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From the prolific Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston, ‘Spunk'and ‘Sweat'are thought-provoking short stories set in the heart of African-American communities following the civil war. ‘Spunk', first published in 1925, is set in an all-Black community in rural America and poses the question of whether moral strength is more powerful than physical strength. Spunk Banks is described as a ‘giant'. He is unafraid of anything or anyone, but when he openly flaunts his affair with Lena Kanty, Joe Kanty's wife, could it be his superstition rather than a physical weakness that is his downfall? ‘Sweat', first published in 1926, is an early feminist story, presenting the contrasting lives of a married couple: the sweat and toil of Delia and the leisure and privilege of her abusive husband, Sykes. When it becomes apparent that both want their relationship to end, Sykes appears to be willing to go to horrific measures to ensure Delia is out of his life for good. Zora Neale Hurston explores themes of fortitude, integrity, and early intersectional feminism. Portraying contemporary issues in the everyday lives of Black people, Hurston was an important literary figure in the Harlem Renaissance. This collection has been published together with an introductory essay on the Harlem Renaissance and would make a wonderful addition to the bookshelves of Zora Neale Hurston fans.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Frank Riley from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Executioner','The Cyber And Justice Holmes','Bright Islands', and'Project Hi-Psi'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Robert W. Krepps from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Vengeance From the Past', and'Don't Panic!'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by H. Beam Piper from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Edge Of The Knife','Day Of The Moron','The Answer', and'Omnilingual'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Robert Emmett McDowell from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Outcasts of Solar III','Black Silence', and'Moon of Treason'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by H. Beam Piper from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Graveyard Of Dreams','Oomphel In The Sky','Operation R.S.V.P.', and'Temple Trouble'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Robert Silverberg from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Lair of the Dragonbird','Outcast of the Stars','The Inquisitor','A Madman On Board', and'Rescue Mission'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Henry Farrell from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Laughter of Toffee', and'No Time For Toffee'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Ray Bradbury from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Rocket Summer','Jonah of the Jove-Run', and'Pillar of Fire'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by H. Beam Piper from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Time Crime', and'A Slave Is A Slave'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Frank Riley from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'A Question Of Identity','Abbr.', and'Eddie'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by H. Beam Piper from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Police Operation','Last Enemy','Time And Time Again', and'He Walked Around The Horses'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Fritz Leiber from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Night Of The Long Knives','A Pail Of Air', and'Friends and Enemies'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Evelyn E. Smith from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Collector's Item','The Doorway','Helpfully Yours', and'The Blue Tower'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Henry Slesar from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Delegate From Venus','Brainchild','The Stuff', and'A Message From Our Sponsor'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Robert Abernathy from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Dead-Star Rover', and'Hostage of Tomorrow'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Henry Kuttner from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Big Night', and'The Power and the Glory'.

The Akashic Noir Series'forensic study of Southern California sharpens its focus on one of Los Angeles's most recognized neighborhoods.“If you're of a certain age, your perception of South Los Angeles might have been formed by riots and rappers. Or maybe you know it through television... But Gary Phillips, who grew up there, has a more historically complex point of view... For Phillips and the 13 other writers who contributed to his just-published anthology, those narrower, pop-infused renditions are just the tip of the iceberg... with the result that their work—and their city—is much richer for the exercise.” —Los Angeles Times'Let's make some space for crime fiction in miniature. Akashic Books offers its latest city-centric noir anthology with SOUTH CENTRAL NOIR (Akashic, 275 pp., paperback, $16.95), which includes 14 top-notch stories about one of Los Angeles's most chronicled neighborhoods. The editor, Gary Phillips—whose most recent novel is One-Shot Harry—has assembled a formidable group of writers that includes Jervey Tervalon, Tananarive Due, Naomi Hirahara, Steph Cha and Penny Mickelbury.'—New York Times Book ReviewFeaturing brand-new stories by: Steph Cha, Nikolas Charles, Tananarive Due, Larry Fondation, Gar Anthony Haywood, Naomi Hirahara, Emory Holmes II, Roberto Lovato, Penny Mickelbury, Gary Phillips, Eric Stone, Jervey Tervalon, Jeri Westerson, and Désirée Zamorano.From the Introduction by Gary Phillips'Within these pages you'll find stories of those walking the straight and narrow—until something untoward happens. Maybe it's someone taking a step out of line, getting caught up in circumstances spiraling out of their control. Maybe they're planning the grift, the grab... whatever it is to finally put them over. Other times the steps they take are to get themselves or people they care about out from under. You'll find the offerings in these pages are a rich mix of tone—tales told of hope, survival, revenge, and triumph. Excursions beyond the headlines and the hype.The settings herein reflect South Central today or chronicle its colorful past, such as the days of the jazz joints along Central Avenue... From South Park to East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from the borderlands of Watts to the one-time Southern Pacific railroad tracks paralleling Slauson Avenue, take a tour of a section of Los Angeles that may be unfamiliar to you but you will get to know, at least a little, by the time you finish reading this entertaining and engaging anthology.'

