Sea Stories

A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted.

A collection of short stories of the author including In the Place of the End and The Last Days of Muhammad Atta , and essays and reviews.

The fantastic new collection of stories from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain.

Much loved actress and bestselling author Liz Smith is back with a collection of extraordinary short stories

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish. Burton's lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children - hopeful, yet hapless beings.

A dazzling book of short stories from one of modern fiction's greatest and most imaginative writers

Includes four stories: Father! Father! Burning Bright is a satire on a dying man's family reaction; The Clothes They Stood Up In is a painful story of an elderly couple; The Laying on of Hands is a memorial service for a masseur; and The Lady in the Van is the true story of an old lady. These stories talk about ordinary people's foibles.

A collection of stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives. It reveals how a single moment can change everything.

Twenty-two translated stories associated with the regions of France, including both well-known and little-known writers. Offering a panoramic view of French society and culture, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love France and things French.

Paris Tales is a collection of stories by French or Francophone writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this capital city. The collection brings together writers from the mid-19th century to the present day, from Maupassant and Zola to Colette and Ravalec.