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  Fasle Nan

  Ali Ashraf Darvishian

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  Ali Ashraf Darvishian (Persian: علی‌اشرف درویشیان‎; 25 August 1941 – 26 October 2017) was an Iranian story writer and scholar of Kurdish descent. After finishing teacher-training college, he would teach at the poverty-stricken villages of Gilan-e-Gharb and Shah Abad (nowadays called Islam Abad). This atmosphere is featured in most of his stories. His own life situation, as well as the experiences that he had from his teaching in those poor areas, was the inspiration for his literary works and also made him a critic of the political and social situation of Iran. Later, he moved to Tehran and continued his studies in Persian literature. 
  This book is a collection of 6 short stories in which the author describes the concerns and life of the weak and inferior class of society with a realistic view and pleasant and intimate writing.  
  The main theme of all these short stories is "bread"; People who are struggling to get a piece of bread for themselves and their families, and the main character of all the stories is a teenage schoolboy from a poor family who is worried about his situation and that of his family. With honesty and simplicity, he describes to the audience.

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  Weird Tales

  E. Nesbit

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  E. Nesbit is best known for her children's books such as The Railway Children, the “Psammead” series. and the stories of the “Bastable” family. She was also a poet and wrote many works for adults including short stories in the genre of the supernatural and the macabre, eight of which are included in this collection.Public Domain ©2016 E. Nesbit (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready

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  Had a Good Time - Stories from...

  Robert Olen Butler

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  ”Gloriously imaginative and utterly hypnotizing short stories” inspired by vintage twentieth-century postcards, from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Booklist, starred review). 
   
  For many years, author Robert Olen Butler has collected picture postcards from the early twentieth century—not so much for the pictures on the fronts but for the messages written on the backs, little bits of the captured souls of people long since passed away. Using these brief messages of real people from another age, Butler here creates fully imagined stories that speak to the universal human condition.  
   
  In “Up by Heart,” a Tennessee miner is called upon to become a preacher, and then asked to complete an altogether more sinister task. In “The Ironworkers’ Hayride,” a young man named Milton embarks on a romantic adventure with a girl with a wooden leg. From the deeply moving “Carl and I,” in which a young wife writes a postcard in reply to a card from her husband who is dying of tuberculosis, to the eerily familiar “The One in White,” in which a newspaper reporter covers an incident of American military adventurism in a foreign land, these short stories are intimate and fascinating glimpses into the lives of ordinary people in an extraordinary age. 
   
  “A wonderful collection.”—The Atlantic Monthly

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  The Spirit of Christmas

  Henry Van Dyke

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  A short Christmas book by American author, educator, and clergyman Henry Van Dyke, including a short story, two essays, and two prayers for the season. (summary by Jan MacGillivray)

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  First fox

  Leanne Radojkovich

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  The stories in First fox offer an everyday world tinged with the dreamlike qualities of fairy tales. Radojkovich explores the complex dynamics of families with a blend of dry wit and startling imagery. Disappointments and consolations meet with fantastical moments, winding their way into the realm of possibility.

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  Enter Stage Write - Stories to...

  Clyde Edgerton, Wiley Cash, Anne...

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  These fifteen original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination. Sales from this book, along with generous donations from others in the community, will help local theaters survive and eventually thrive despite this most unfortunate "intermission." With new shows - and the resumption of those shows forced to pause during the pandemic - casts and crews will be once again ready to entertain you, and to bring the laughter and applause back to our stages and our lives. Until then, sit back, let us entertain you, and know that your listen has made a big difference for local artists...while we all wait in the wings. Includes the following stories: Very, Very by Melissa Randall Stars of Stage and Screen by Joel Perry A Ring of Truth by K. Robert Campbell 8 Minutes, 20 Seconds by Josh Bailey John Willis Hostler by Skip Maloney Potty Stop Perils or The Trials and Tribulations of Public Restrooms by Charlotte Hackman The Sarpy County Incident by Kenneth Vest Emma’s Mission by Shawn C. Sproatt Smiles in Stormsville by Kim Henry Coppy by Gwenyfar Discovery by Eduard Schmidt-Zorner A Quiet, Decent Place by Anne Russell Grenadine, the Kudzu Queen by Wiley Cash Ace by Philip Gerard Arrival and Departure by Clyde Edgerton

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