Sergei Dovlatov's subtle, dark-edged humor and wry observations are in full force in *The Suitcase* as he examines eight objects --the items he brought with him in his luggage upon his emigration from the U.S.S.R. These seemingly undistinguished...
Lucy can't help but feel lonely when she and her brother move in with their gran, leaving behind their old friends. Lucy wishes she could have a pet, but Gran isn't keen on animals. A stray kitten catches Lucy's attention, and she instantly falls in...
**From the award-winning translators: the complete prose narratives of the most acclaimed Russian writer of the Romantic era and one of the world's greatest storytellers.**
The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry...
**From the celebrated, award-winning translators of *Anna Karenina* and *War and Peace* : a lavish, masterfully rendered volume of stories by one of the most influential short fiction writers of all time.**
Chekhov's genius left an indelible impact...
Flight from the USSR, the first novel from one of Georgia’s most famous author, Dato Turashvili, was originally published in Georgia in 1988. Since then, it has been adapted as a stage play entitled “Jeans Generation” and translated into...
One key factor that differentiated World War I from all of the military conflicts that had gone before it was the widespread use of aircraft in battle. Acclaimed action-adventure novelist Percy F. Westerman takes advantage of this fact in Billy...
Get set for high seas adventure in this thrilling read from action-adventure master Percy F. Westerman. Full of realistic details gleaned from Westerman's own time in the Royal Navy, this classic World War I story will leave readers breathless with...
**Sophie Kohl** is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after she confesses to her husband Emmett, a mid-level diplomat at the American embassy in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo, he is shot in the head and killed. **Stan...
Combustion Hour by Yoon Ha Lee is a story about the eschatology of shadow puppets.
This short story was acquired and edited for Tor.com by Tor Books executive editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being...