Matthew Digby, a writer of popular adventure novels, is camped out on the Northern Atlantic coast of the Dominican Republic, hoping to find insights into the main character of his new novel about a salvage operation gone awry.Digby enlists the aid of a local spear fisherman to take him out beyond the reef, hoping for a sensory experience that will rid him of his writer's block.The experience turns out to be far more intense than Digby expected, and in the course of a morning ...

Set in the hill country of the former Ceylon, this short story tells of an encounter between two young tea planters and a demonic apparition after crashing their vehicle near a deserted reservoir.

A vacation on the Mexican Riviera Nayarittangles an American tourist in a web of deceit and intrigue when he follows a beautiful woman from the airport, ignoring his own previous vacation plans. His pursuit becomes increasingly paranoid and dangerous as he becomes more involved in his search for the mysterious stranger, ultimately putting his life in jeopardy.

This is a very short story portraying action in battle. It follows a military convoy out on patrol in Iraq to a violent confrontation with a roadside bomb.

Finalist for the 2012 National Book AwardA Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story PrizeChosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, the iTunes bookstore, and many more...**"Electrifying." –The New York Times Book Review“Exhibits the potent ble...

While driving through Georgia to Houston a young man gives a girl a ride only to discover she is being pursued by a maniac. He race away from the maniac in a vehicle that's on its last legs, the tires are bald, the transmission is slipping. Everything he tries the would be assailant is one step behind him. one step closer to catching them.

In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes.Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song.

Yellow Dog is a short story set near de Lint's fictional desert town of Santo del Vado Viejo, where his novels The Mystery of Grace and The Painted Boy take place, and where some of his recent short fiction has been set.Ernie Grant is a decent guy, a bit of a desert rat who works at a scrap yard where he has to put up with racist comments from his crass, bullish boss. The boss works by night as a self-proclaimed Minuteman protecting the U.S. borders from the influx of illegal Mexic...

Korean English bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Korean as their second language. Little Jimmy doesn't like to brush his teeth. Even when his mother gives him a brand new orange toothbrush, his favorite color, he doesn't use it like he is supposed to. But when strange and magical things start happening to Little Jimmy, he begins to realize how important brushing his teeth can be. I love to brush my teeth is a delightful story full of beautiful illustrations su...

In her first full-length essay since her second book, How Did You Get This Number, New York Times bestselling author Sloane Crosley attempts to overcome the biggest hurdle of her life. Literally. Crosleys Up the Down Volcano" delivers a hilariously honest account of her trip to South America to climb one of the highest volcanoes in the world. Armed with a prescription for malaria pills, a fleece vest, and a few feminine hygiene products, Crosleys attempt to channel her inner Jon Krakauer does...

A funny thing happened to me the other day... At the time, though, the car, the car-thing with its elusive, concealed driver that was following us, my trusty old beetle and I, along a lonely country road, was anything but funny.

By the Lake of Sleeping Children explores the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 border purgatory of garbage pickers and dump dwellers, gawking tourists,and relief workers, fearsome coyotes and their desperate clientele. In sixteen indelible portraits, Urrea illuminates the horrors and the simple joys of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States - and ignored by both. The result is a startling and memorable work of first-person reportage.