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Collects fourteen Christmas stories by twelve children's authors who have won the John Newbery Medal, including E.

A collection of thirteen horror tales by masters of the genre.

Includes nine short stories covering such themes as sibling rivalry, friendship, a room of one's own, madness, first love, and lost love.

Contains eleven stories about growing up written by well-known authors; including Meg Cabot, Lois Lowry, Cathy Hopkins, and more.

Contains six stories, each about a character whose life is transformed by an all-night vigil, including selections by Libba Bray, Patricia McCormick, Gene Luen Yang,Peter Abrahams, Sarah Weeks, and David Levithan.

Presents a black and white illustrated edition of the classic Washington Irving Gothic tales "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"--in which the foolish school teacher Ichabod Crane becomes infatuated with the lovely Katrina Van Tassel and schemes to steal her fortune, only to run into the terrifying Headless Horseman--and also the short story "Rip Van Winkle.

Contains a collection of comics and games from the New York Times by thirty-three authors and artists.

Defines what a short story is and follows the development of this literary form with critical comments about 83 writers and their works.

A number of stories, poems, and songs which demonstrate that people can choose to do or be whatever they desire.

"Twayne's critical history of the short story. Bibliography: p. 146-162.

Contains essays tracing the major movements of the short story from the beginning of the century until the end of World War II.

Presents a collection of forty short stories covering a period from the early nineteenth century to the present.

A fifty-year celebration of Signet Books, featuring eighteen fiction stories written especially for this collection by some of Signet's best-selling authors, including Sharyn McCrumb, Joan Hess, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Stephen King, Ed McBain and others.

Contains original short novels by eleven best-selling modern creators of fantasy fiction, each set in an imaginary universe made famous by the author in previous books.