The New York Times best-selling author shares six stories based in New York City, which consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters, and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood, told from seven different viewpoints, which stars the indomitable Evelyn Ross.

"From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to send a shiver down your spine. Two kids embark on a field trip to the zoo...and stumble upon a creature they never expected to meet. A boy makes a machine that puts kids in charge...but at what cost? A child is sure his new house is haunted...but is it just in his head? And each story comes with a personal introduction from Stine himself. Laced with Stine's...

Hornbeam the moose goes on a picnic with his best friend Eureka, sleeps over his friend Cuddy's house, and learns how to swim with Adorabelle.

"En plena d�ecada de los a�nos 90 una mujer se gana la vida como novia de alquiler de hombres gays. En un fumadero de Harlem una travesti latina conoce �intimamente nada menos que a Billie Holiday. Un grupo de rugbiers regatea el precio de una noche de sexo y a cambio recibe su merecido. Monjas, abuelas, ni�nos y perros nunca son lo que parecen. Los nueve relatos que componen este libro est�an habitados por personajes extravagantes y profundamente...

Summary: This debut collection of stories opens up the lives of characters whose worlds seethe with obsession and dark tension. Set in Ireland and the deep South of America, they reveal lives where dreams, memory and chance can lead to crippling effects.

Esta antologia recoge 22 relatos escritos por mujeres. Aqui encontraras narraciones de figuras consagradas como Emilia Pardo Bazan, Mary Shelley o Edith Wharton, y descubriras autoras menos conocidas como Maria de Zayas o Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Aunque pertenecen a distintas epocas y lugares, todas tienen algo en comun: la valentia de ir a contracorriente y alzar la voz en tiempos en los que era casi imposible que una mujer desarrollara sus capacidades...

"'Relit' features sixteen original stories by award-winning and bestselling Latinx YA authors that revamp classics, myths, and fairytales to center the multilayered Latinx experience through fantasy, science fiction, and a dash of magic. 'Pride and Prejudice' is launched into outer space, 'Frankenstein' is plunged into the depths of the ocean, and 'The Great Gatsby' floats to an island off the coast of Costa Rica. A shape-shifter gives up her life...

"Nine mesmerizing stories saturated in the details of Roman life that showcase Jhumpa Lahiri's extraordinary range and virtuosity"--

This form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intensely, to capture character, time, place, and story with immediacy,” writes guest editor Lisa Unger in her introduction. The transporting stories in this year’s The Best American Mystery and Suspense are populated by those who exist on the fringe of our society and want more than what life has dealt them: A haunted veteran turned career criminal is on the run. An...

"Aquel que lea este libro será transportado a realidades tan siniestras que podrían parecer ficción, pero son mucho más comunes de lo que algunos podrían pensar. Desde traumas personales hasta la maldad que encarna el ser humano, duras verdades son retratadas en tres historias que espero nunca llegues a experimentar."--