6 Best short stories books like The Butterfly Bruises by S. Palmer Smith

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The Butterfly Bruises

By: S. Palmer Smith

4.25

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

Smith's debut collection consists of 80 poems and several short stories. It is a meditation on misc…

"The snow glistened upon the hazy glass of the Italian diner window when she said, “We’re adults now. We will lose friends."

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

"The snow glistened upon the hazy glass of the Italian diner window when she said, “We’re adults now. We will lose friends."

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

"2001, NOKIA CELLPHONE His first cellphone was slipped into his hands on September 12th, 2001. The cover was the American Flag. “It’s just... in case of emergency,"

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

"2001, NOKIA CELLPHONE His first cellphone was slipped into his hands on September 12th, 2001. The cover was the American Flag. “It’s just... in case of emergency,"

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

If you liked the short stories plot in The Butterfly Bruises by S. Palmer Smith , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

By: Emily Dickinson , Thomas H. Johnson

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE ONLY ONE-VOLUME EDITION CONTAINING ALL 1,775 OF EMILY DICKINSON'S POEMS Only eleven of Emily Di… read more

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2. Felon: Poems

By: Reginald Dwayne Betts

4.34

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems—canvassing a wide r… read more

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  • poetry
"A perfect day that's just like doom. Own so fucking world."

-Reginald Dwayne Betts, Felon: Poems

"& Nicky says it's a wonder how something that can have you hold another so gently could be the ruin of all you might touch."

-Reginald Dwayne Betts, Felon: Poems

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3. On a Quiet Street

By: Carla Kovach

3.63

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Every family has its secrets. Some are more deadly than others… I live on a quiet tree-lined str… read more

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4. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

By: Kate Baer

4.28

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Kate Baer returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers… read more

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  • poetry
"I wanted art / poetry was hidden in so much in so many ways"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"women want to live without fear For thousands of years We were not believed this is what we carry"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"You were designed to find satisfaction in your excellence Your nature cannot be retrofitted to the male without permanent damage to the original design"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

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5. The Rabbit Listened

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.60

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A universal, deeply moving exploration of grief and empathy With its spare, poignant text and ir… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Bob

By: Wendy Mass

4.06

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more

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  • fiction
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"

-Wendy Mass, Bob

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8. Chouette

By: Claire Oshetsky

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremisTiny is pregnant. Her husband is deligh… read more

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  • fiction
"We're the oldest love triangle in the world: mother, father, child."

-Claire Oshetsky, Chouette

"Maybe I resent you a little. Once this first small thought of maybe-resentment creeps in, it acts like a fast poison."

-Claire Oshetsky, