Kevin Brockmeier

In the aftermath of a fatal car accident, a private journal of love notes written by a husband to his wife passes into the keeping of a hospital patient, and from there through the hands of five other suffering people, touching each of them uniquely.

"The author of the acclaimed novel The Brief History of the Dead now gives us one hundred funny, poignant, scary, and thought-provoking ghost stories that explore all aspects of the afterlife. A spirit who appears in a law firm reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, a man haunted by the trees cut down to build his house, nefarious specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows in which they live, and parakeets that serve as...

After a seventh-grader discovers that the grooves in his Thigpen-brand blue jeans are encoded with a cry for help, he sets out to save the factory workers from greedy entrepreneur Howard Thigpen.

"Fantasy is more than a genre boundary. Fantasy is a state of mind. It is being visited by an angel, called by a corpse, or having a well-mannered conversation with Frankenstein's monster. It is sailing down a river of blood, and making a deal with the king of genies. In this, the third volume of the highly acclaimed Best American Fantasy series, twenty-one authors explore the boundaries of the real and the unreal with wit, imagination, and whimsy..."--P....