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The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition

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  • 2010 first published
  • 1,163 pages
  • 3 editions
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The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition is a 2010 gothic fiction and demon fiction novel by Ann Charters, Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood. The story is set in United States and Alabama, in Carnival. It features Peyton Farquhar, Armand Aubigny and Désirée. Key subjects include crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

42 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 1,163 pages — 21–22 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition

Collection contains: Stories: Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven / Sherman Alexie -- Act of vengeance / Isabel Allende -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Black man and white woman in dark green boat / Russell Banks -- Snow / Ann Beattie -- From Fun Home: Old father, old artificer / Alison Bechdel -- The rememberer / Aimee Bender -- [Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) / Ambrose Bierce -- Circular ruins / Jorge Luis Borges -- August 2026: There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury -- Cathedral; A small, good thing ; What we talk about when we talk about love / Raymond Carver -- Paul's case / Willa Carter -- Water names / Lan Samantha Chang -- Swimmer / John Cheever -- Darling / Anton Chekhov -- [Désiré́e's baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W); [Story of an hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W) / Kate Chopin -- Barbie-Q / Sandra Cisneros -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- Open boat / Stephen Crane -- How to date a browngirl, blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie / Junot Diaz -- Battle royal / Ralph Ellison -- The red convertible / Louise Erdrich -- [Rose for Emily](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82884W); [That evening sun](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20080863W) / William Faulkner -- Very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Yellow…
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Short story
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder

Quick answers

Who wrote The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition?

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition was written by Ann Charters, Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood and first published in 2010.

What genre is The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Demons & Devils, Horror and Circus & Carnival.

How long is The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition?

The median edition has 1,163 pages, about 21–22 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition?

Readers who like it often enjoy Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century, Fiction, A Pocket Anthology--Fifth Edition and American 24-Karat Gold.

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