The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures. It considers issues of form and style alongside - and often as part of - a broader discussion of publishing history and the cultural contexts in which the short story has flourished and continues to flourish. In its structure the book provides a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history, and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this a stimulating and informative overview for all students of English literature.

The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures. It considers issues of form and style alongside - and often as part of - a broader discussion of publishing history and the cultural contexts in which the short story has flourished and continues to flourish. In its structure the book provides a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history, and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this a stimulating and informative overview for all students of English literature.

Gathers together Hogg's writing for magazines beyond ScotlandBeginning with the short story 'The Long Pack', first published in a London miscellany in 1809, and concluding with 'The Rose of Plora', a poem printed posthumously in a New York eclectic magazine in 1841, the collection spans the full period of Hogg's life as a professional writer. Several pieces are reprinted in this book for the first time. A detailed introduction explores Hogg's complex relationship to the periodicals market in Scotland and overseas, while an extensive Appendix records the many hundreds of reprints of his work in newspapers and magazines around the world. Each text is introduced and fully annotated, and its publication history accounted for. A glossary aids readers unfamiliar with the Scots language.

Gathers together Hogg's writing for magazines beyond ScotlandBeginning with the short story 'The Long Pack', first published in a London miscellany in 1809, and concluding with 'The Rose of Plora', a poem printed posthumously in a New York eclectic magazine in 1841, the collection spans the full period of Hogg's life as a professional writer. Several pieces are reprinted in this book for the first time. A detailed introduction explores Hogg's complex relationship to the periodicals market in Scotland and overseas, while an extensive Appendix records the many hundreds of reprints of his work in newspapers and magazines around the world. Each text is introduced and fully annotated, and its publication history accounted for. A glossary aids readers unfamiliar with the Scots language.

New scholarly essays on the short story in English as a phenomenon of world literatureThis collection explores the history and development of the anglophone short story since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Ranging across texts from different parts of the English-speaking world, it studies the form in its many guises and venues of publication. Why have writers of so many nationalities and dispositions found the short story amenable to experimentation and discovery? What is the history and origin of the modern short story, and what has been the role of the publishing business, of academic criticism, of the Creative Writing 'industry', and of the digital revolution in shaping and disseminating it over the past two centuries? This collection of innovative essays by new and established scholars explores these and other questions, addressing stories from around the world, and considering their relationship to place, identity, history and genre.Key FeaturesNew critical perspectives on the English-language short story by established scholars and new voicesProvides an international perspective on the formShowcases a wide range of critical approaches and perspectives, including Book History, genre criticism, postcolonial theory, queer studies, feminist criticism, war writing, disability studies, Creative Writing, and ecocriticism

Crash Your Party Dress is the first anthology of Adrian Hunters short stories. For readers not familiar with his canon, Hunters work has been described as moody, atmospheric fiction with a bondage twist. Unlike classic erotica, these stories arent polite pornography that exist simply to titillate. Hunter delves deeper into the human psyche to the place where irrepressible sexual preferences collide with social mores and conventions, that unknown part of the brain where torture becomes an expression of the deepest love and respect.Its easy to dismiss sadomasochism as a kinky thrill, a horrible perversion, or a disease in need of a cure. Many claim that our sexual preferences are determined by genetics, and cannot be altered by medicine, counseling, nor even self-denial. This is fine for gentlemen who prefer blondes, but not so good for pedophiles. The characters in Hunters stories dont always understand their obsessions, only that they cant deny them. In bondage, the sex is incidental; its the tension between terms such as voluntary slavery and consensual rape that makes these stories so viciously compelling.This volume includes Hunter classics such as Jennifer, four episodes in the life of an adulterous wife who learns about her best friends secret the hard way, as well as newer works such as Pretty Pleas, in which a public defender and the district attorney resolve their differences less than amicably outside the courtroom.Three of the storiesTailor Maid, Ol Paint and Chantilly Lacerevolve around the concept of ponygirls, in which young ladies (and men, too) are transformed into equestrian vassals who are treated and trained in a manner befitting their reduced status on the mammalian foodchain. But dont expect centaurs and other furry fantasies; its the act of submission, not transformation, that motivates these mixed breeds to discern the difference between a canter and a trot.Isabel is perhaps Hunters best-known story, a novella first published in 1995 that describes one womans journey to the heart of her worst nightmares, a voyage that must be taken by anyone who wants to become what they dream. Its a tale thats been told many times before, but rarely with the wit, heat and constant surprises that Hunter lends to the familiar narrative.Crash Your Party Dress also includes a brand-new Hunter story, Double Clutch, as well as Sweet Butterfly by Chelsea Shepard, who has co-authored a full-length novel with Hunter, Once Bitten.Other Xlibris books by Adrian Hunter:Once Bitten (with Chelsea Shepard)Something Just Clicked

