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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (2003) is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury wrote an introduction to the collection where he speaks about some of the inspirations, influences and among other things, the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. The collection repeats no stories from The Stories of Ray Bradbury.
Luckily, the man is short sighted and does not recognise him. The story ends comically with the old man's and William's "finds" being mixed up, where the old man describes things such as William's soap dish as being "a most rare item of great value" to a hall full of people.
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit".
The Informers is a collection of short stories, linked by the same continuity, written by American author Bret Easton Ellis. The collection was first published as a whole in 1994. Chapters 6 and 7, "Water from the Sun" and "Discovering Japan", were published separately in the UK by Picador in 2007. [1]
A middle aged Law professor begins dating a 24-year-old student (to the dismay of his friends and colleagues). He later begins to fall for a middle aged woman, until he learns she is having an affair with his best friend. Depressed and suicidal he begins to write an essay titled The young were sent to earth to amuse the old. Why not be amused?
The Best American Short Stories 2016 ; Editor: Junot Díaz and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) ISBN: 9780547868868 (paperback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2015 Followed by: The Best American Short Stories 2017
The Best American Short Stories 2010 ; Editor: Richard Russo and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2009 Followed by: The Best American Short Stories 2011
The Best American Short Stories 2023 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor and National Book Award finalist, Min Jin Lee. [1] [2] [3]