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The secret society of demolition writers: stories
This is a one-of-a-kind collection by famous authors writing anonymously-and dangerously. With the usual concerns about reputation and renown cast aside, each of these twelve daredevils has contributed an extreme, no-holds-barred unsigned story, and all of them shine as brightly and urgently as hazard lights.

The garden of reading: an anthology of 20th century short fiction about gardens and gardeners
Includes remarkable talents of such modern masters as Eudora Welty, James Thurber, Doris Lessing, Lisa St. Aubin, Saki, V.S. Pritchett, Colette and Robert Graves , and escorts us down the path with the unexpected likes of Stephen King, J.G. Ballard, Sandra Cisneros, Jane Smiley, and Garrison Keillor, among others.

Star trek. Strange new worlds 8
Enjoy the latest collection of all New Star Trek adventures – by fans, for fans!

The Paris review book of people with problems
Problems manifest themselves in every setting, with every person, and of course in every story. How these dilemmas emerge and are dealt with, and by whom, make up the irresistible conceit of The Paris Review's newest fiction anthology. Throughout these pages you will find men plagued with guilt, women burdened by history, scientists bound by passion, mothers fogged with delusion, and lovers vexed with jealousy.

Inside the hornet's head: an anthology of Jewish American writing
Saul Bellow. Philip Roth. Allen Ginsberg. Isaac Bashevis Singer. These are the great ones, the Jewish American writers who forged not just a new literary style in the twentieth century but a new collective conscience for the age.

Find many more short stories here or browse the library’s Short Story collection, shelved at the back of the East Wing.