For more information and sample stories, please visit http://www.adrianhunter.com

Something Just Clicked is the second anthology of Adrian Hunters short stories. This volume includes Hunters first bondage tale published in 1993, The Rubbermaid Chronicles, the amazing adventures of a young girl who becomes intimately acquainted with the myriad definitions of service. It also features edgier works like Knotical, in which an unexpected telegram leads a woman on a dizzying ride from her office through the city to the local marina and far beyond.

Every December, Hunter usually writes a new story to celebrate the Christmas season, and two of the most popular ones, Claustrophobia and Silent Knight, are included in this collection, as well as the Halloween-flavored His Favorite Holiday.

Temporarily, and its sequel, Distemporarily, are among Hunters most enduring creations. Documenting the travails of Samantha, an aspiring executive who is forced to submit to the machinations of her demented assistant Marla, its a rare detour for Hunter into the realm of femdom and nonconsensual proceedings. But few readers can resist the loquacious charms of Trixie, Marlas terror of a niece best described as a cross between Anne Rice and Eloise.

Something Just Clicked also includes The Game, an entertaining alternative to Trivial Pursuit when spending an evening with friends, written by Chelsea Shepard, who has co-authored a full-length novel with Hunter, Once Bitten.

Finally, Something Just Clicked marks the official debut of Odalisque, a novella previously available only to members of Hunters mailing list. Set in Turkey in the late 1800s, its the story of Nairda, the aga of the janissary, who must train a kidnapped American woman to service the sultan. Unfortunately, his elite force decides to stage a coup at the same time, leaving him vulnerable to complications worthy of the gods themselves.

Other Xlibris books by Adrian Hunter:Once Bitten (with Chelsea Shepard)Crash Your Party Dress

For more information and sample stories, please visit http://www.adrianhunter.com

It isnt easy being an evil genius. Just ask Donovan Grant, author of the Internets first foolproof copyright-protection software. Hollywood adores him, but hes no hero to the millions who loved downloading free copies of their favorite TV shows. Insanely rich, or maybe just insane, he blew his royalties on a private island in the Caribbean where he pursues his not-so-private obsessions, like photographing young ladies bound in expensive leather and posting the results on his no-cost web site, exsx.org.

But when your sexual preference is dominance, nothing less than world domination will do. With the help of a wide-eyed apprentice from Glasgow, a ganja-sucking bodyguard, a jaded hacker, and a surly cheerleader-turned-dominatrix named Sindie, Grant is getting ready to launch his revenge on everyone who thinks hes nothing but a one-trick ponyboy who got lucky.

Like Carroll Farmer, the take-no-prisoners tech reporter with a few axes to grind, preferably on whomevers tied to her bed tonight. Sparks (and other implements) fly when her editor/former flame sends her across the Atlantic to profile the reclusive Mr. Grant. Carroll is determined to uncover Donovans secrets, but events and emotions conspire to expose a few of her own, resulting in a wild ride through the dark side of dreams made real.

