The Penguin Book of Very Short Stories has been specially written for intermediate students of English. These eleven stories are exciting and intriguing. Set in locations all around the world with plots that cover romance, fantasy and comedy, they are so short that they can easily be read in a single sitting.
Each story is full of useful language, idioms and everyday expressions, and a short section at the back of the book provides glossaries, language practice exercises and discussion questions.
The information is presented in a fun, colourful way. Illustrations show the gruesome side of dinosaurs, including their eating habits. Visual keys show the main information about the dinosaurs in a clear, concise way. Fun, short facts are presented clearly in bright boxes.
What elevates Palahniuk's best novels (e.g., Fight Club) above their shocking premises is his ability to find humanity in deeply grotesque characters. But such generosity of spirit is not evident in his latest, which charts the trials of a group of aspiring writers brought together for a three-month writer's retreat in an abandoned theater. The novel intersperses the writers' poems and short stories with tales of the indignities they heap upon themselves after deciding to turn their lives into a "true-life horror story with a happy ending."
AUDIOBOOKS: Stephen King - Several Short Stories (audio and text)
Here are 6 stories from Nightmares and Dreamscapes (with Introduction) and4 from Night Shift.
