Showing results for "Jon" in Short Stories

Una pareja abandona la ciudad para rehacer su vida en una casa construida a espaldas de un viejo bosque. Apenas instalados en ella, la mujer es asaltada en un sueño por la imagen de una invasión de ardillas. Intentan tomar la casa. En el sueño, Bambú, el perro de la pareja, las enfrenta y se...

Una banda de motoristas acosa a una pareja que viaja por Estados Unidos; un hombre se ve obligado a comer una tarántula viva ante las cámaras de un programa de televisión para solucionar los problemas económicos de su familia; dos buscadores de oro aficionados sufren en las montañas un terrible accidente que pone a prueba su amistad; la muerte de dos vagabundos y el descubrimiento de unas ruinas misteriosas perturban la celebración de una boda....

One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

Set largely in the 1990s, the 12 linked stories in Joel Mowdy’s first book take place in and around Mastic Beach, a community on New York’s Long Island that’s close to the wealthy Hamptons but afflicted by widespread poverty. Mostly in their teens and early 20s, the characters struggle to become independent in various ways, ranging from taking typical low-paying jobs - hotel laundry, janitorial, restaurant, and landscaping work - to highly ingenious schemes, to exchanging sexual favors for a place to stay.

Kiev. 1942. Larissa is a renowned embroiderer, surviving in occupied Ukraine as a seamstress in her ruin of a workshop. When an SS officer arrives to order a traditionally embroidered Ukrainian shirt, Larissa uses the opportunity to create a piece of art from her handiwork. Threading together the history and the horrors between the two enemies, she finds a way to express her defiance toward the Nazis and the local collaborators. But at what price? Prepare yourself for an unforgettable journey behind the Second World War’s eastern front.