From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this award-winning collection of short fiction. Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . . Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and...

What Thou and I Did, Till We Loved - A Pitch Too High For the Human Ear - Habit - Flotsam - Cold Snap - Resize - The Testosterone Club - Dark Roots - Angel - Seizure - The Light of Coincidence - Soundtrack - Direct Action - The Correct Names of Things - Wheelbarrow Thief - Sea Burial - Kill or Cure

The author of the Joe Pickett novels presents 10 suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so well -- and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there -- in a collection that includes four stories that feature Pickett himself.

This collection of short works is comprised of pieces that previously appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Playboy, and McSweeney's, in a volume that includes such tales as ""The Gingerbread Girl"" and "N."

An unprecedented collective features pairings by 23 best-selling and critically acclaimed suspense writers, including John Sandford, F. Paul Wilson and R. L. Stine, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.

A collection of twenty-six short stories, all but one of which appeared in the "New York world."

"Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends at a birthday party, help Rabbit find his good mood, play with little Roo, and more! Each story in this collection is ideal for reading aloud in just five minutes--a perfect fit for bedtime, story time, or any time!"--