My Fence is Electric (and other stories)
My Fence is Electric (and other stories)

Author: Mark Newman

Publisher: Odyssey Books

Published: 2020-02-18

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1922311049

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A housing estate is in shock following a child’s disappearance. A girl and her invisible friend go their separate ways. A father and a son bond over Post-It notes. A single father and his daughter have different approaches to the disappearance of their dog. A father finds his way to coax his agoraphobic son back out into the world. My Fence is Electric and Other Stories is a collection of award-winning short stories looking at those moments in life that fizz with the electric intensity of change.

The Magical Publishing Pen and Other Stories
The Magical Publishing Pen and Other Stories

Author: M. Stefan Strozier

Publisher: World Audience Inc

Published: 2017-03-11

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1494728079

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The Magical Publishing Pen is published by Mary Celeste Press. The collected stories of M. Stefan Strozier vary widely in theme and yet the protagonist is always a male of a certain age. As arranged here, the stories represent a chronological arc of a man's life from boyhood to adulthood. Stylistically, the stories show an arc too, as a story about a young man was written when the author was a young man, and a story about an older man was written when the author was older, for example. Magical Realism, framed stories, humor, satire, action, different points-of-view, and crisp dialog pervade the stories. This collection is a portrait of an artist as a young to mid-aged man.

The Contrary Farmer
The Contrary Farmer

Author: Gene Logsdon

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Offers the practical advice of a manual for the cottage farmer as well as meditation in praise of work and pleasure.

An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Leicester
An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Leicester

Author: Jon Wilkins

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-04-08

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0244475342

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Inspired by Perec's work, I thought is it possible as a writer to exhaust a place. Could you possibly wring out everything about a city so that there was nothing left to write?

A Life in Full and Other Stories
A Life in Full and Other Stories

Author: The Caine Prize for African Writing

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1906523371

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Now in its eleventh successful year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize, awarded to a short story by an African writer, published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This edition collects the five 2010 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the Caine Prize Writers' Workshop taking place in Spring 2010. The collection will be released to coincide with the announcement of this year's shortlist. The impressive line-up of writers from previous years includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Brian Chikwava.

Square Persimmon and Other Stories
Square Persimmon and Other Stories

Author: Takashi Atoda

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-01-16

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1462904831

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The Square Persimmon and Other Stories is an introduction to Takashi Atoda—one of Japan's most popular and versatile writers of fiction. Takashi Atocia is a master storyteller. Like the bar madam in "The Glow of Lipstick," he is capable of weaving a tale that captures the reader's attention from beginning to end. His plots deal with ordinary people, yet the emotional impact of each story is unusually strong. His down-to-earth characters inhabit a world that may at first appear familiar, but Atoda can so manipulate a scene that suddenly the reader is wondering whether it is reality or illusion that he is observing. Many stories feature bizarre endings. In these eleven stories, Atoda examines universal themes-first love, lost love, change, fate-through unmistakably Japanese eyes. The dreamlike quality of some stories invites the reader to draw his own conclusions in the denouement. Yet, in each one, Atoda brings to bear his precise style and his own unique vision, by turns mysterious, romantic, darkly humorous, and even bizarre.

Bird North and Other Stories
Bird North and Other Stories

Author: Breton Dukes

Publisher: Victoria University Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0864737572

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The vignettes in these fresh, searing short stories, closely examine the complex male life. From a predatory act during a cross-country run in Fiordland to a doomed diving trip off Wellington's south coast, this collection combines emotional urgency with a surprising dose of humor to a great range of worlds. The result is a startlingly candid portraiture of the modern man.

Top Hat and Taiaha, and Other Stories
Top Hat and Taiaha, and Other Stories

Author: Lindsay Charman-Love

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781877266232

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These stories travel through Druid landscapes and Tahitian coral islands, get caught in a cyclone, settle in Outback Australia, return to New Zealand, eyeball a great white shark, pick up a kilt-clad hitchhiker on the waya

The Monkey's Wedding
The Monkey's Wedding

Author: Joan Aiken

Publisher: Small Beer Press

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1931520437

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Fabulous, uncollected stories -- including six published here for the first time -- from a master of the form.