Three Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Featured here:'Cosmic Saboteur','You Don't Walk Alone', and'Wanted: One Sane Man', all by Frank M. Robinson.

This edition includes: Table of Contents: The Voice Of The City The Making Of A New Yorker A Retrieved Reformation The Cop And The Anthem The Duplicity Of Hargraves The Gift Of The Magi The Last Leaf The Ransom Of Red Chief The Skylight Room The Trimmed Lamp The Whirligig Of Life A Harlem Tragedy Biography of O. Henry The Gift of the Magi is a story about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. The Cop and the Anthem is about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so that he can be a guest of the city jail instead of sleeping out in the cold winter. A Retrieved Reformation tells the tale of safecracker Jimmy Valentine, recently freed from prison. The Duplicity of Hargraves is a short story about a nearly destitute father and daughter's trip to Washington, D.C. The Ransom of Red Chief is a short story, it follows two men who kidnap and attempt to ransom a wealthy Alabaman's son; eventually, the men are driven to distraction by the boy's spoiled and hyperactive behavior, and end up having to pay the boy's father to take him back. William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.

This volume of Wildside Press's Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series assembles a second volume of George O. Smith's classic short stories. Here are— “Rat Race”“Alien”“Vocation”“The Answer”“Blind Time”“The Impossible Pirate”“Calling the Empress”“Fine Feathers”“Circle of Confusion”“Identity”“Lost Art”“The Fixer”“The Incredible Invasion”“Trouble Times Two” If you enjoy this volume of Wildside Press's best-selling MEGAPACK® series, search your favorite ebook store for more than 400 more volumes, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, romance, and many, many more subjects!

Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds is a collection of Benét's finest and most famous short stories, including “The Devil and Daniel Webster” (1936), “By the Waters of Babylon” (1937), and “The King of the Cats” (1929). The complete contents consists of: By the Waters of BabylonThe Blood of the MartyrsThe King of the CatsA Story by Angela PoeThe Treasure of Vasco GomezThe Curfew TollsThe Sobbin'WomenThe Devil and Daniel WebsterDaniel Webster and the Sea SerpentGlamourEverybody was Very NiceA Death in the CountryBlossom and Fruit Introduction by Karl Wurf.

A master of the short form, Gina Berriault stands somewhere between Chekhov and Isaac Babel in style and psychological acuity.'Berriault writes real fiction... She deepens reality, complements it and affords us the bliss of knowing, for a moment, what we cannot know.'—The Nation “A wonderful storyteller and a beautiful writer.” —Grace PaleyThe seven stories—“Infinite Passion of Expectation,” “Tea Ceremony,” “The Mistress,” “The Overcoat,” “Stolen Pleasures,” “Works of the Imagination,” and “Women in Their Beds”—offer a glimpse into the oeuvre of one of the most celebrated voices in American letters.

