Best Literary Agents For Short Stories - April 2024

Instinct (previously published as Murder Games)

A criminal behavior expert teams up with an NYPD detective to track down a criminal in the novel that inspired the hit CBS TV series starring Alan Cumming.Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally: he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene-along with a threatening message from the killer-it looks like someone has been taking notes.Elizabeth Needham is the headstrong and brilliant NYPD Detective in charge of the case who recruits Dylan to help investigate another souvenir left at the scene: ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M0CDHMG
• ASIN: B01M0CDHMG
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published

THE BEST RESOURCE FOR GETTING YOUR FICTION PUBLISHEDNovel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 38th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips.Novel & Short Story Writer's Market also offers valuable advice to elevate your fiction:Break down the anatomy of a great short story.Learn how to create an antagonistic setting and i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440354375
• UPC: 035313670787
• ASIN: 1440354375
• ISBN: 1440354375
• Brand: Writer's Digest Books
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

Call for the Dead: A George Smiley Novel (George Smiley Novels Book 1)

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. John le Carré’s new novel, Agent Running in the Field, is coming October 2019. "Go back to Whitehall and look for more spies on your drawing boards."George Smiley is no one's idea of a spy—which is perhaps why he's such a natural. But Smiley apparently made a mistake. After a routine security interview, he concluded that the affable Samuel Fennan had nothing to hide. Why, then, did the man from the Foreign Office shoot himself in the head only hours later? Or did he?The heart-stopping tale of intrigue that launched both nove... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0081KYXQ8
• ASIN: B0081KYXQ8
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story. It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a page one rewrite. The prevailing wisdom in the writing community is that there are just two ways around this problem: pantsing (winging it) and plotting (focusing on the external plot). Story co... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0180T2YZQ
• ASIN: B0180T2YZQ
• Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press

Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents 2017: Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over

Still the Best Guide for Getting PublishedIf you want to get published, read this book!Comprehensive index lists dozens of subjects and categories to help you find the perfect publisher or agent.Jeff Herman’s Guide unmasks nonsense, clears confusion, and unlocks secret doorways to success for new and veteran writers! This highly respected resource is used by publishing insiders everywhere and has been read by millions all over the world.Jeff Herman’s Guide is the writer’s best friend. It reveals the names, interests, and contact information of thousands of agents and editors. It presents... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1608684040
• ASIN: 1608684040
• ISBN: 9781608684045
• Manufacturer: New World Library

War of the Spark: Ravnica (Magic: The Gathering)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Experience the first official adventure in Magic: The Gathering’s multiverse in nearly a decade as the ultimate battle begins on Ravnica. Teyo Verada wants nothing more than to be a shieldmage, wielding arcane energies to protect his people from his world’s vicious diamondstorms. When he’s buried alive in the aftermath of his first real tempest, the young mage’s life is about to end before it can truly begin—until it doesn’t. In a flash, a power he didn’t know he had whisks him away from his home, to a world of stone, glass, and wonder: Ravnica. Teyo... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GVPZBDZ
• ASIN: B07GVPZBDZ
• Manufacturer: Del Rey

Guide to Literary Agents 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market)

No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--securing a literary agent will help you get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. With listing information for more than 1,000 agents who represent writers and their books, Guide to Literary Agents 2018 will be your go-to resource. This updated edition of GLA includes:A one-year subscription to the literary agent content on WritersMarket.com."New Agent Spotlights": Discover targeted profiles of literary agents who are actively building their client lists right now.Informative articles on cra... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440352666
• UPC: 035313669736
• ASIN: 1440352666
• ISBN: 1440352666
• Brand: Writer's Digest
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

Eleventh Hour (An FBI Thriller Book 7)

• ASIN: B000OCXJMU
• ASIN: B000OCXJMU
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Guide to Literary Agents 2019: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market)

THE BEST RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR FINDING A LITERARY AGENT No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 2019 is your go-to resource for finding that literary agent and earning a contract from a reputable publisher. Along with listing information for more than 1,000 agents who represent writers and their books, the 28th edition of GLA includes:   • A one-year subscription to the literary agent content on WritersMarket.com (NOTE: the subsc... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07HGFY9XQ
• ASIN: B07HGFY9XQ
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

The New Fuck You (Native Agents)

A unique and provocative anthology of lesbian writing, guaranteed to soothe the soulful and savage the soulless. Includes Adele Bertei, Holly Hughes, Sapphire, Laurie Weeks, and many more.Borrowing its name from the notorious '60s Ed Sanders magazine, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts, the editors have figured a way to rehone its countercultural and frictional stance with style and aplomb. A unique and provocative anthology of lesbian writing, guaranteed to soothe the soulful and savage the soulless. Includes Adele Bertei, Holly Hughes, Sapphire, Laurie Weeks, and many more.

