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Focuses on novellas... Tesseracts Twelve is unlike any other volume in this critically acclaimed series showcasing the best in Canadian speculative fiction. For the first time in its distinguished history, Tesseracts focuses on novellas, the form believed by many to be the best expression...

Despite having traveled all over the world in the last fifty years, with extended residences in Japan, Thailand, and Cyprus, the author of this anthology kept coming back, in person and imagination, to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. He met his wife in Charlottesville, where they both attended...

Skyline 2016, the third in a series of annual publisher’s anthologies produced by Cyberworld Publishing, showcases the prose and poetry talents of Central Virginia writers. There is no overarching theme for the works in this anthology, so each can be discovered and appreciated on its own context...

A collection of essays and occasional pieces on gambling, teaching, snakes, dogs, cars, hitchhiking, marriage and sophistication, memory and work, and a dozen other subjects.  One essay announces that the two dollar bill can buy happiness and reports some resistance to this discovery. Another studies...

In Charles Dickens Brentwood's profit-driven life, there is no time for sentimentality. There's no room for family, friends or even the only woman he's ever loved. But when Christmas Eve visitations of holidays past and future show him the life he could have, will Charles change his ways and make...

Taking its title from a story in the collection, this anthology brings together the best prose writing in Quebec—all short pieces—from the winners and finalists of the last three years of the Quebec Writing Competition. Montreal’s CBC Radio and the Quebec Writers’ Federation created the competition...

BESTSELLER in the United Kingdom! Nine tales of horror and terror from an Edgar and Stoker Nominated author. A collection of the author's previously published works in anthologies. Includes the stories from HORROR TALES, HORROR TALES 2, and LIFE NEAR THE BONE. From a simple-minded...

An anthology of 18 short romance stories.  Not love stories, although some of them do include aspects of that.  But whereas love stories are often sad, each of the selections in A Wink and a Smile has either a 'happily-ever-after' ending, or at least a strong suggestion that this is where...

Ferenji and other stories by Helena Mulkerns, is published by Doire Press, an award-winning literary publishing house in Galway, Ireland.  This debut from the author is a themed short fiction collection set among civilians in conflict and post-conflict zones. From ancient Arabic, the term Ferenji...

Getting It – Female Sexual Agency is comprised of thirteen sexy stories ranging from sweet to intense. Whether French cuisine tickles your tongue, pain twists into pleasure, or delicious Goddess fantasies occupy your dreams, this collection is for you. These heroines show us what it is to have sexual...

A showcase for authors Arachne Press has published previously in anthologies, giving a wider perspective on their writing. The collection as a whole has tendency towards fantasy and magical realism, with Cassandra Passarelli’s (Liberty Tales) Guatemalan stories taking on a more gritty reality, and...

“L’anniversario” racconta la storia d’amore e di passione di Sara e Davide, insieme dai tempi dell’università. Follemente innamorati e attratti l’uno dall’altra, saranno in grado di superare gli ostacoli che la vita metterà loro di fronte. E per il sesto anniversario di matrimonio,...

Gay male blind dating can be a real crap shoot, resulting in pleasure, humor, rejection, surprise, success, and/or defeat, whether initiated through an Internet dating service or referrals by friends. The motivation for engaging in blind dating can be curiosity, need, laziness, or a sense of adventure...

The latest in Comma’s acclaimed series of short story anthologies, Bracket brings together 20 of the country’s most promising, previously unpublished writers. From the cliffs of Flamborough Head to high rise, inner city madness; from lost loves to the last days of civilisation - the settings and...