A Relative Stranger

A Relative Stranger
Author: Charles Baxter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780393322200

Set in the Michigan landscape that Charles Baxter has made his own, these thirteen exquisite stories illuminate the often curious connections of relatives and strangers. "You can't just get a brother off the street," says the narrator of the title story, but indeed he does. In another, a woman tries to elude her lover's voice by spending an entire day without words. A marriage is jostled by the departure of a friend during a snowstorm. Baxter's stories tend to be love stories, but it is love tinged with fear, even danger, where shock, comedy, and love combine in unexpected ways. Book jacket.

If a Stranger Approaches You

If a Stranger Approaches You
Author: Laura Kasischke
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1936747510

Fifteen “alarming and gorgeous” stories from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author about the quiet terrors of American life (The Boston Globe). Laura Kasischke, national bestselling author of The Life Before Her Eyes and White Bird in a Blizzard, both adapted for film, looks behind the quietude of domesticity to find the “strange and unexpected and sometimes extraordinary” in this collection of stories that “defies simple definition” (Booklist). In “Mona,” a mother violates her daughter’s privacy certain she’s hiding a dreadful secret. In “You’re Going to Die,” a girl delights in the cruel power she has over her ailing father. In “Search Continues for Elderly Man,” a little boy’s invitation for a lonely old neighbor to come out and play takes a shocking turn. In “Our Father,” children camouflage their sleeping dad in dirty rags to protect him. But from what?; and in the title story, a woman agrees to carry a package aboard a plane for a stranger despite—or perhaps, because of—her fantasizes about potential disaster. Populated by people coming to terms with a life that is just a little bit off—after there is a tiny mummified heart in a dresser drawer of a suburban home, If a Stranger Approaches You is “an important addition to [Kasischeke’s] own body of work and to the contemporary literature of end times” —NPR Books

No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger

No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2011-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0520270002

Originally published: Berkeley, Calif; London: University of California Press, 1969.

Stranger Than Fanfiction

Stranger Than Fanfiction
Author: Chris Colfer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316383414

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a funny, heartbreaking, unforgettable novel about friendship and fame. Cash Carter is the young, world famous lead actor of the hit television show Wiz Kids. When four fans jokingly invite him on a cross-country road trip, they are shocked that he actually takes them up on it. Chased by paparazzi and hounded by reporters, this unlikely crew takes off on a journey of a lifetime--but along the way they discover that the star they love has deep secrets he's been keeping. What they come to learn about the life of the mysterious person they thought they knew will teach them about the power of empathy and the unbreakable bond of true friendship. In this touching novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer takes us on a journey full of laughter, tears, and life-changing memories.

The Stranger Times

The Stranger Times
Author: C. K. McDonnell
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473577306

'Wonderfully dark, extremely funny' proclaimed ADAM KAY, author of the No.1 bestselling This is Going to Hurt 'A filmic romp with great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise' said the GUARDIAN JASON MANFORD thinks it's 'Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again.' The Chronicles of St Mary's series author JODI TAYLOR declared 'I loved this . . . great premise - great story - great characters . . . hugely enjoyable.' And THE TIMES called it 'ripping entertainment from start to finish.' There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them . . . A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable. At least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor . . . well, that job is a revolving door - and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own. When tragedy strikes in her first week on the job The Stranger Times is forced to do some serious investigating. What they discover leads to a shocking realisation: some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker forces than they could ever have imagined. The Stranger Times is the first novel from C.K. McDonnell, the pen name of Caimh McDonnell. It combines his distinctive dark wit with his love of the weird and wonderful to deliver a joyous celebration of how truth really can be stranger than fiction. Readers love The Stranger Times: ***** 'A delight from start to finish - laugh out loud funny yet with plenty of thrills.' ***** 'Full of wit and humour, and knows how to keep the reader hooked.' ***** 'You'll soon fall in love . . . fans of Pratchett, Gaiman, Aaronovich will be blown away.'

Hello, Stranger

Hello, Stranger
Author: Will Buckingham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2021-07
Genre: Interpersonal relations
ISBN: 9781783785643

A powerful antidote to our atomised lives, Hello, Stranger delves into humanity's rich history of welcoming (and worrying about) strangers, to show us how being more open might end the loneliness epidemic, solve the migrant crisis and change the world.

I Won't Go With Strangers

I Won't Go With Strangers
Author: Dagmar Geisler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1510735364

Lu won’t go with just anyone! Lu is waiting to be picked up after school. She stands on the sidewalk, all alone, and it starts to rain. Ms. Smith walks by, and offers to take her home. Ms. Smith lives in Lu’s neighborhood—but does Lu really know her? Lu asks herself, what’s her first name? Does she dye her hair red? What’s her dog’s name? And she says, “I don’t know you, so I won’t go with you! And besides, Mama said I should wait.” As other adults—all of whom Lu has met in some capacity before—offer to take her home, Lu continues to consider if she really knows them. One by one, she refuses to go with them. Until, finally, the person Mama said she should go home with shows up—though his appearance is a surprise to the reader! This sensitively narrated story illustrates how clear rules and arrangements can help protect and empower children during an especially vulnerable time of day. The ending includes a prompt for readers to create their own similar “safe” list, and a list of resources for parents.

A stranger's wonderful chronicle

A stranger's wonderful chronicle
Author: Antoine A. Raphael
Publisher: Antoine A Raphael
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2010-04-20
Genre:
ISBN: 0557319994

Several people have claimed to have been assisted by a perfect stranger, when they thought they had reached the end of their tether. An investigative journalist, Brian Clifford, has kept and reported a chronicle of these happenings.Note: the author can translate your books from English into French.The fees are reasonable.

Stranger Bridgerland

Stranger Bridgerland
Author: John Olsen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2017-08-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974336951

True Stories of the paranormal from Northern Utah.Bridgerland is the name given to Northern Utah. Named after Jim Bridger, a trapper that explored it in the fall and winter of 1824. Inspired by my own experiences with the unknown, I have spent 30 years interviewing and documenting stories of those who have witnessed the strange and unusual in northern Utah. "Stranger Bridgerland" contains firsthand accounts of everything from Ghosts and Monsters, to Sasquatch and UFO's.