Short Family

A stolen Desert Eagle, a weapon designed to protect warriors defending their nations, the official sidearm of the Israeli military, continues its fall from grace in LA misadventures.

These 12 stories - published over the last five years in Harper's, The Best American Short Stories, McSweeney's, Playboy, and other publications - veer from comic tales of love to social satire to suspenseful crime fiction, from hip Portland to once-hip Seattle to never-hip Spokane, from a condemned casino in Las Vegas to a bottomless lake in the dark woods of Idaho. This is a world of lost fathers and redemptive conmen, of meth tweakers on desperate odysseys and men committing suicide by fishing.

EL AMOR ESTÁ A LA VUELTA DE LA ESQUINA. TAMBIÉN LA TRAICIÓN. En los relatos de OLVÍDATE DEL TANGO, esas pequeñas cosas que envuelven día a día nuestras vidas están presentes, perfilando unos personajes que fácilmente recocemos. Gente como uno enfrentando la vida con todos los sentimientos de los que somos capaces. Viven el dolor y las maravillas de lo cotidiano, enamorándose, alegrándose con los nacimiento de los hijos, disfrutando de un día de regocijo familiar, sufriendo el desengaño, maldiciendo la traición. Con un lenguaje directo, a veces irreverente, en una atmósfera ...

From the number-one best-selling author of Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and Sundays at Tiffany's, two heartwarming tales about the power of a good story to open our eyes to life's possibilities.

That summer - more than 10 years ago, while they were still in high school - Noelle McDowell and Thomas Sutton fell secretly in love. Secretly because their mothers had been locked in a bitter feud for decades. But despite the animosity between Sarah McDowell and Mary Sutton, Noelle planned to elope with Thom. Until he jilted her.

An exquisite new collection from a Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the short story, the culmination of a five-decade career: work that takes us beneath the placid surface of suburban life into the elusive strangeness of the everyday.

Sevastiano Cantarelli can barely believe Amy Taylor is real. After the lifetime of betrayal he’s experienced, her surprising sweetness is the ultimate threat to his cynical worldview! Unwrapping her innocence was a gift he couldn’t forget...but one he knows it wouldn’t be fair to repeat. Their encounter left Amy exhilarated - and wanted for the first time. She knows that walking away from the commanding Italian is the safest way to keep her heart intact. Yet it’s the one thing she can’t do...because she’s pregnant with Sevastiano’s twins!

Tiny and helpless, the abandoned newborn that venture capitalist Marcus Warren finds during a morning run takes him by surprise. So does the sudden longing for his capable assistant, Liberty Reese, who reveals her tender side with the baby.

In The Girl of the Lake, Bill Roorbach conjures vivid, complex characters whose layered interior worlds feel at once familiar and extraordinary.

Zach and his man of the house James don’t have the most typical relationship – in fact, it’s far from normal. Zach loves letting the man who raised him give it to him hard and rough, and James loves sharing his boy with all his hunky friends! Road tripping across America, the two of them stop at a roadside rest stop in the middle of nowhere. Instead of a quick bathroom break, the two step hunks get a taste of how long-haul truckers satisfy all their pent up primal urges while on the road – hard and nasty in the truck stop restroom! This smoking hot gay menage romance story will ...

It’s 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and 15-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After Justine’s father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout member of the Holiness Church - a community that Justine at times finds stifling and terrifying. But Justine does her best as a devoted daughter, until an act of violence sends her on a different path forever.

A book about life, travel, survival, and awareness of mistakes. Escape to Myself is the first book in the Big Little Stories series by Ukrainian writer Ivan Kuznietsov. Each book in the series is an independent, complete story and can be read in a free sequence. All stories have something in common—they are all about change. You will discover the adventures of different characters, but all of them, just like you and me, are essential parts of the big little story of our world. This book tells the story about a conscious transition from the life of a highly respected person, the heir to ...

A promise of love, a miracle, and a treat that will tie your heart into knots! Let's begin with introducing you to the grumpiest Scrooge around – Army Veteran and former medic, Houghton. The gruff man served many tours in Afghanistan, but one thing can bring him to his knees faster than a foreign enemy. His wife, Jill. Except there is a problem. Now, the couple is facing a twist in their hard-earned Happily Ever After that neither expected, threatening the secret he's kept for months now. When the cookie crumbles, how do you pick up the pieces, realizing that things are still incredibly ...

The Against All Odds series is a romantic comedy saga with lots of humor and some angst.

“Will he need a condom?” Asked Richard. “I’m on birth control honey,” spoke Karen with rolling eyes as she watched Chris undress, “I think there’s no need to worry about babies being made in this house. This is all about teaching our boy about safe sex and we both know that abstinence stuff doesn’t work.” It's another hot summer day at home for a young man and his new MILF living at home. It may be a nice day but the pair plan on staying indoors to hump in bed all day long. The man of the house is home though. What will happen when his wife asks for his blessing to bang a ...

As a graduation present for her daughter, Tammy, Samantha Moon and the gang head down to South America for the vacation of all vacations. Next stop: Peru and the Nazca Lines The massive hieroglyphs carved into the soil of the Nazca desert in Peru have perplexed archaeologists for decades; after all, the glyphs can only be truly appreciated from high above. When Sam and her magical crew arrive in the desert for a sightseeing trip, they have every intention of exploring the famous animal figures etched into the sand. But when a little bit of magic is used by Tammy, the spell sets off a ...

In Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction, Sarah M.S. Pearsall explores what plural marriages reveal about the inner workings of marriage and describes the controversies surrounding it. The book emphasizes the diversity of historical polygamist societies, from the Shi'ite Muslims and Wendat men who practiced short-term marriages to the Mixteca, Maori, Inca, Algonquin, and Marta indigenous people of North America and the Pacific Islands. Pearsall also explains the divides within Christianity that led to Joseph Smith's establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Omnibus is an engrossing ride through Jo’s wacky world. There are articles and stories on ski jumps, drumming, music and dogs; even Mary Poppins gets a mention. There’s a friend lost, then found, then slowly lost again as his mind begins to crumble – thank goodness we shared some laughs in days gone by. There’s even a set of Antlers and my favourite aeroplane, the S71 Blackbird at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England. And then there’s the odd ride on a bus! No ordinary journey this. Many years ago, following some dire health issues, Jo and wife Jan discarded their long-term ...

A wounded U.S. Marshal. A Princess in peril. And an enemy that refuses to back down. Tucker Caine is scarred, gruff, and as rugged as the Colorado mountains. He’s made it painfully clear that I’m a thorn in his side. Too bad neither of us has a choice. And if he thinks I’ll crumble under his scowls, he’s in for a surprise. Tuck’s brooding blue eyes see through my defenses, stirring emotions I’ve spent my life hiding. Yet he locks himself behind walls of rough edges and biting words, guarding his pain like a fortress. Still, he can’t hide the rare flickers of kindness that slip...

In Meet Me at the Emotional Baggage Claim, the mother-daughter duo of Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella continue the conversation with more hilarious and honest tales of life inside an ordinary, extraordinary family. These stories will make you laugh, cry, and call your mother, daughter, and all your girlfriends.