Robert Shapard

James Thomas

An anthology of bite-sized tales represents the work of some of today's best fiction writers and includes Rick Moody's definition of an armoire, Lydia Davis's sojourn into the world of cats, and Dave Eggers's exploration of narrow escapes. Original.

80 Very Short Stories

Flash Fiction Forward

Short-short Stories from America and Beyond

New Sudden Fiction

Christopher Merrill

This brilliant new anthology collects 86 of the most beautiful, provocative and moving flash fiction narratives, which are very short stories usually no more than 750 words, from around the world that challenge readers to expand their horizons and celebrate both the local and universal. Original.

Very Short Stories from Around the World

Flash Fiction International

Gathers seventy stories by Paley, Hannah, Barthelme, Cheever, Updike, Tallent, Carver, Boyle, Williams, Oates, Hemingway, and Malamud

American Short-short Stories

Sudden Fiction

Sherrie Flick

John Dufresne

73 Very Short Stories

Flash Fiction America

Sandy Oliver

David Gough

An introduction to systematic reviews

Robert Scotellaro

A new collection of very short stories selected by Flash Fiction editor James Thomas and Robert Scotellaro. All of the stories in this book are exceptionally short, revealing themselves in no more than 300 words. With a foreword by Robert Shapard and an afterword by Christopher Merrill, this book brings you fresh approaches to an exacting form that demands precision, a species of brevity that is surprisingly expansive. Writers say the pieces are hard to compose, but readers say they are easy to appreciate, a pleasure to envision, a wonder to watch life spun out and painted in small places. Real and surreal, lyrical and prosaic, here are 135 stories by 89 authors, certain to make you think.

New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

Joshua Free

Khem Juergen

At the dawn of a new era, a new age -- a new "Babylon" -- secret knowledge and wisdom of the greatest empire in history, originally guarded and hidden by the most progressive ruler of western civilization -- Nebuchadnezzar II -- now stands open to all, freshly recovered and translated from the deserts of Middle East... unearthed beyond time and space from ancient Mesopotamia!The tablet collection known as the "Sajaha Series" first relayed to the public in 1991 is in the German language: “Das Buch der Sajaha: Neunzehn Schriftsatze der Babylonianischer Sehek,” would have appeared as “The Book of Sajaha – Nineteen Writings of the Babylonian Seer”—had it ever been produced in English. More recently Max Cold Champion& Aldo Espinosa released another edition in 2009, again in German, titled: “Sajaha: Die Prophezeiungen fur ein Newes Zeitalter Babylon, Nebukadnezar und der Dritte Sargon.” [“Sajaha: Prophecies of a New Age of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar and the Third Sargon.”]The public release of The Book of Sajaha-the-Seer (Liber S) marks a new phase in the Mardukite work—featuring the prophecies, visions and advisement of a great Babylonian seer, Sajaha: accounts of a future rise of New Babylon from her point of view. Commentary, new translations and the original German transliteration manuscript are included within this concise volume of 'Sumerian Wisdom & Anunnaki Prophecies: The Book of Sajaha-the-Seer: Babylonian Cuneiform Wisdom Tablet Series of King Nebuchadnezzar II & Prophetic Visions for a New Babylon Rising' edited by Joshua Free.As you reflect upon the lines of this tablet series, the prophecies and visions most surely conjure vivid imagery to mind, not to mention what the intended audience for them would have been thinking—for they were once the private possession of the Babylonian king of Sajaha's time, King Nebuchadnezzar II, a supporter of a progressive fruitful and benevolent pro-Mardukite era of Babylonian Renaissance for nearly half of a century!EDITION NOTE:Mardukite-English translation developed by the Mardukite Chamberlains as an unpublished companion to Book of Marduk by Nabu as derived from the German text.An original publication developed by the Mardukite Truth Seeker Press in conjunction with the Mardukite Research Organization [Mardukite Chamberlains] & with a grant from NexGenSys [NexGen Systemological Society]MRO Archive# Cycle 5 (2013) Chamberlains Catalogue Designation: Liber-S – [Year-5]

Book of Sajaha the Seer: Babylonian Cuneiform Wisdom Tablet Series of King Nebuchadnezzar II

Sumerian Wisdom & Anunnaki Prophecies

A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world. What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is a micro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on mathematical forms, a paragraph-length novel, a scientific report on volcanic fireflies that proliferate in nightclubs. Flash has always—and everywhere—been a form of experiment, of possibility. A new entry in the lauded Flash and Sudden Fiction anthologies, this collection includes 86 of the most beautiful, provocative, and moving narratives by authors from six continents, including best-selling writer Etgar Keret, Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah, Korean screenwriter Kim Young-ha, Nobel Prize winner Czeslaw Milosz, and Argentinian “Queen of the Microstory” Ana María Shua, among many others. These brilliantly chosen stories challenge readers to widen their vision and celebrate both the local and the universal.

Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World

Review: 'I loved Thomas' unique approach to the dystopian genre, and his writing kept me on edge all the way through! This one's great for horror and dystopian fans.' Being forced into an underground bunker, Tommy faces an unbelievable challenge; survival away from his normal life. But it’s not so easy to survive when a killer is among the crowd of people who were also pulled down from earth’s surface. A professional hunter leaves the tunnels lined with blood, art, and lust. Even worse, Tommy’s girlfriend, Dahria, seems to be in the sights of the predator. And he is hungry to play more games.

A Game Of Red (Blood Games Series Book 1)

A spectacular new anthology of the best short-short fiction from across the United States. It has been more than thirty years since the term "flash fiction" was first coined, perfectly describing the power in the brevity of these stories, each under 1,000 words. Since then, the form has taken hold in the American imagination. For this latest installment in the popular Flash Fiction series, James Thomas, Sherrie Flick, and John Dufresne have searched far and wide for the most distinctive American voices in short-short fiction. The 73 stories collected here speak to the diversity of the American experience and range from the experimental to the narrative, from the whimsical to the gritty. Featuring fiction from writers both established and new, including Aimee Bender, K-Ming Chang, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Bryan Washington, Robert Scotellaro, and Luis Alberto Urrea, Flash Fiction America is a brilliant collection, radiating creativity and bringing together some of the most compelling and exciting contemporary writers in the United States.

Ana Castillo

D. Seth Horton

Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri, an annual anthology of exceptional short fiction rooted in the western United States, debuted in 1988 and continued publication until 1992. Recognizing that the West remains rewarding territory for literary explorations, James Thomas and D. Seth Horton revived the series in 2009. Best of the West 2011: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri is the latest volume in what has become one of the nation's most important anthologies. Editors Horton and Thomas have chosen twenty stories by writers including Rick Bass, T. C. Boyle, Ron Carlson, Philipp Meyer, Dagoberto Gilb, Yiyun Li, Antonya Nelson, and Sam Shepard. Subjects vary from an Idaho family that breeds lions and tigers with disastrous results, to a Mormon veteran whose mind is taken over by a nineteenth-century consciousness, to a Texas boy who spends an afternoon with Bonnie and Clyde shortly before their deaths. Taken together, these stories suggest that the West has become one of the most exciting and diverse literary regions in the twenty-first century.

New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri

Best of the West 2011

Best of the West

Julian P. T. Higgins

The revised edition of the Handbook offers the only guide on how to conduct, report and maintain a Cochrane Review The second edition of The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions contains essential guidance for preparing and maintaining Cochrane Reviews of the effects of health interventions. Designed to be an accessible resource, the Handbook will also be of interest to anyone undertaking systematic reviews of interventions outside Cochrane, and many of the principles and methods presented are appropriate for systematic reviews addressing research questions other than effects of interventions. This fully updated edition contains extensive new material on systematic review methods addressing a wide-range of topics including network meta-analysis, equity, complex interventions, narrative synthesis, and automation. Also new to this edition, integrated throughout the Handbook, is the set of standards Cochrane expects its reviews to meet. Written for review authors, editors, trainers and others with an interest in Cochrane Reviews, the second edition of The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions continues to offer an invaluable resource for understanding the role of systematic reviews, critically appraising health research studies and conducting reviews.

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

This is a very silly book. If that's not your thing, then at least buy it for a wayward niece. Inside, you'll find thousands of ideas: dozens of stories, poems, diagrams, lists and cartoons, along with hundreds of jokes and approximations thereof. Is this the funniest book ever published? Well, that's very nice of you to suggest, but at least read it first. James Thomas, what wrote the book, is the elected President of Twitter. But don't let that put you off. He works hard at this nonsense, and has several other irons (books) in the fire (not literally). Why The Long Joke? is the consequence of several years of throwing away Brilliant Material in favor of Ultimate Stupidity. A difficult process, but as you'll see, the results speak for themselves. Inside you'll find countless nuggets of comedy bronze, including "How to Write a Sentence"; "Edgar Allan Poe Goes to a Music Festival"; and "The Three Letters from Saint Paul to the Venusians." Do not, also, miss the author's original illustrations, such as "Dinosaurs of the Future" and "How to Tell If You're Dead"--they're exactly as useful as they sound.

Why the Long Joke?

Andrew Galatian

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

Also Pioneer Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1866 and 1867

Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley: with Histories of East Saginaw, Saginaw City and Bay City, from their earliest Settlements

My Dog Bo stories make kids want to get ready for bed! Fall in love with the characters and join in the adventures of Bo as he gets lost, goes fishing, camping, sailing and offers the ultimate bed-time stories for kids ages 2-6. Stories by James Thomas, illustrations by Francesca Da Sacco

My Dog Bo

Bo Gets Lost

Bo Goes Fishing

Enjoy the pleasures of an Australian vacation while staying in the private homes of friendly hosts who are determined to make any visit Down Under an enjoyable one.

Australian Bed and Breakfast Book

The definitive guide to bed and breakfasts in New Zealand presents descriptions of more than 1,000 private homes and hotels and their services. This thoroughly expanded, updated reference book includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, prices, illustrations of the various homes, and directions to each establishment.

James Thomas

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