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A kind of madness  by Uche Okonkwo

A kind of madness

Uche Okonkwo

"Set in contemporary Nigeria, Uche Okonkwo's A Kind of Madness is a collection of ten stories concerned with literal madness but also those private feelings that, when left unspoken, can feel like a type of madness: desire, desperation, hunger, fear, sadness,...

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CivilWarLand in bad decline  by George Saunders

CivilWarLand in bad decline

George Saunders

"A novella and short stories on a future America, a land of corporate hypocrisy, violence and pollution. Trendy attractions include pickled babies and cows with plexiglass sides, so you can see the milk made, people buy other people's more interesting memories...

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Weird black girls  by Elwin Cotman

Weird black girls

Elwin Cotman

"From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black--a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction. A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway...

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Cocktail  by Lisa Alward

Cocktail

Lisa Alward

"From quiet reflection to explosive power dynamics in a marriage, Cocktail reveals the schism between the lives we build and our deepest inner selves. Underneath layers of wallpaper and plaster, a young housewife discovers two unnerving portraits. A...

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The rest is slander  by Thomas Bernhard

The rest is slander

Thomas Bernhard

"The cold increases with the clarity," said Thomas Bernhard while accepting a major literary prize in 1965. That clarity was the postwar realization that the West's last remaining cultural reference points were being swept away by the ever-greater...

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Dream girl  by Joy Holley

Dream girl

Joy Holley

"Alice wants a heart-shaped bed. Mary, Genevieve and Angelica want to know the future. June says she wants Lena to rescue her from a rat, but really she wants Lena to make out with her. Eve wants to get Wallace alone at the strawberry farm. Olivia just wants...

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Dark carnival  by Ray Bradbury

Dark carnival

Ray Bradbury

"Bradbury's first story collection heralds the arrival of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Each tale is marked with the characteristic genius - for the unusual and the uncanny, the unexamined and the unexplained - that would define his later...

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After a dance  by Bridget O'Connor

After a dance

Bridget O'Connor

"After a Dance is the compiled collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Bridget O'Connor, with an exclusive preface from the author's daughter, Constance Straughan. Bridget O'Connor was one of the great short story writers of her generation. She had a...

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Someone birthed them broken  by Ama Asantewa Diaka

Someone birthed them broken

Ama Asantewa Diaka

"In this startling collection of short fiction, Ama Asantewa Diaka creates a vibrant portrait of young Ghanaians' today, captured in the experiences of characters whose lives bump against one other in friendship, passion, hope, and heartache ... Diaka charts...

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Free therapy  by Rebecca Ivory

Free therapy

Rebecca Ivory

"Two teenage girls fixated on each other's bodies enter into a destructive competition; a woman's encounter with her ex forces her to reflect on the women's group that saved her; a couple's future is called into question after the damp expert they hire for...

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