In this collection of twelve stories, King writes about the darker parts of life with a deft and tender hand: Death, grief, fate, as well as the mysterious things hidden in the folds of reality.
Tag: short story
Roald Dahl · Madness: Tales of Fear and Unreason
One of eight themed centenary editions of Dahl’s short stories for adults, Madness collects ten short stories that explore the pleasures, dangers, and consequences of letting go of sanity.
L. Kennedy · The End of the World is a Cul de Sac
This debut collection features fifteen sharp-edged, visceral slice-of-life stories that paint portraits of complex, wounded women trapped and limited by their circumstances, yet wild at heart.
Terry Pratchett · A Stroke of the Pen
A couple of dedicated fans accidentally unearthed these unattributed stories Terry wrote under pseudonyms for newspapers during the 1970s and 80s, before Discworld fame.
Susan Hill · The Woman in Black
This modern Gothic ghost story is faithful to the Victorian tradition: Eerily atmospheric, but understated; most of the spooky horrors happen in the reader's head rather than on the page.
Roald Dahl · Lust: Tales of Craving and Desire
One of eight themed centenary editions of Dahl's short stories for adults, Lust collects ten short stories that look at the lengths people are willing to go to achieve their heart's desire.
Patricia Highsmith · Little Tales of Misogyny
A fascinating collection of tongue-in-cheek, cynical, and farcical tales, in which each sketch satirizes a misogynist archetype—with a good deal of gratuituous violence to boot.
Margaret Atwood · Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Dedicated to her late partner, the fifteen stories include reflections on marriage, aging, mortality, tentacled aliens, and reincarnating snails, showcasing Atwood’s mastery of the short form.
Stephen King · Elevation
A well-meant but quite heavy-handed and naive novella about giving someone a helping hand when they're struggling to fit in... with an unexplained supernatural phenomenon thrown in.
James Joyce · Dubliners
Together, these fifteen fragmented short stories echo one another to create a naturalistic, observational portrait of Dublin's working class in the early twentieth century.