Alien Stories

E C Osondu

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Short Fiction Prize-winning collection of short stories that use science fiction to explore immigration, diaspora, and the concept of otherness. Lees meer

This New & Poisonous Air

Adam McOmber

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Written in the New Wave Fabulist tradition, these historically-grounded stories blend the fantastic and the macabre in astonishing, unforgettable ways... Lees meer

Jewelry Box

Aurelie Sheehan

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Straddling memoir and fiction, these sixty-eight short works explore the nuances of sexuality, motherhood, love, ambition, and personal history. Lees meer

In the Time of the Girls

Anne Germanacos

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Set in Greece, this innovative debut uses discrete, telling moments to create fast-paced stories that are richly pleasurable to read. Lees meer

Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters

Jessica Treat

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• This long-awaited third collection of stories by a master short story writer is sensual and cerebral. Lees meer

The Era of Not Quite

Douglas Watson

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Debut collection by winner of the first annual BOA Short Fiction Prize. Quirky, funny stories by a singular new voice. Lees meer

The Tao of Humiliation

Lee Upton

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Chilling, funny, devastating: Upton's characters backtrack into the past, then make their way forward with humiliation as their guide. Lees meer

I Carry a Hammer in My Pocket for Occasions Such as These

Anthony Tognazzini

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A humorous and poignant collection of quick, well-crafted stories for literary readers on the go! Lees meer

My House Gathers Desires

Adam McOmber

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• New Wave Fabulist stories combine artifice, desire, and the uncanny as a way to challenge our notions of modern life. Lees meer

The Winged Seed

Li-Young Lee

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A reissue of acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee's heart-wrenching memoir, with a new foreword by the author and never-before-seen photos. Lees meer

An Orchard in the Street

Reginald Gibbons

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Evocative, playful, masterful brief fictions that explode with imagery detailing love, denial, and the squandered opportunities waiting around every c... Lees meer

Where Can I Take You When There's Nowhere to Go

Joe Baumann

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• In Joe Baumann's newest collection Where Can I Take You When There's Nowhere To Go , queer men explore their sense of who they are and what they want,... Lees meer

To Assume a Pleasing Shape

Joseph Salvatore

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• An exquisitely written, sexually charged debut short story collection by The New York Times Book Review fiction reviewer. Lees meer

The Rapture Index

Molly Reid

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• "Thought-provoking, unthinkable, and fun, Reid's debut is perfect for fans of David Lynch, Alissa Nutting, and George Saunders."-- Booklist Loosely ba... Lees meer

On the Winding Stair

Joanna Howard

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A debut story collection that twists the clichéeacute;s of mainstream mystery writing, bringing new surprises and intelligence. Lees meer

Gravity Changes

Zach Powers

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Award-winning stories cast an absurd, fantastical view of the quotidian world, with characters that twist the very fabric of reality. Lees meer

Passwords Primeval

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Billy Collins, Gerald Stern, Dorianne Laux, and 17 other prominent poets candidly discuss inspiration, craft, and living as a poet. Lees meer

The Innocent Party

Aimee Parkison

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Winner of the Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Prize, Parkison mixes literary fiction with gritty realities in her second story collection. Lees meer

The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne, Edited by Michael Martone

Michael Martone

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Fictitious biographical snippets that celebrate the sky-written words of early aviation and the life of the man behind them. Lees meer

The Science of Lost Futures

Ryan Habermeyer

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• A quirky, intelligently absurd collection of humorous, poignant short stories. Lees meer

Are We Ever Our Own

Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes's award-winning short story collection traces the Cuban diaspora through the struggles and triumphs of the Castell family's ... Lees meer

The Visibility of Things Long Submerged

George Looney

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• From poet George Looney comes a new short story collection that explores the essential nature of faith while plumbing the gritty secrets of the human ... Lees meer

Cradle Book

Craig Morgan Teicher

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Timeless yet timely and hopeful with a dark underbelly, these fables revive a tradition running from Aesop to W.S. Merwin. With a poet's mastery, Crai... Lees meer

Unlucky Lucky Days

Daniel Grandbois

• Paperback | Engels | American Reader Series
• Inventive, disconcerting, and hilarious, these seventy-three tales of our Unlucky Lucky Days might well be termed Dr. Seuss for adults. They call to m... Lees meer