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Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1998
Three short stories taking place at Christmas time. In "Christmas Child" a teenager confronts the death of her newborn sister.…
In "Last Dance" Brenda is confused by a cancer patient's love for her. In "Kathy's Life" Ellie learns to reject high school pettiness. Junior and senior high readers. 1998.Par Don Hunter. 1989
Descendants of pioneer settlers, native Indians and more recent arrivals weave their way through these warm and witty short stories…
set in the fictional community of Spinner's Inlet in British Columbia's Gulf Islands. Nominated for the 1990 Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. c1989.Par Connie Gault. 1987
Par Ramona Dearing. 2004
A collection of stories that seem to be searching for justice. Includes stories about such characters as Lyle Margoulis, a…
man who is prompted to resume to search for his missing grandson after finding a body in a ravine; and a young woman who likes to punch people on the nose who learns that the man she admires spends time with her only because they live in isolated Labrador. 2004.Par Elizabeth Hay. 1997
Par Lee Maracle. 1990
Par Tim Wynne-Jones. 1993
Collection of nine short stories takes the reader into an alternate universe of the mind. In "The Night of the…
Pomegranate," Harriet spends too much time outside looking at Mars instead of working on her solar system project. "The Hope Bakery" tells the tale of Sloane and his younger brother, Todd, and their strange trips into the woods. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 1993 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1993.Par George Bowering. 2004
A collection of fifteen short stories pushing the limits of storytelling and testing the boundaries of fiction. In "Standing on…
Richards," a man stands on a street corner beside women who are selling their bodies, attempting to seduce people so that he can sell his mind. In "Old Bottles," a woman thinks her neighbour is crazy because he replaces a hedge with a fence of old bottles. In a story entitled only "A Short Story," the writer challenges the conventions of storytelling, asking questions to the reader directly. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and some strong language. 2004.Par Brian Wilson Aldiss. 1976
Par Thom Jones. 1999
Twelve short stories about boxers, soldiers, cancer patients, and others down on their luck. In the title piece, Kid Dynamite,…
a losing welterweight boxer, persists in training just to remain in the world he knows. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1999.Par Nadine Gordimer. 1984
Par Paul St. Pierre. 1983
Par Joyce Carol Oates. 2003
In a string of twelve short stories, the author visits the sometimes dark psyche of the teenage years, exploring the…
consequences of choices that are made. In "The Sky Blue Ball", a high-school girl is confronted by a haunting memory of childhood. In "Capricorn", a jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous person, aware of the terrifying possibilities. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and some strong language. Senior high readers and older. 2003.Par Miranda Hill. 2012
The nine stories in this book allow us to enter an astonishing world – one both recognizable and slightly askew,…
the world we sometimes glimpse when on the cusp of waking from a daydream, or “funny” sleep: a modern teenage girl trying to navigate an embarrassing sex ed class, a middle-aged country-village minister in the 19th century who is experiencing a devastating crisis of faith, a young pilot’s widow coping with her grief by growing a Victory Garden during World War II, and more. Includes sex and strong language. 2012.Par Louis Auchincloss. 1988
From the turn of the century to our present urban follies, these stories follow the fortunes of the socially secure…
and powerful as they try to cope with the changes shaped by the momentous events and growing anxieties of recent decades. Taken together, the tales weave a larger pattern of human strengths and foibles that bemuses the mind and touches the heart. 1988.Par Madeleine Thien. 2001
A collection of seven stories on the theme of family relationships. It examines the experience of alienation and the conflict…
between generations and cultures. Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the City of Vancouver Book Award. Regional Finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Some strong language. 2001.Par Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught. 2001
Four Christmas stories from Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught. Deveraux's include "Just Curious", where, in the snow-covered hills of Virginia,…
a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages. In McNaught's "Double Exposure", a determined young woman photographs a magnificent wedding at a reclusive tycoon's Newport estate, and manages to unlock the secrets of a man's heart. Some descriptions of sex. 2001.Par Maeve Binchy. 1988
Desmond and Deirdre O'Hagan will soon have been married for twenty-five years. Naturally there must be a celebration - but…
who is going to arrange it? And will the right people come? The past secrets and present fears of family and friends are unveiled in this collection of stories. Each story is separate from, yet connected to, the others, all culminating in the last revealing drama - the celebration itself. 1988.Par M. F. K Fisher. 1983
Fifteen elegant short stories, most originally published in the "New Yorker," all of them linked by a concern for the…
art of aging, living and dying, and approached with candour and respect. 1983.Par Alix Ohlin. 2012
Features 16 tales about the connections between people - and the decisions that have the power to alter their lives.…
In the title story, a married couple decides to divorce. The next night, the man falls into a coma - and his wife is forced to make a difficult decision. 2012.