Hancock has gathered thirty-seven of his ironic short stories. You will find them satirical and humourous.
A Collection Of Funny, Sad, Fantasies And Recollections. Quite Enough To Keep Young Minds Glued To Their Seats.
Fourteen well-crafted stories teeter between humor and despair and portray emotionally wounded narrators, continually hurt by the ones they love, as they search for meaning in a vacuum of lost traditions.
Verve and nerve and astonishing variety are here, with some wild denouements. How short can a Micro be, you wonder. Look up Amy Hempel's contribution, and you'll see.
World's finest short stories collected and edited for this special edition. Included are Jackson's "The Lottery," Poe's "Masque Of The Red Death," Thurber's "Catbird Seat," and Wells' "Man Who Could Work Miracles".
“In twenty-nine separate but ingenious ways, these stories seek permanent residence within a reader. They strive to become an emotional or intellectual cargo that might accompany us wherever, or however, we go. . .
The longest of the stories in this book is short, and the shortest is just one sentence long. Which means there are lots of stories : a whole bookful to make you think, laugh, Shiver, and think again.
How did they do it? Twelve spellbinding stories, followed by interviews with the authors about inspiration and craft.
Dave Eggers has been partly responsible for a rejuvenation of short fiction in the USA, and these short short stories are as original and witty as any of his longer...
The leader of the people / Mr. Know-All / Vanka / The happy prince / The old demon / The sailor-boy's tale / Young Archimedes / Butch minds the baby...
With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of “one of the true contemporary masters” (The New York Review of Books). Features stories from the collections Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?