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Title:

Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story we couldn't quite finish, so maybe you could help us out / [stories by Nick Hornby ... et al.] ; edited by Ted Thompson with Eli Horowitz ; [with an introduction & almost half a story by Lemony Snicket].

Publisher:

McSweeney's Books,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

202 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Short stories, American.

Other Authors:

Thompson, Ted.
Horowitz, Eli.

Contents:

Introduction / Lemony Snicket -- Small country / Nick Hornsby -- Lars Farf, excessively fearful father and husband / George Saunders -- Monster / Kelly Link -- The contests at Cowlick / Richard Kennedy -- Each sold separately / Jon Scieszka -- Seymour's last wish / Sam Swope -- Grimble / Clement Freud -- Spoony-E & Spandy-3 vs. the Purple Hordes / James Kochalka -- Sunbird / Neil Gaiman -- The Aces phone / Jeanne DuPrau -- The sixth borough / Jonathan Safran Foer.

ISBN:

9781932416350
1932416358

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

SJPB094 -- Readlyn Community Library (Readlyn)