Dazzling, occasionally depraved and inevitably breathless, Once Bitten reads like a turbocharged duet between Carl Hiassen and the Marquis de Sade. Award-winning authors Adrian Hunter and Chelsea Shepard have concocted a seriously-sexy caper that spans the globe in search of nice vice, twisted truths, cruel love and freedom in restraint. Fast, fun and funny, Once Bitten puts the bon! back into bondage...where it belongs.

Other Xlibris books by Adrian Hunter:Crash Your Party DressSomething Just Clicked

For more information and sample stories, please visit http://www.adrianhunter.com

New scholarly essays on the short story in English as a phenomenon of world literatureThis collection explores the history and development of the anglophone short story since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Ranging across texts from different parts of the English-speaking world, it studies the form in its many guises and venues of publication. Why have writers of so many nationalities and dispositions found the short story amenable to experimentation and discovery? What is the history and origin of the modern short story, and what has been the role of the publishing business, of academic criticism, of the Creative Writing ‘industry’, and of the digital revolution in shaping and disseminating it over the past two centuries? This collection of innovative essays by new and established scholars explores these and other questions, addressing stories from around the world, and considering their relationship to place, identity, history and genre.Key FeaturesNew critical perspectives on the English-language short story by established scholars and new voicesProvides an international perspective on the formShowcases a wide range of critical approaches and perspectives, including Book History, genre criticism, postcolonial theory, queer studies, feminist criticism, war writing, disability studies, Creative Writing, and ecocriticism

Gathers together Hogg's writing for magazines beyond ScotlandBeginning with the short story 'The Long Pack', first published in a London miscellany in 1809, and concluding with 'The Rose of Plora', a poem printed posthumously in a New York eclectic magazine in 1841, the collection spans the full period of Hogg's life as a professional writer. Several pieces are reprinted in this book for the first time. A detailed introduction explores Hogg's complex relationship to the periodicals market in Scotland and overseas, while an extensive Appendix records the many hundreds of reprints of his work in newspapers and magazines around the world. Each text is introduced and fully annotated, and its publication history accounted for. A glossary aids readers unfamiliar with the Scots language.

The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures. It considers issues of form and style alongside - and often as part of - a broader discussion of publishing history and the cultural contexts in which the short story has flourished and continues to flourish. In its structure the book provides a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history, and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this a stimulating and informative overview for all students of English literature.

The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures. It considers issues of form and style alongside - and often as part of - a broader discussion of publishing history and the cultural contexts in which the short story has flourished and continues to flourish. In its structure the book provides a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history, and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this a stimulating and informative overview for all students of English literature.

Gathers together Hogg's writing for magazines beyond ScotlandBeginning with the short story 'The Long Pack', first published in a London miscellany in 1809, and concluding with 'The Rose of Plora', a poem printed posthumously in a New York eclectic magazine in 1841, the collection spans the full period of Hogg's life as a professional writer. Several pieces are reprinted in this book for the first time. A detailed introduction explores Hogg's complex relationship to the periodicals market in Scotland and overseas, while an extensive Appendix records the many hundreds of reprints of his work in newspapers and magazines around the world. Each text is introduced and fully annotated, and its publication history accounted for. A glossary aids readers unfamiliar with the Scots language.

Gathers together Hogg's writing for magazines beyond ScotlandBeginning with the short story 'The Long Pack', first published in a London miscellany in 1809, and concluding with 'The Rose of Plora', a poem printed posthumously in a New York eclectic magazine in 1841, the collection spans the full period of Hogg's life as a professional writer. Several pieces are reprinted in this book for the first time. A detailed introduction explores Hogg's complex relationship to the periodicals market in Scotland and overseas, while an extensive Appendix records the many hundreds of reprints of his work in newspapers and magazines around the world. Each text is introduced and fully annotated, and its publication history accounted for. A glossary aids readers unfamiliar with the Scots language.

