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Speaking with the Angel

by Nick Hornby

Only read once. £1 of the purchase price went to charity; if you too want brownie points, there's a form at the back for donations.   An outstandingly good collection . . the best l have ever come... more

Dancing girls and other stories

by Margaret Atwood

faded spine but otherwise good. From Amazon: Students and journalists, farmers and birdwatchers, ex-wives,adolescent lovers - and dancing girls. All ordinary people - or arethey? In this splendid collection of short stories,... more

Haunted

by Chuck Palahniuk,

Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where... more

Tooth and Claw

by T.C. Boyle,

Since his first collection of stories, Descent of Man, appeared in 1979, T.C. Boyle has become an acknowledged master of the form who has transformed the nature of short fiction in our time. Among the fourteen tales in his seventh... more

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

by Haruhi Murakami

From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicles comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakami’s mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane,... more

Treasury of Stories for Eight Year Olds( 2 for 1)

by Blishen, Edward Blishen (Editor), Nancy Blishen (Editor), Mike Reid (Illustrator

Sorry, no cover image.  Comprising short stories by (among others) Ted Hughes, Laurie Lee, and Astrid Lindgren more

Between the Assassinations - TWO FOR ONE

by Aravind Adiga,

  A collection of short stories from the author of the White Tiger.  more

Wicked Women

by Fay Weldon

A collection of short stories more

2:1 The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men Mammoth Books

by Stephen Jones,

A collection of Werewolf short stories more

2:1 Fritz Leiber's Ill Met in Lankhmar

by Fritz Leiber

The adventures of Ffahrd and the Gray Mouser.Collection of short stories and Novellas by Lieber, about his main Heroes - a barbarian and his thief companion. more