A thrilling new story collection from acclaimed writer Don Lee exploring Asian American identity, spanning decades and continents'Don Lee is one of those masterful storytellers who is both classic and modern, who can transport you into any setting, with any character.'—The TODAY Show, recommended by author Weike Wang'The organizing conceit of all [Lee's] fiction has remained consistent: Asian Americans are not monoliths... Lee narrates from a collective perspective, his stories offering a kaleidoscopic vision of all the ways it feels to be yellow.'—New York Times Book Review'Nine stories feature complicated Asian American characters living insightfully depicted lives in the worlds of moviemaking, restaurants, and bedrooms.'—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review'Familiar joy is immediate as one reenters Lee's signature worlds of brilliant resonance and quiet depth. In his first short story collection since his lauded Yellow debut, Lee again questions identity, unlikely relationships, and fleeting connections... While Lee's devotees will joyfully relish casually dropped references to previous titles, new readers should savor plenty of first-time delight.'—Booklist, STARRED review'The Partition is flat-out brilliant: a witty, kaleidoscopic tear through questions of race and identity in America today by a writer who has wrought luminous fiction from these issues for years. Don Lee's collection offers vivid, entertaining proof that ethnicity is never straightforward or easy—no matter who we are, or where we stand.'—Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad Twenty-one years after the publication of his landmark debut collection Yellow, Don Lee returns to the short story form for his sixth book, The Partition.The Partition is an updated exploration of Asian American identity, this time with characters who are presumptive model minorities in the arts, academia, and media. Spanning decades, these nine novelistic stories traverse an array of cities, from Tokyo to Boston, Honolulu to El Paso, touching upon transient encounters in local bars, restaurants, and hotels.Culminating in a three-story cycle about a Hollywood actor, The Partition incisively examines heartbreak, identity, family, and relationships—the characters searching for answers to universal questions: Where do I belong? How can I find love? What defines an authentic self?

Amazing Stories Volume 107 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are two short stories by Manly Wade Wellman:'Warrior of Two Worlds', and'Bratton's Idea', two stories by Miles J. Breuer,'The Einstein See-Saw', and'The Oversight'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Keith Laumer from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Desert and the Stars','A Bad Day For Vermin','The Yillian Way','Omnilingual', and'End As A Hero'.

Twenty-two stories from the'Argonaut'magazine. Featured here: Moon-Face by Jack London, A Caged Lion by Frank Norris, The Race Bond by Gwendolen Overton, The Rajah's Nemesis by William C. Morrow and eighteen more

This is a great collection of action short stories by Algis Budrys from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Barbarians','Desire No More','Riya's Foundling', and'The Stoker and the Stars'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Allen Kim Lang from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Underground Movement','Guest Expert','Machine of Klamugra', and'The Eel by the Tail'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Gardner F. Fox from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Warlock of Sharrador','Werwile of the Crystal Crypt', and'When Kohonnes Screamed'.

Before passing up a career in law for the writing life, Richard Matthews Hallett lived an exciting life of adventure, that included a stint as a police officer, and as a seaman aboard a schooner bound for Australia. He then trekked across that country and lived by his wits in England for a time before returning to the States. Later, he was a deck officer on warships convoying soldiers and horses across the Atlantic in WW I, and facing U-boat attacks.Over is life, Hallett wrote several novels and more than 200 short stories that were published in the most widely read magazines of the day, including the Saturday Evening Post, Harper's, Atlantic, Collier's, Everybody's, and American Legion Monthly. The stories gathered here, published in the first half of the twentieth century, include vivid tales of the sea, both in the days of sail and in the midst of war, often built around ship-board tensions and tumult; and stories of Maine and New England and their small town values and rivalries.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal comes an electric masterclass in short fiction'Fearless... This summer's must-read literary thriller'EVENING STANDARD'Showcases Taddeo's dark imagination, confronting prose and vodka-dry humour'RED----------------Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honour. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends crash into life's responsibilities, but the magic of their glory days comes alive again at the moment they least expect it.In these nine riveting stories, Lisa Taddeo brings to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love and the mania of grief. Featuring Taddeo's arresting prose that continues to thrill her legions of fans, Ghost Lover dares you to look away.----------------PRAISE FOR LISA TADDEO:'One of my favourite writers of all time'DUA LIPA'A pre-eminent channeller of women's interior lives'FINANCIAL TIMES'A brilliant writer, and a storyteller possessed of almost supernatural humanity'ELIZABETH GILBERT

Two Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Featured here:'Counterweight', and'Death in Transit', both by Jerry Sohl.

