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  A Dill Pickle

  Katherine Mansfield

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  Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. A Dill Pickle is a wistful love story about a couple who meet again six years after their break-up, and for a moment the old passions, positive and negative, resurface in the course of a short, intense conversation.

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  Short Stories - The Brilliant...

  Katherine Mansfield

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  Eight brilliant short stories from the best female short story writer of her age. Katherine Mansfield's wit, pathos and descriptive genius combine in this collection to take the listener from a wry smile one minute to the verge of tears the next. - Miss Brill - The Child-who-was-tired - Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding - Life of Ma Parker - The Sister of the Baroness  - The Modern Soul - The Fly - The Swing of the Pendulum

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  A Fly in the Ointment

  D H Lawrence

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  ‘A Fly in the Ointment’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1908. It was the fourth of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in audio book format by the Blackthorn Press. The story is set in lodgings in Croydon and the incident may be autobiographical but the story is full of yearning for the life and loves he left behind in Nottinghamshire.

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  Rinkitink in Oz

  L. Frank Baum

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  "Rinkitink in Oz: Wherein is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles that Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz." is the tenth book in the Land of Oz series written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 20, 1916, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations by artist John R. Neill, it is significant that no one from Oz appears in the book until its climax; this is due to Baum's having originally written most of the book as an original fantasy novel over ten years earlier, in 1905. Most of the action takes place on three islands – Pingaree, Regos, and Coregos – and within the Nome King's caverns. Since the original ruler of the nomes, Roquat – who later renamed himself Ruggedo, was deposed in 1914's "Tik-Tok of Oz", Baum had to cleverly rework the tale to accommodate his successor, the well-intentioned – but politically motivated – Kaliko.

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  Middle Men - Stories

  Jim Gavin

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  In Middle Men, Stegner Fellow and New Yorker contributor Jim Gavin delivers a  hilarious and panoramic vision of California, portraying a group of men, from young dreamers to old vets, as they make valiant forays into middle-class respectability. In " Play the Man",  a high-school basketball player aspires to a college scholarship; in " Elephant Doors", a production assistant on a game show moonlights as a stand-up comedian; and in the collection' s last story, the immensely moving " Costello", a middle-aged plumbing supplies salesman comes to terms with the death of his wife. The men in Gavin's stories all find themselves stuck somewhere in the middle, caught half way between their dreams and the often crushing reality of their lives. A work of profound humanity that pairs moments of high comedy with searing truths about life's missed opportunities, Middle Men brings to life a series of unforgettable characters learning what it means to love and work and be in the world as a man, and it offers our first look at a gifted writer who has just begun teaching us the tools of his trade.

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  Tom Sawyer Detective

  Mark Twain

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  Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.Tom and Huck are once again in the thick of things, this time investigating an unlikely murder case.

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