Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
272 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
I walk between the raindrops -- What's love got to do with it? -- Asleep at the wheel -- Not me -- The apartment -- These are the circumstances -- The thirteenth day -- Key to the kingdom -- SCS 750 -- Big Mary -- The hyena -- The shape of a teardrop -- Dog lab |
Summary |
In the title story of "Walk Between the Raindrops," a woman sits down next to a man at a bar and claims she has ESP. In "Thirteen Days," passengers on a cruise line are quarantined, to horrifying and hilarious effect. And "Hyena" begins simply: "That was the day the hyena came for him, and never mind that there were no hyenas in the South of France, and especially not in Pont-Saint-Esprit--it was there and it came for him. |
Subject |
Short stories, American -- 21st century.
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Humorous fiction.
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Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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ISBN |
0063052881 (hardcover) |
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9780063052888 (hardcover) |
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