When The Sky Blue Ball comes soaring over the fence, a high-school girl is confronted with the haunting memory of childhood. A jealous teen lets her cousin go o

Poet, novelist, critic, and the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for lifetime achievement in the short story as an art form, Joyce Carol Oates in this collection

"Collects stories and poems written over the course of two decades, [including] award winners and award nominees, as well as some rarities, amusements, and asto

Collection of short stories concerning the nature of love: love in its differing forms and vision; in its differing participants and their differing approaches.

The people who populate Michael Martin's world are complex and disturbing. Burning just beneath the surface is a frightening stockpile of emotional confusion an