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  After Twenty Years

  O. O.Henry

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  O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.In this story two old friends had promised to meet up exactly 20 years to the day since their last meeting in New York. One of the friends has travelled a thousand miles to be there...and is now waiting for his childhood companion. Will he turn up?

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  Fear and Other Stories

  Achmed Abdullah

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  Fear is everywhere. It's in the furthest reaches of the most desolate places in the world, it creeps up on you in both the night and in broad daylight, and it's even hiding out in your backyard—waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. This collection of short stories by Achmed Abdullah perfectly captures the feeling of fear and the mistakes of men who are caught up in the search for the things that appear in their wildest dreams. Experience the following short stories in this eerie collection: Fear, The Incubus, Pro Patria, Pell Street Blues, Mystery of the Talking Idols, The Charmed Life, and A Simple Act of Piety.

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  The Desert of the Real

  Matthew Watson

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  What if Déjà vu was just a fleeting window into a reality with different choices made? Where dreams and hallucinations are enduring connections to a world long diverged. Could the passage to those realms be found again? So that we may learn to navigate away from the nightmares that lie ahead. The Desert Provides. The Desert of the Real is an anthology of short stories from worlds both similar and stark to our own. Worlds where angels and demons dance in veiled wars, where ambition and science collide to control the human experience, and where we discover others amongst the dark forest that is our starry night. This collection of eleven tales weaves its journey across a blend of narratives and mediums, each exploring the possibilities of literature through the lens of alternative history, fantasy, and science fiction. Some may be closer to home than we think.

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  A Murder of Scarecrows

  Mark Leslie

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  A small eastern community becomes over-run by a growing army of scarecrows. 
  This short story of approximately 8000 words was inspired by an actual legend from the Nova Scotia community of Necum Teuch.

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  The Stories of Jane Gardam

  Jane Gardam

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  “Pure delight . . . One perfect story after another” from the Whitbread Award–winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (The Sunday Telegraph). 
   
  From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose Old Filth trilogy cemented her status as one of England’s greatest living novelists, comes a collection of short stories that showcase her subversive wit, gentle humor, and insight into the human condition. Gardam’s versatility is on full display, while her sublime grasp of language and powers of observation remain as provocative as ever. 
   
  “A formidable collection that is at once outlandish and entirely convincing . . . It is Gardam’s gift for the ecstatic, for showing us what a place of wonders is the world and the hearts that dwell in it, that endows this collection with a dangerous and formidable energy, richer and more concentrated than any novel. She gives us miracle heaped upon miracle, and insists that they should each one be handled with care.” —The Guardian 
   
  “Unexpected appearance of figures from the past drive many of these sly, bighearted tales.” —The New York Times 
   
  “Readers will feel lucky to have so much good writing in one place.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) 
   
  “Gardam’s preference for short stories shows in this extraordinary collection of great writing.” —NewPages Book Reviews 
   
  “A rich haul from a well of talent.” —Kirkus Reviews

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  The Bearer

  M.H. Lee

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  Ka was raised to be a Bearer, a surrogate for wealthy parents who don't want to or can't have their own children. Forced to stay silent and devote every moment of every day and every action to creating the perfect environment for growing someone else's child, she'd never questioned her role. Until now.

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