Alien Stories

E C Osondu

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• "A vital voice in the short story, telling us new truths with deep humanity." -George Saunders Celebrated Nigerian-born writer E.C. Osondu delivers a ... Lees meer

Jewelry Box

Aurelie Sheehan

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• The sixty-eight short works in this collection (some only a paragraph, others a few pages) straddle memoir and fiction, exploring the nuances of sexua... Lees meer

This New & Poisonous Air

Adam McOmber

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• She admits she is pleased when the new placard is raised, "Madame Tussaud's House of Wax." She stands in the crowd with François at her side. He leans... Lees meer

In the Time of the Girls

Anne Germanacos

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Set in Greece, this innovative debut uses discrete, telling moments to create fast-paced stories that are richly pleasurable to read. Lees meer

The Era of Not Quite

Douglas Watson

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Douglas Watson's debut story collection is chock-a-block with deaths, births, sea and land voyages, excursions to the library, philosophical asides, a... Lees meer

Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters

Jessica Treat

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• This long-awaited third collection of stories by a master short story writer is sensual and cerebral. Lees meer

The Tao of Humiliation

Lee Upton

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014 Best New Fiction of May 2014, Typographical Era Alternately chilling, funny, devastating, and hopeful, these 17 sto... Lees meer

I Carry a Hammer in My Pocket for Occasions Such as These

Anthony Tognazzini

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A humorous and poignant collection of quick, well-crafted stories for literary readers on the go! Lees meer

My House Gathers Desires

Adam McOmber

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Adam McOmber's lush, hallucinatory stories are both familiar and wholly original. Drawn from the historical record, Biblical lore, fairy tales, scienc... Lees meer

An Orchard in the Street

Reginald Gibbons

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• This new collection by award-winning author Reginald Gibbons explores human experience and memory in ordinary settings--city apartments, rural roads, ... Lees meer

The Winged Seed

Li-Young Lee

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Upon its initial publication, acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee's memoir The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (1995), received an American Book Award from the Bef... Lees meer

Where Can I Take You When There's Nowhere to Go

Joe Baumann

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• In Joe Baumann's newest collection Where Can I Take You When There's Nowhere To Go , queer men explore their sense of who they are and what they want,... Lees meer

The Rapture Index

Molly Reid

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• "Thought-provoking, unthinkable, and fun, Reid's debut is perfect for fans of David Lynch, Alissa Nutting, and George Saunders."-- Booklist Loosely ba... Lees meer

To Assume a Pleasing Shape

Joseph Salvatore

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A body-pierced goth girl cage-dances for a living while putting herself through school. A New York City academic reevaluates her closest relationships... Lees meer

On the Winding Stair

Joanna Howard

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A debut story collection that twists the clichéeacute;s of mainstream mystery writing, bringing new surprises and intelligence. Lees meer

Gravity Changes

Zach Powers

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• WINNER OF THE BOA SHORT FICTION PRIZE ON THE WASHINGTON POST'S 2017 'A SUMMER BOOK LIST LIKE NO OTHER' Gravity Changes is a collection of fantastical,... Lees meer

Passwords Primeval

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Passwords Primeval sets aside the artificial boundaries of poetry "schools" and "movements" to cut to the art of the matter. Tony Leuzzi's astounding ... Lees meer

The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne, Edited by Michael Martone

Michael Martone

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Fictitious biographical snippets that celebrate the sky-written words of early aviation and the life of the man behind them. Lees meer

The Innocent Party

Aimee Parkison

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• From "The Glass Girl" On certain evenings in dark motels, she could transform her lip into the edge of the bottle, imagining her face was made of ambe... Lees meer

Are We Ever Our Own

Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes's award-winning short story collection traces the Cuban diaspora through the struggles and triumphs of the Castell family's ... Lees meer

The Science of Lost Futures

Ryan Habermeyer

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• The Science of Lost Futures is a prize-winning collection full of quirky humor and intelligent absurdity. Ryan Habermeyer is a yarn spinner of the fir... Lees meer

The Visibility of Things Long Submerged

George Looney

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• From poet George Looney comes a new short story collection that explores the essential nature of faith while plumbing the gritty secrets of the human ... Lees meer

Cradle Book

Craig Morgan Teicher

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Timeless yet timely and hopeful with a dark underbelly, these fables revive a tradition running from Aesop to W.S. Merwin. With a poet's mastery, Crai... Lees meer

Unlucky Lucky Days

Daniel Grandbois

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Inventive, disconcerting, and hilarious, these seventy-three tales of our Unlucky Lucky Days might well be termed Dr. Seuss for adults. They call to m... Lees meer