"For the first time in English, the work of master Haruki Murakami is available in manga form. In this collection you'll find striking full-color adaptations of these iconic short stories: Super-frog saves Tokyo -- A few days after an earthquake, Katagirl-san finds a giant frog in his home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from the next earthquake, but Katagiri-san must help him. Is this real, or a dream? Where I'm likely to find it -- A woman's husband...

Twelve stories of women caught in the emotional turbulence of romance in Manhattan. For the twelve narrators of Susan Minot's breathtaking collection - artists and lawyers, teenagers and thirty-somethings - love in New York doesn't come easy. And as they struggle to reconcile their yearnings for romance with their needs for independence, they face resistance to emotional commitment at every turn. In intense snapshots of these women's most intimate...

A breathtaking debut collection of interrelated stories suffused with magical realism In stories that evoke the haunting beauty and loneliness of New England beaches, Sofia T. Romero blurs the lines between life and death, reality and fantasy. A deceased woman counsels her son's fiancée on how to be a good wife to him, with disastrous consequences. A mysterious, commanding cat appears in a young woman's home, as inexplicable as the demise of her...

Wanted is a DARK GRAY romance novella with high spice and low plot. This home invasion story will leave you questioning if you should leave your door open at night.I'm wanted.On the lam, running from the law and my mistakes. The house tucked into the trees seems safe-an excellent place to hide out. Once inside, I find something unexpected. A nurse that can do more than heal my wounds. But the longer I'm awake, the more reality starts to blur, and...

*** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 UNCHARTED THRILLING SHORT STORY AWARD *** Fame can be a nightmare. Crime thriller author Robert Keeney has a recipe for success: he daydreams about being interviewed on The Jeremy Sparkles show, and uses his questions as inspiration for stories. But when the line between fiction and reality starts to blur, Robert questions his own sanity. Could Jeremy have a mind of his own?

A masterful portrayal of a country between wars and at war as experienced by the idiosyncratic people the narrator encounters in towns and villages and desolate stretches across the land-from wanderers inside the Chernobyl irradiated zone, to townspeople terrorized by marauding bears, from travelers on a train skipping stops where hostilities have broken out, to a young couple looking for an apartment in Kyiv before the arrival of their firstborn....

"Justin, what was that about? What light on yonder window breaks-! Your eyes are like 2 twinkling silver stars!" shouted the Ghost. "She's a friend of mine! You know she hates me as much as I hate her! If I said Isabella give me your money I would be giving myself away and what about you the French Ghost" "I forgot who I was I knew the man with her, he's my friend Stephen Grimshaw. He's a minor poet and he's in love with the girl. He's been sending...

Acid trips, terrorists, and one hundred birthday candles. Icy baths, burning bodies, and everything in between. This thought provoking debut short story collection from Cathleen Davies pulls no punches. Expertly skewering readers' expectations on failing relationships, cabin fever, police violence, feminism, loss, and loyalty; each unique character tells a tale of the dissatisfied, the angst-laden, and the justifiably outraged. Elder members...

A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and generational divides that shape our relationships-from the award-winning writer of Days of Distraction Compelling and perceptive, Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting...

En Las dos doncellas Miguel de Cervantes narra una serie de amores y aventuras, disfraces y casualidades, engaños y reparaciones entre gentes de la nobleza. Los engaños de las doncellas Teodosia y Leocadia componen una intriga con temas pastoriles y técnicas de la novela bizantina. Ellas, disfrazadas de hombres (recurso muy utilizado en las novelas y el teatro de la época), van tras sus amores hasta que consiguen contraer matrimonio con ellos....