short stories, american

A collection of thirty short stories written by author Louise Erdrich over the last thirty years, exploring the mystical occurrences of everyday life and the intermingling of beauty and violence and comedy and tragedy.

Presents twenty works of American short fiction selected by guest editor Walter Mosley as the best of 2002, and includes contributors' notes, a list of one hundred additional stories, and editorial addresses for American and Canadian magazines.

Contains a collection of thirty-five short stories that were adapted to film, arranged by genre, and includes an examination of the process of turning a short piece of fiction into a screenplay. Features stories by Harvey Pekar, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and Jean Shepherd.

Presents a collection of twenty-six short fiction stories from South Asian writers including Salman Rushdie, Monica Ali, and others.

Presents twenty four selections of short fiction by nineteen Arab-American writers that focus on ethnic issues, social and domestic affairs, stereotyping, estrangement, and assimilation into American culture and lifestyle.

Presents six short stories that deal with crisis situations faced by teenagers, including racism, abuse, sense of failure, aging relatives, drunk driving, and abortion.

A collection of classic fantasy stories which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" stories and the genre of modern fantasy.