Jan Zwaaneveld (1957) is a Dutch writer who writes poetry and short stories. He published six books with poetry, four with short stories, a book with stories for children and one with travel reports of his bird trips around the world. The author is a birdwatcher as well as a stargazer. His work has also been published in Dutch magazines and on websites. For The disappearance of the moon he translated his best stories in English.

'One of the most singular, moving and crucial voices of our times' David Peace

In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that brings together over fifteen years of work, Benjamin Myers lays bare the male psyche in all its fragility, complexity and failure, its hubris and forbidden tenderness. Farmers, fairground workers and wandering pilgrims, gruesome gamekeepers, bare-knuckle boxers and ex-cons with secret passions, the men that populate these unsettling, wild and wistful stories form a ...

"Not That It Matters" is a collection of essays written by A. A. Milne, who is best known as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. The book was first published in 1919. Unlike Milne's more famous works for children, "Not That It Matters" is a collection of humorous essays intended for an adult audience.

Dive into the delightful world of A. A. Milne beyond the Hundred Acre Wood with "Not That It Matters"! Unleash your laughter as Milne, the genius behind Winnie-the-Pooh, takes you on a rollicking jo...

Tales of Terror and Mystery is a volume collecting 12 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1922 by John Murray. The collection is divided in two parts : Tales of Terror with horror stories, and Tales of Mystery with stories with strange schemes. This volume presents some of Conan Doyle s unduly neglected masterworks. Each begins in a quietly factual way, making all the more dramatic the crescendo of fear and puzzlement that ensues as each new circumstance is reveale...

Growing up in the midst of a bloody rebellion, Miyabi is witness to the worst the world has to offer. Bloody assassinations are a daily occurrence in the streets of Kyō and drug use is rampant. But while the dark clouds of the civil war loom over her existence, Miyabi tries to come to terms with her life and the world around her. While wrestling to keep a smile on her face and hope in her heart, she marches forward.

Naota Dante lives in one of the countless poverty stricken towns in a highly advanced world. When tensions rise between the major world powers, he gets conscripted into the army, together with his best friend Amelia. As he tries to cope, the state of cold war erupts into an all-out open conflict. While the world is ripping itself apart, Naota slowly loses grip on his own mind.

A captivating selection of short stories in the original Japanese alongside their English translations

This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Japan. Each story appears in the original Japanese alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a witty send-up of modern social grac...

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.

The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment ...