Twice Not Shy - One Hundred Short Short Stories by Laura Keenan & Linda Martin (Editors)
$20.00 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Twice Not Shy is a contemporary collection of 100 flash, micro and hybrid stories, each 500 words or less, by rising and established writers. Building on the success of Night Parrot Press's first collection, Once, this anthology showcases the best of Western Australian authors writing in this exciting, ...Show more
Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic by New York Times Magazine
$22.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A stunning collection of new short stories originally commissioned by The New York Times Magazine as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, from twenty-nine authors including Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Colm Toibin, Kamilia Shamsie, David Mitchell and more, in a project inspired by Boccaccio&rsqu ...Show more
Creative Differences and Other Stories by Graeme Simsion
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A selection of short fiction accompanies this warm, funny novella by the bestselling author of the Rosie series If not for money, then maybe for love. Three years ago, Emily was a struggling literary author when she met Scott, a struggling screenwriter. Combining her elegant writing with his gripping ...Show more
At The Pond: Swimming At The Hampstead Ladies' Pond by Margaret Drabble,Esther Freud,Sophie Mackintosh
$21.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: very good
Tucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies’ Bathing Pond. Floating in the Pond’s silky waters, hidden by a canopy of trees, it’s easy to forget that you are in the middle of London. On a hot day, thousands of swimmers f ...Show more
Unlimited Futures: Speculative, visionary blak+black fiction by Rafeif Ismail, Ellen van Neerven
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Series: 1st
In partnership with Djed Press, Fremantle Press brings 21 emerging and established own-voice writers together to imagine a new future.Unlimited Futures is an anthology of Own Voice speculative fiction from First Nations writers and Black writers, reflecting visionary pasts, hopeful futures and the invis ...Show more
Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
It is a cold day in January, and J. Mendelssohn wakes in his Upper East Side apartment. He is old and frail, entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer Sally. The day begins slowly as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirring memories of his late wife Eileen and his dis ...Show more
Mr Salary: Faber Stories by Sally Rooney
$7.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all. Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable. Sally Rooney is on ...Show more
A Couple of Things Before the End: Stories by Sean O'Beirne
$27.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
This brilliant collection mixes the storytelling originality of George Saunders and Lydia Davis with a sensibility all its own, taking the reader on an extraordinary tour of old and new Australia - and into a very frightening future. A woman on a passenger ship in 1958 gets involved with a young, wild ...Show more
Bad Dreams and Other Stories by Tessa Hadley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby. A housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. A young girl accepts a lift in a car with a group of strangers. An old friend brings bad news to a dinner party. In these gripping and unsettling stories, the ordinary is m ...Show more
You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Series: Short Stories
"Every bit as smart, sensitive, funny, and genuine as her phenomenally popular novels,"* a dazzling collection from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible"I really loved all the characters in this book. They're so complex and interesting, and in every story, you'll fi ...Show more
Stories: The Collected Short Fiction by Helen Garner
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: very good
These stories-that delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life-are all told with her characteristic sharpness of observation, honesty and humour. Each one a perfect piece, together they showcase Garner?s mastery of the form.
You Like It Darker by Stephen King
$34.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
'You like it darker? Fine, so do I', writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck ...Show more