New scholarly essays on the short story in English as a phenomenon of world literatureThis collection explores the history and development of the anglophone short story since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Ranging across texts from different parts of the English-speaking world, it studies the form in its many guises and venues of publication. Why have writers of so many nationalities and dispositions found the short story amenable to experimentation and discovery? What is the history and origin of the modern short story, and what has been the role of the publishing business, of academic criticism, of the Creative Writing 'industry', and of the digital revolution in shaping and disseminating it over the past two centuries? This collection of innovative essays by new and established scholars explores these and other questions, addressing stories from around the world, and considering their relationship to place, identity, history and genre.Key FeaturesNew critical perspectives on the English-language short story by established scholars and new voicesProvides an international perspective on the formShowcases a wide range of critical approaches and perspectives, including Book History, genre criticism, postcolonial theory, queer studies, feminist criticism, war writing, disability studies, Creative Writing, and ecocriticism

Crash Your Party Dress is the first anthology of Adrian Hunters short stories. For readers not familiar with his canon, Hunters work has been described as moody, atmospheric fiction with a bondage twist. Unlike classic erotica, these stories arent polite pornography that exist simply to titillate. Hunter delves deeper into the human psyche to the place where irrepressible sexual preferences collide with social mores and conventions, that unknown part of the brain where torture becomes an expression of the deepest love and respect.Its easy to dismiss sadomasochism as a kinky thrill, a horrible perversion, or a disease in need of a cure. Many claim that our sexual preferences are determined by genetics, and cannot be altered by medicine, counseling, nor even self-denial. This is fine for gentlemen who prefer blondes, but not so good for pedophiles. The characters in Hunters stories dont always understand their obsessions, only that they cant deny them. In bondage, the sex is incidental; its the tension between terms such as voluntary slavery and consensual rape that makes these stories so viciously compelling.This volume includes Hunter classics such as Jennifer, four episodes in the life of an adulterous wife who learns about her best friends secret the hard way, as well as newer works such as Pretty Pleas, in which a public defender and the district attorney resolve their differences less than amicably outside the courtroom.Three of the storiesTailor Maid, Ol Paint and Chantilly Lacerevolve around the concept of ponygirls, in which young ladies (and men, too) are transformed into equestrian vassals who are treated and trained in a manner befitting their reduced status on the mammalian foodchain. But dont expect centaurs and other furry fantasies; its the act of submission, not transformation, that motivates these mixed breeds to discern the difference between a canter and a trot.Isabel is perhaps Hunters best-known story, a novella first published in 1995 that describes one womans journey to the heart of her worst nightmares, a voyage that must be taken by anyone who wants to become what they dream. Its a tale thats been told many times before, but rarely with the wit, heat and constant surprises that Hunter lends to the familiar narrative.Crash Your Party Dress also includes a brand-new Hunter story, Double Clutch, as well as Sweet Butterfly by Chelsea Shepard, who has co-authored a full-length novel with Hunter, Once Bitten.Other Xlibris books by Adrian Hunter:Once Bitten (with Chelsea Shepard)Something Just Clicked

For more information and sample stories, please visit http://www.adrianhunter.com

Something Just Clicked is the second anthology of Adrian Hunters short stories. This volume includes Hunters first bondage tale published in 1993, The Rubbermaid Chronicles, the amazing adventures of a young girl who becomes intimately acquainted with the myriad definitions of service. It also features edgier works like Knotical, in which an unexpected telegram leads a woman on a dizzying ride from her office through the city to the local marina and far beyond.

Every December, Hunter usually writes a new story to celebrate the Christmas season, and two of the most popular ones, Claustrophobia and Silent Knight, are included in this collection, as well as the Halloween-flavored His Favorite Holiday.

Temporarily, and its sequel, Distemporarily, are among Hunters most enduring creations. Documenting the travails of Samantha, an aspiring executive who is forced to submit to the machinations of her demented assistant Marla, its a rare detour for Hunter into the realm of femdom and nonconsensual proceedings. But few readers can resist the loquacious charms of Trixie, Marlas terror of a niece best described as a cross between Anne Rice and Eloise.