• ASIN: 1570270570
• ASIN: 1570270570
• ISBN: 1570270570
• Manufacturer: Semiotext(e)

The Heist (Fox and O'Hare Series, Book 1)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Janet Evanovich, #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, bestselling author and television writer for Monk, comes the first adventure in an electrifying series featuring an FBI agent who always gets her man, and a fearless con artist who lives for the chase.  Nicolas Fox is an international con man, famous for running elaborate scams on very rich and powerful people. He knows that the FBI has been hot on his trail for years—particularly FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare. But just when it seems that Fox has been capture... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00AD6P44I
• ASIN: B00AD6P44I
• Manufacturer: Bantam

Poison Fruit (Agent of Hel)

And that hot-as-Hel series with the “Sookie Stackhouse type of vibe” (Paranormal Horizon) is back—but this time the paranormal Midwestern town of Pemkowet is feeling a frost in the air and the residents are frozen in fear....The Pemkowet Visitors Bureau has always promoted paranormal tourism—even if it has downplayed the risks (hobgoblins are unpredictable). It helps that the town is presided over by Daisy Johanssen, who as Hel’s liaison is authorized by the Norse goddess of the dead to keep Pemkowet under control. Normally, that’s easier to do in the winter, when bracing temperatu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451470168
• ASIN: 0451470168
• ISBN: 0451470168
• Manufacturer: Ace

Writing the Breakout Novel: Winning Advice from a Top Agent and His Best-selling Client

Take your fiction to the next level!Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel - one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists.Maass details the elements that all breakout novels share - regardless of genre - then shows you writing techniques that can make your own books stand out and succeed in a crowded marketplace.You'll... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00506WXJA
• ASIN: B00506WXJA
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

The Hostage (A Presidential Agent Novel Book 2)

W. E. B. Griffin’s #1 New York Times bestselling series finds Presidential Agent Charley Castillo in the middle of an investigation into kidnapping, assassination, and even political scandal in this action-packed thriller.U.S. Army Special Forces Major Charley Castillo is tasked with a discreet mission by the President himself: to investigate the death of an American diplomat in Argentina and the kidnapping of that diplomat’s wife. With the woman’s children and family now at risk, Castillo’s running out of time to uncover the connections and truth behind it all. Amidst threats, murde... [Read More]

• ASIN: B000SEI7EY
• ASIN: B000SEI7EY
• Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2017: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published

The best resource for getting your fiction published!Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2017 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. As with past editions, Novel & Short Story Writer's Market offers hundreds of listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips.Novel & Short Story Writer's Market also includes valuable advice to elevate your fiction:Discover creative ways to conquer writer's block.Wield exposition and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440347751
• UPC: 035313667008
• ASIN: 1440347751
• ISBN: 1440347751
• Brand: Writer's Digest
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

A collection of fifty-five important pieces of short fiction of the twentieth century features masterworks by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, and other notable

• UPC: 743425
• Rating: 3.75

The Best American Short Stories 2003

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals,

• UPC: 24757814
• Rating: 4.667

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 616290935

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

The Best American Humorous Short

• UPC: 9728734
• Rating: 3.0

The Best American Short Stories 2002

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals,

• UPC: 46423645
• Rating: 2.5

Best Short Stories of the Modern Age

Stylistic and thematic trends in the development of the short story are demonstrated in major works by twenty outstanding writers from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence Sargeant

• UPC: 441345
• Rating: 4.0

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

The Best American Humorous Short

• UPC: 10198706
• Rating: 3.0

Best Russian Short Stories

Best Russian Short Stories

• UPC: 53002276
• Rating: 3.5

The Best American Short Stories 2006

“While a single short story may have a difficult time raising enough noise on its own to be heard over the din of civilization, short stories in bulk can have the effect of swarming bees,

• UPC: 4992715
• Rating: 4.667

The Best British Short Stories Of 1922 - eBook

This is a fabulous collection of the best British short stories of 1922. It contains 24 stories collected from various magazines and newspapers by the likes of Hugh Walpole, Algernon Blackwood, John Galsworthy. Stories include

• UPC: 978736019