General Fiction

Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age, effortlessly writing for children and adults alike. In this, the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories, we see how Dahl began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but q...

Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age, effortlessly writing for children and adults alike. In this, the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories, we see how Dahl began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but q...

Nell Stevens' life is a mess. When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell's happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. But a lot has changed since she's been gone. All her single friends are now married with children, sky-high rents force ...

The stories in Emma Cline's first collection consider the dark corners of human experience, exploring the fault lines of power between men and women, parents and children, past and present.

Daisy Jones & the Six rose from the 1970s LA music scene to become one of the biggest bands in the world. They sold out arenas from coast to coast. Their music defined an era and every girl in America idolised Daisy. But, in 1979, on the night of the final concert of their tour, they split. Nobod...

In 1964, two years after the critically lauded release of his debut novel 'A Different Drummer', William Melvin Kelley published his first collection of short stories, 'Dancers on the Shore'. Reissued in a new edition by riverrun, these seventeen stories expand Kelley's literary world, showcase h...

Welcome to Buenos Aires, a city thrumming with murderous intentions and morbid desires, where missing children come back from the dead and unearthed bones carry terrible curses. These brilliant, unsettling tales of revenge, witchcraft, fetishes, disappearances and urban madness spill over with wo...

Welcome to Buenos Aires, a city thrumming with murderous intentions and morbid desires, where missing children come back from the dead and unearthed bones carry terrible curses. These brilliant, unsettling tales of revenge, witchcraft, fetishes, disappearances and urban madness spill over with wo...

From a tin mug of crab chowder to a feast for friends and family, this is a celebration of sunshine and sea air and salt spray: a love letter to the beach hut. This uplifting collection of eight short stories, full of heart and humour, will transport you to the golden sands of Everdene for a perf...

Novelist, critic and biographer, Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. This collection shows her to be a leading practitioner of the art of the short story, presenting her complete short fiction in a single volume, spanning four decades, from 1964 to 2000.