Something Just Clicked also includes The Game, an entertaining alternative to Trivial Pursuit when spending an evening with friends, written by Chelsea Shepard, who has co-authored a full-length novel with Hunter, Once Bitten.

Finally, Something Just Clicked marks the official debut of Odalisque, a novella previously available only to members of Hunters mailing list. Set in Turkey in the late 1800s, its the story of Nairda, the aga of the janissary, who must train a kidnapped American woman to service the sultan. Unfortunately, his elite force decides to stage a coup at the same time, leaving him vulnerable to complications worthy of the gods themselves.

Other Xlibris books by Adrian Hunter:Once Bitten (with Chelsea Shepard)Crash Your Party Dress

For more information and sample stories, please visit http://www.adrianhunter.com

It isnt easy being an evil genius. Just ask Donovan Grant, author of the Internets first foolproof copyright-protection software. Hollywood adores him, but hes no hero to the millions who loved downloading free copies of their favorite TV shows. Insanely rich, or maybe just insane, he blew his royalties on a private island in the Caribbean where he pursues his not-so-private obsessions, like photographing young ladies bound in expensive leather and posting the results on his no-cost web site, exsx.org.

But when your sexual preference is dominance, nothing less than world domination will do. With the help of a wide-eyed apprentice from Glasgow, a ganja-sucking bodyguard, a jaded hacker, and a surly cheerleader-turned-dominatrix named Sindie, Grant is getting ready to launch his revenge on everyone who thinks hes nothing but a one-trick ponyboy who got lucky.

Like Carroll Farmer, the take-no-prisoners tech reporter with a few axes to grind, preferably on whomevers tied to her bed tonight. Sparks (and other implements) fly when her editor/former flame sends her across the Atlantic to profile the reclusive Mr. Grant. Carroll is determined to uncover Donovans secrets, but events and emotions conspire to expose a few of her own, resulting in a wild ride through the dark side of dreams made real.

Dazzling, occasionally depraved and inevitably breathless, Once Bitten reads like a turbocharged duet between Carl Hiassen and the Marquis de Sade. Award-winning authors Adrian Hunter and Chelsea Shepard have concocted a seriously-sexy caper that spans the globe in search of nice vice, twisted truths, cruel love and freedom in restraint. Fast, fun and funny, Once Bitten puts the bon! back into bondage...where it belongs.

Other Xlibris books by Adrian Hunter:Crash Your Party DressSomething Just Clicked

For more information and sample stories, please visit http://www.adrianhunter.com

New scholarly essays on the short story in English as a phenomenon of world literatureThis collection explores the history and development of the anglophone short story since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Ranging across texts from different parts of the English-speaking world, it studies the form in its many guises and venues of publication. Why have writers of so many nationalities and dispositions found the short story amenable to experimentation and discovery? What is the history and origin of the modern short story, and what has been the role of the publishing business, of academic criticism, of the Creative Writing ‘industry’, and of the digital revolution in shaping and disseminating it over the past two centuries? This collection of innovative essays by new and established scholars explores these and other questions, addressing stories from around the world, and considering their relationship to place, identity, history and genre.Key FeaturesNew critical perspectives on the English-language short story by established scholars and new voicesProvides an international perspective on the formShowcases a wide range of critical approaches and perspectives, including Book History, genre criticism, postcolonial theory, queer studies, feminist criticism, war writing, disability studies, Creative Writing, and ecocriticism

Gathers together Hogg's writing for magazines beyond ScotlandBeginning with the short story 'The Long Pack', first published in a London miscellany in 1809, and concluding with 'The Rose of Plora', a poem printed posthumously in a New York eclectic magazine in 1841, the collection spans the full period of Hogg's life as a professional writer. Several pieces are reprinted in this book for the first time. A detailed introduction explores Hogg's complex relationship to the periodicals market in Scotland and overseas, while an extensive Appendix records the many hundreds of reprints of his work in newspapers and magazines around the world. Each text is introduced and fully annotated, and its publication history accounted for. A glossary aids readers unfamiliar with the Scots language.