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Designed to meet the needs of a mixed population of readers, this innovative book spans the gap between grammar study and writing. It takes an <>approach to basic language skills instruction -- using sample paragraphs and excerpts from essays, rather than traditional sentence exercises -- and requires readers to write and then edit what they write. It emphasizes the practical use of word lists, and includes many lists and charts.

Tiny Bubbles is a new book of best stories by the author of Spiders and Goodbye. If you like your reads short and sweet, then you'll like flash and micro fiction. Read a few of these tiny tales and you'll want more. And more and more!

People have asked me why I don't write a novel. Well, one or two people have asked me that. I always reply that I am a sprinter and not a long-distance runner. Indeed, I prefer the fifty to the hundred-yard dash. The short form is a lovely thing. For years I have admired its economy, its punch, its subtlety. It's a perfect vehicle for me because I like to cut to the chase, and I don't like long-winded descriptions. Then, too, I see life as a c...

A hit man gets some work in Sin City, a tryst goes awry for a pair of senior citizens, an alcoholic cop makes a dramatic appearance at a rehab, a young man makes a midnight visit to some friends' bedroom. All these tales and many more in Menage a Trois & Other Stories, a book of flash fiction by Jack Swenson. The prose snapshots in this book crackle with energy, irony, and humor. Less is more, indeed, in this collection of stories from the aut...

I get inspirations for my stories in some odd places and at some strange times. I wrote one of these stories after a shower one morning as I was putting on my clothes and drying my hair. Some of the stories are rewrites of old ones, but most of them are new. In this collection I have tried to avoid cute or self-promoting stories, some of which polluted my earlier efforts. There's nothing heroic, nothing cute here. At least that was my goal. If...

Jack Swenson has yet to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his submissions are snubbed by many prestigious journals, which in his opinion is shocking and disgraceful and smacks of bias against old, straight, white men. Legal action is pending. Meanwhile, he carries on, scribbling his stories on scraps of paper and the sides of barns. His fiction has been described as bold, wise, funny, courageous, and aware. He is the author of five self-p...

Read these stories carefully. They're large. Read them one, two, three times. There's more here than meets the eye. Some of the stories are jokes, some confessions, some mysteries. There are rewrites of stories written earlier, too. My favorite stories are those where there's something left out, where you can't see the whole tapestry, just a single thread. Pull on the thread and see what is revealed. You'll be surprised.

Read these stories carefully. Read them one, two, three times. There's more here than meets the eye. Some of the stories are fictions, some are not. Some are what I call "fictional memoirs"-make believe with a bit of truth mixed in. There are a few rewrites of old stories, too. My favorite stories are those where something's left out, where you can't see the whole tapestry, just a single thread. Pull on the thread and see what is revealed. You...

This is a book of 49 of my best stories. The pick of the litter. They are all good reads. My one and only theme is the Human Comedy. My tales will make you laugh, cry, go tsk-tsk. Warning: For adults only.

This is my second book of favorite stories. My best. Pair it with Spiders and you have the best of the best. I promise: it's a good read. Tales from that age-old best seller, The Human Comedy.

A drunk finds an angel on a Greyhound bus, two old codgers stir up trouble at a retirement home when they open a sports book, family and friends of a Lutheran bride suffer through a wedding in a Catholic church. You'll find these stories and more in this delightful garden of fictional tales. "It's funny how some people can make difficult things look so darn easy. [Swenson's] topics are often difficult too, like religion and war, and he finds a...