Country of the Grand: Short Stories by Gerard Donovan
32.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A young man driving across Ireland with his wife asks her how long she would wait before being with another man if he died. A man is trapped, hidden, in a small changing room by the sea on Galway Bay, as he listens to his friends discuss his wife's infidelity. An anguished young boy and his widowed moth ...Show more
Songs on Bronze by Nigel Spivey
29.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Tales From Greek Mythology Most of us would like to know the Greek myths better than we do, and in this book Cambridge academic and BBC presenter Nigel Spivey re-tells the Greek myths as the spellbinding stories they are. In exciting prose he tells of Jason and the Argonauts and the travels of Odysseus, ...Show more
Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson
26.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: good
What is the real world? Does it exist, or is it merely a means of keeping another reality at bay? NOT THE END OF THE WORLD is Kate Atkinson's first collection of short stories, Playful and profound, they explore the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneat ...Show more
Unheard Voices :An Anthology of Stories and Poems to Commemorate the Bicentary Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade by Malorie Blackman
19.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
In March 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal. It was many years before slavery, as it was known then, was abolished, and slavery still continues today in different ways, but it was a big step forward towards the empancipation of a people. Ma ...Show more
Rough Justice by Various
20.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Hot wheels, dogged devotion and explosive toilets, there's no fear of boredom with this assortment of home-grown short stories. Selected from entries in the second 'Books for Blokes' short story writing competition run by Adult Learning Support in Nelson, these stories are written with young men in ...Show more
World Worlds: An Anthology of International Writers in New Zealand by T M Schaefer et al
34.95 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A collection of multicultural writings by the Wellington writers' group Writers International, the first multi-ethnic writers' group. Contributors include new and established poets and fiction writers: T.M. Schaefer, Kevin Cudby, Riemke Ensing, Mark Pirie, Ron Riddell, L.E. Scott, Yilma Tafere Tasew, Ba ...Show more
Mean Streets by Jim Butcher
25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
From four of today's hottest fantasy authors comes this collection of all-newnovellas of dark nights, cruel cities, and paranormal P.I.s.
The Kissing Game by Aidan Chambers
34.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
United under the banner of flash fiction, this is a collection of stories, or little 'cells', complete in themselves but connected by the overarching themes of betrayal and revenge. All featuring teenagers and often with an unexpected twist, these frighteningly realistic stories will take you to the ver ...Show more
Showing the Flag by Jane Gardam
27.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The flag that is shown, literally and metaphorically, by these characters is always the Union Jack. Gardam's stories are acutely observed social commentaries on Englishness, its weaknesses and its illusions.
The Santaland Diaries by DAVID SEDARIS
27.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Santaland Diaries collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice-scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the back se ...Show more