A brand-new anthology with fifteen exclusive short stories offering taut and dramatic tales set on Earth and in dark reaches of space, featuring the ultimate hunters, the Yautja—also also known as Predators. The diverse lineup of authors includes Stephen Graham Jones, Linda Addison, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Peter Briggs, and many more. Fifteen original, never-before-seen short stories set in the expanded Predator universe from the first film, featuring the ultimate hunters, the Yautja from the movie Predator. Set in the recent past, the present, and the future, these edge-of-your-seat adventures by many of today's top SF and horror authors take place on Earth and in the dark, unforgiving reaches of space. The diverse, multi-ethnic group of authors includes New York Times bestsellers, Stoker Award winners, and acclaimed contributors to the Alien and Predator universes. Included in this volume are Native American award-winning horror author Stephen Graham Jones, Linda Addison— the first African American to win the Stoker Award, Peter Briggs, screenwriter for Hellboy, New York Times bestselling author and visionary podcaster Scott Sigler (Aliens: Phalanx), award-winning author Ammar Habib (The Heart of Aleppo), New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, Emmy nominated writer Joshua Pruett of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Tim Lebbon, author of the Aliens vs. Predators'Rage War', and many more. Featuring Stephen Graham Jones, Linda Addison, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Peter Briggs, Tim Lebbon, A. R. Reddington, Robert Greenberger, Ammar Habib, Gini Koch, Kim May, Yvonne Navarro, Joshua Pruett and Bryan Thomas Schmidt. © 2021 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS

A short fiction collection that deconstructs whiteness by retelling Greek, Roman, and Christian myths, concepts, and characters through a contemporary lens that reads whiteness into history as a force of destruction for white characters.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Alien Dies at Dawn','The Incomplete Theft','Menace From Vega', and'Bleekman's Planet'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Algis Budrys from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Firegod','Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night','Citadel', and'The Rag and Bone Men'.

Amazing Stories Volume 112 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are two short stories by Wilburn S. Peacock:'The Victory of Klon', and'The Thing of Venus', and one story by Carl Richard Jacobi & Clifford D. Simak,'The Street That Wasn't There', plus two stories by Joseph Samachson & William Morrison,'The Weather On Mercury', and'A Feast Of Demons'.

Amazing Stories Volume 123 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are six short stories by different authors:'Eyes That Watch', by Raymond Z. Gallun,'The Night Has a Thousand Eyes'by Dorothy De Courcy & John De Curcy,'Who Goes There?'by Charles H. Davis,'Happy Rain Night'by Dean Evans,'Meet Me in Tomorrow'by Guy Archette, and'Sword of Fire'by Robert Emmett McDowell.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Murray Leinster from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'Planet of Sand','Grist', and'The Gregory Circle'.

Amazing Stories Volume 127 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are four short stories by different authors:'Let's get Together'by Isaac Asimov,'Sequel'by Ben Smith,'Hunt the Hog'by Robert E. Gilbert, and'Phantom Duel'by Ford McCormack.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Evelyn E. Smith from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Man Outside','The Vilbar Party','Not Fit For Children','Once A Greech', and'Man's Best Friend'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Poul Anderson from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'World of the Mad','Innocent At Large','The Valor of Cappen Varra', and'The Temple of Earth'.

Amazing Stories Volume 108 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are two short stories by Henry Hasse:'Final Glory', and'Eternal Zemmd Must Die!', and two stories by Dorothy De Courcy & John De Curcy,'Foundling on Venus', and'Goma's Follicles'.

Amazing Stories Volume 126 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are seven short stories by different authors:'Raiders of the Universe', by Donald A. Wandrei,'Round-Up Time'by Chester Cohen,'Prison Planet'by Wilson Tucker,'Out of the Sea'by Leigh Brackett,'The Ring Bonanza'by Otto Binder,'The Jet Jockeys'by R. W. Stockkeker and'The Stroller'by Margaret St. Clair.

Amazing Stories Volume 110 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are two short stories by Lucius Daniel:'Up For Renewal', and'Martians Never Die', and three stories by Alan Cogan,'In The Cards','Nothing But The Best', and'The Amateurs'plus two stories by Alan Arkin,'Whiskaboom', and'People Soup'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by C. C. MacApp from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'And All The Earth A Grave','All That Earthly Remains','The Pride of Islands','Omnilingual','A Guest Of Ganymede','The Drug', and'Tulan'.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Murray Leinster from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'The Deadly Dust','Exploration Team', and'Skit-tree Planet'.

Three Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Featured here:'Rebuttal','The Trap', and'The Protector', all by Betsy Curtis.

Three Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Featured here:'The Star Beast','The Third Little Green Man', and'The Worshippers', all by Damon Knight.