"A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller, The Cabin at the End of the World, and A Head Full of Ghosts. Featuring nineteen pieces of short fiction, Growing Things and Other Stories is an exciting and disquieting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination.

Ron Rash turns again to Appalachia to capture lives haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear, from the Civil War to the present. Two drug addicted friends steal gruesomely unusual war trophies from the farm where they worked as boys. A chain-gang prisoner tries to sweet-talk a farmer's young wife into helping him escape. Violent characters, raw settings and stark beauty form a masterful combination in fourteen unforgettable stories. (Bestseller)...

"Collection of short stories linked by women who have personal and professional relationships to each other and the fictional Speaker of the House. These stories lay bare the trappings of power in Washington, D.C. and the relationships caught in the middle. Highlighting racism, misogyny, and the divisions between race and class, these stories show how we seek power, and what that power really means"--

Collection of fourteen short stories.

"A collection of stories explores the hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky human connections experienced by diverse protagonists, including a woman who pretends she does not know that her husband and his identical twin switch places with each other."--

Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the legend of Sleepy Hollow is actually true? Also, Rip Van...

A collection of three dozen short works includes six previously unpublished pieces and offers insight into the author's use of plot twists and contrasting psychological landscapes.

One way or the other, all of these stories are about women looking love in the face without flinching. Some of them are confronting the reality of domestic disruption; others are simply flirting with the possibilities--and dangers--of change.

Collects short stories that put a modern, satiric spin on the American tall tale.

Joe Hill's award-winning story collection, featuring "The Black Phone" - an inventive and chilling compendium.