BookAn NPR Gr...

WoundsA gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,” the basis for the upcoming major motion picture...

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