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William and Mary" is a short story by Roald Dahl, originally published in 1959 and included in his 1960 collection Kiss Kiss. It was later adapted into episodes of Way Out , Late Night Horror and Tales of the Unexpected , [ 1 ] as well as The Price of Fear .
Getting Married (Swedish: Giftas) is a collection of short stories by the Swedish writer August Strindberg. [1] The first volume was first published on 27 September 1884 and contained twelve stories depicting "twenty marriages of every variety," some of which present women in an egalitarian light. [ 2 ]
Her Body and Other Parties is a 2017 short story collection by the writer Carmen Maria Machado, published by Graywolf Press. [1] The collection won the Shirley Jackson Award, [2] and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. [3] The story "The Husband Stitch" was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. [4]
Games and Rituals, by Katherine Heiny All 11 of these stories are jewels of wit and insight, but if you read only one, make it “Damascus,” in which a mother confronts her son’s developing ...
In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the nightmares of weight control ...
The Best American Short Stories 2024 ; Editor: Lauren Groff and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Published: 2024: Publisher: Mariner Books: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) ISBN: 9780063275959 (hardback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2023 Followed by: The Best American Short ...
Mrs. Mooney looks forward to her confrontation, which she intends to "win" by defending her daughter's honor and convincing Mr. Doran to offer his hand in marriage. Waiting for the time to pass, Mrs. Mooney figures the odds are in her favor, considering that Mr. Doran, who has worked for a wine merchant for thirteen years and garnered much ...
The story refers several times to Maria's life of spinsterhood, devoted to others, with no hope of change. The title suggests that one of the children surreptitiously placed a lump of clay in one of the saucers from which the children have to choose their fate, representing death, meaning that the person will die soon.