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Eighteen of the very best American short stories, each a classic in its own right. Stories include "The Little Frenchman and his Water Lots", by George Pope Morris; "The Angel of the Odd", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Schoolmasters’s Progress", by Caroline M.S. Kirkland; "The Watkinson Evening", by Eliza Leslie; "Titbottom’s Spectacles", by George William Curtis; "My Double and "How He Undid Me", by Edward Everett Hale; "A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters", by Oliver Wendell; and more.

Leroy Spasmo, aged 53, a neurotic recluse in the South Carolina boonies, addicted to digital media and conspiracy theories, loses it one night after his internet service is cut, decides (completely plastered) to burn down the house he has squatted on for the last 15 years (legally his ex-wife’s) and skip town, stopping along the way only to unload six bullets through the front window of his digital services provider, Blip Mobile and Media, who everybody knows is spying for the government.

Big Hot Kisses is a wingy collection of tawdry, "true" tales of lust, sex and passion. So come along on an irreverent, often humorous journey through some everyday "love" stories, where at some point you may surprisingly find yourself confronted with a familiar mirror image called real life.

A lonely woman adopts a canine diva. Joy struggles to turn her frenemy into a best friend. She isn't sure how to do it, but through her attempts, she's discovering her dingo bestie has a sense of humor.