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Cover ArtI read, reread, and even read aloud to a friend selections from Cursed Bunny. The stories left me feeling haunted, reinforced by a matter of fact-ness in the narrator's tone. Recommend to fans of the grotesque, dark and unusual--Bora Chung goes there.

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Collection of short stories that blend horror, surrealism, and speculative fiction to take on the patriarchy, capitalism, and reign of big tech.

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Cover ArtNeed a cozy, sometimes creepy, read for the depths of winter (April is the second snowiest month in Colorado)? Agatha Christie has you covered with this assortment of tales, many with a winter setting, some of which feature beloved characters, including Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple. Get your cocoa and your blanket ready!
 
An all-new collection of winter-themed stories from the Queen of Mystery, just in time for the holidays--including the original version of "Christmas Adventure," never before released in the United States
 
Cover ArtSet in the Prohibition era, follow Buddy and his friend as they save up to make fruitcake to give as gifts (even buying whisky from a bootlegger called Haha); they even send one to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Family, tradition, and memory make this story timeless and heartwarming.
 
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Taking its place next to Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood on the Modern Library bookshelf is this new and original edition of Capote's most famous short stories: "A Christmas Memory", "One Christmas", and "A Thanksgiving Memory". All three stories are distinguished by Capote's delicate interplay of childhood sensibility and recollective vision.
 
Cover ArtWith these short stories, Bieker is able to thoroughly capture the very specific voice of California's Central Valley. The short stories are gritty, dark, and fascinating. A wonderfully well-written compilation that shows that the kids actually aren't all right in Fresno, California.
 
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A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to salvage her own lost motherhood. A phone-sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life. A mother and a son selling dream catchers along a highway that leads to a toxic beach manifest two young documentary filmmakers into their realm. And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny. United by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California's Central Valley, Chelsea Bieker brims over with each character's attempt to salvage--or sabotage--grace where they can find it.
 
Cover ArtLast year, Colorado author Vauhini Vara's debut novel The Immortal King Rao captivated readers and became a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Hear her speak this Friday at JLF Colorado, then don't miss her haunting new story collection coming next week. Publisher's Weekly gives it a starred review, saying, "Vara invigorates with emotional insights, whimsy, and a precision with language. It’s a remarkable achievement."
 
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Pushing intimacy to its limits in prose of unearthly beauty, Vauhini Vara explores the nature of being a child, parent, friend, sibling, neighbor, or lover, and the relationships between self and others. A young girl reads the encyclopedia to her elderly neighbor, who is descending into dementia. A pair of teenagers seek intimacy as phone-sex operators. A competitive sibling tries to rise above the drunken mess of her own life to become a loving aunt. One sister consumes the ashes of another. And, in the title story, an experimental artist takes on his most ambitious project yet: constructing a life-size ark according to the Bible's specifications. In a world defined by estrangement, where is communion to be found? The characters in This Is Salvaged, unmoored in turbulence, are searching fervently for meaning, through one another.
 
Cover ArtOtherworldly psychological horror stories in the vein of Edgar Allan Poe or H. P. Lovecraft that conjure a dense dream-like atmosphere through rich, beautifully constructed prose. Strangely cathartic, despite the eerie subject matter. I would recommend reading right before going to sleep for the best experience.
 
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Thomas Ligotti's debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced by the strange terrors of Lovecraft and Poe and by the brutal absurdity of Kafka, Ligotti eschews cheap, gory thrills for his own brand of horror, which shocks at the deepest, existential, levels.
Ligotti's stories take on decaying cities and lurid dreamscapes in a style ranging from rich, ornamental prose to cold, clinical detachment. His raw and experimental work lays bare the unimportance of our world and the sickening madness of the human condition. Like the greatest writers of cosmic horror, Ligotti bends reality until it cracks, opening fissures through which he invites us to gaze on the unsettling darkness of the abyss below.
 
Cover ArtHorrid Henry is the first in an extensive collection of stories about Henry and his friends by well known British children's author Francesca Simon. Meet Moody Margaret, Perfect Peter and Rude Ralph. These are great books to read aloud and will have the whole family laughing at Horrid Henry's antics.
 
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Horrid Henry causes his brother Perfect Peter all sorts of problems when he behaves properly for a change, upstages Peter at a dance recital, plays pirates, and goes on a camping trip.
 
Cover ArtTales from the Shadowhunter Academy stems from The Mortal Instruments series, but it is a separate book entity. The book follows Simon Lewis, a former human and vampire, who has lost his memories. He is now training to become a warrior called a Shadowhunter at a school made for that exact purpose. It deals with the ideas of loneliness and confusion that multiple characters go through. The book is split into short stories, so I found it to cover more plot lines and keep my attention. 
- Gianna, 11th grade teen volunteer
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Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming a Shadowhunter. The events of City of Heavenly Fire left him stripped of his memories, and Simon isn’t sure who he is anymore. So when the Shadowhunter Academy reopens, Simon throws himself into this new world of demon-hunting, determined to find himself again. Whomever this new Simon might be. But the Academy is a Shadowhunter institution, which means it has some problems. Like the fact that non-Shadowhunter students have to live in the basement. At least Simon’s trained in weaponry—even if it’s only from hours of playing D&D.
Cover ArtFocusing on the lives of Chicana women in Denver and Southern Colorado, Fajardo-Anstine's collection of short stories is absolutely phenomenal. Ranging from the tragic in "Sugar Babies," to the more heartfelt in "Remedies," each story is unforgettable; bursting with characters who feel so real you'll be shouting "I know her!" as you read. From her use of specific northside Denver dialect with words like "jito" to her descriptions of Denver areas such as Cheeseman Park and the Central Downtown Denver Library, Fajardo-Anstine's love for her hometown and state shines in each story. As a Chicana who grew up in Denver myself, there has never been another book that has so perfectly and vividly captured my life and the lives of the other women in my family--I cannot recommend this book enough; it is definitely one of my all-time favorite books. A must read of Chicana literature.
 
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Kali Fajardo-Anstine's magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado—a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite—these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force.
 
In "Sugar Babies," ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the earth but tend to rise during land disputes. "Any Further West" follows a sex worker and her daughter as they leave their ancestral home in southern Colorado only to find a foreign and hostile land in California. In "Tomi," a woman leaves prison and finds herself in a gentrified city that is a shadow of the one she remembers from her childhood. And in the title story, "Sabrina & Corina," a Denver family falls into a cycle of violence against women, coming together only through ritual.
Sabrina & Corina is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home.
01/04/2021
Boulder Library
Cover ArtThis book is a perfect light hearted take on fairy tales. Silly drawings, silly narration, all around silliness. Perfect for readers of any age. Young readers will laugh at the fun that's poked at the title page and the "ISBN guy." This is what I would consider a classic, and a must read for everyone.
 
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The author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs provides a riotous romp through fairy-tale-land that will have readers clutching their sides happily ever after. Full-color oil paintings.
 
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