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  2. The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl - Wikipedia

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    The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl is a 1991 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. [1] The collection containing tales of macabre malevolence comprises many of Dahl's stories seen in the television series Tales of the Unexpected and previously collected in Someone Like You (1953), Kiss, Kiss (1960), Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969), Switch Bitch (1974), and Ah, Sweet ...

  3. List of science fiction short stories - Wikipedia

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    Critical Mass (Arthur C. Clarke short story) Arthur C. Clarke: Lilliput: 1949 Crouch End (short story) Stephen King: Cthulhu Mythos anthology: 1980 Crusade (short story) Arthur C. Clarke: The Wind from the Sun: 1968 Dagon (short story) H. P. Lovecraft: The Vagrant: 1919 Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites: William Shunn: Tor Books: 2000 ...

  4. The Best Short Stories for an Instant Escape - AOL

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    In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the nightmares of weight control ...

  5. It's a Good Life - Wikipedia

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    "It's a Good Life" is a short story by American writer Jerome Bixby, written in 1953. In 1970, the Science Fiction Writers of America selected it for The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, as one of the 20 best short stories in science fiction published prior to the Nebula Award. The story was first published in Star Science Fiction ...

  6. Lamb to the Slaughter - Wikipedia

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    Lamb to the Slaughter" is a 1954 short story by Roald Dahl. It was initially rejected, along with four other stories, by The New Yorker, but was published in Harper's Magazine in September 1953. [1] It was adapted for an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (AHP) that starred Barbara Bel Geddes and Harold J. Stone.

  7. List of Very Short Introductions books - Wikipedia

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    Stories of the Invisible: A Guided Tour of Molecules, 2001: biology/Chemistry 102: Art history: Dana Arnold: 22 January 2004 2 March 2020 (2nd ed.) Art/History 103: Presocratic Philosophy: Catherine Osborne: 22 April 2004: Philosophy/Classical Studies 104: The Elements: Philip Ball: 8 April 2004: The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements, 2002

  8. The Best American Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    The Best American Short Stories is a yearly anthology that's part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Since 1915, the BASS has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, [1] including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature.

  9. Switch Bitch - Wikipedia

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    Switch Bitch (1974) is a book of adult short stories by British writer Roald Dahl.Four stories, originally published in Playboy between 1965 and 1974, [1] are collected. They are linked by themes of rape by deception: in each one, some major act of cunning, cruelty, or hedonism underpins the sexuality.