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Once or twice a decade, an unknown short-story writer blazes onto the literary scene with work that is thrilling and new. Scott Wolven is such a talent, and his raw, blistering tales of hard-bitten convicts, dodgy informers, and men running… more

From best-selling Hawaiian author, Kiana Davenport, comes HOUSE OF SKIN, her first collection of prize-winning stories, including The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize, and The Best American Short Stories of 2000 (selected by … more

She read it cover to cover without so much as a wince, and closed the book and set it on the tall narrow bookcase that faces the entrance. This same book made me almost sick with dread. Was Ivan, like Caius to Ivan, so strange that she coul… more