short stories, american

Contains twenty-nine short science fiction stories chosen by the editors as favorites of their youth, featuring selections dating from the 1930s onward, by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp, Isaac Isomov, Theodore Sturgeon, and others.

Collects thirty-two space operas by such writers as Jack Williamson, Cordwainer Smith, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Charles Stross, spanning the 1950s through the twenty-first century, and includes an introduction on the history of the genre.

A collection of short fiction stories in which various authors reflect on what it means to be multiracial in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Presents twelve short stories that examine how young people deal with different types of loss.

A collection of ten short stories and one novella about chivalry and affection, heroic quests, magic, and the world of Krynn.

Presents untraditional holiday stories by sixteen fantasy and horror authors including Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Connie Willis, and others.

Twenty tales taken from folksongs reflecting American history, e.g. "Yankee Doodle, " "John Henry, " "The Blue-Tail Fly, " and "Frankie and Johnnie." Includes the original folk song lyrics.

Presents twenty short stories, with protagonists aged three to eighteen years old, by such authors as John Updike, Alice Walker, Genaro Gonzales, and Carson McCullers.

A collection of short stories from the days of Washington Irving to the present.