Short Family

Private investigator Rae Donovan’s relationship with her father is distant to the point of estrangement. But when she learns he’s dying in hospice, she drops everything to be at his side. By the time she arrives, he’s already too far gone to speak, and a doctor says his death is consistent with poisoning. As she scours his isolated Adirondack home for clues, she discovers a hidden room filled with surveillance equipment, weapons, and a safe full of cash—maybe her father wasn’t the unassuming retiree she’d imagined.

For fans of Curtis Sittenfeld and Katherine Heiny, a comic and incisive collection of linked stories about women unraveling under the weight of politeness, partnership, and performative perfection. “Formally inventive, expertly crafted, and alive with a generous sense of humor, Just Don't Ask...

From the award-winning author of Dearborn, a tragicomic story collection that moves between Lebanon and Michigan, exploring migration, war, family, and the enduring pull of home. In a village haunted by unexploded cluster bombs, a chorus of matriarchs obsess over a poet-turned-mayor who...

A perfectly crafted, brief, tense tale of two strangers on a winter’s night in a quiet, secluded hotel and the stories they tell each other, from the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall and Summerwater. Tell me the worst thing you’ve ever done. One winter’s night, in a hotel on Ireland’s west...

Award-winning Keith Rosson delves into notions of family, grief, identity, indebtedness, loss, and hope, with a surefooted merging of literary fiction and magical realism With Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons, award-winning author Keith Rosson once again delves into notions of family, identity...

Forget the Liberty advent calendar. Dump the Diptyque advent calendar. This year curl up instead with twelve swoonworthy stories perfect for festive reading from your favourite romance authors, perfectly partnered with twelve exclusive pieces of art to complement your read. From enemies to...

On the eve of the new millennium, diamond thief Noel Snow seduced FBI special agent Robert Cuffe, then fled into the dawn. Now a successful novelist, Noel uses his capers as fodder for his books, and has modeled his hero's nemesis (and potential love interest) on Cuffe. Though he leaves Robert a...

Your best friend's daddy. Your stepmom. Your stepsister. The whole family next door has secrets — and this bundle pulls back every closed door. Tired of vanilla taboo stories that tease the forbidden but never deliver the body-shaking heat your fantasies demand? Forbidden Family Erotic Tales 2-in-1: Daddy's Secret stacks two full collections — Best Friend's Dad Erotic Tales and Stepfamily Erotic Tales — into one explicit bundle. Twenty raw sex stories that skip the plot and drop you into the daddy energy and stepfamily depravity you've been craving in secret.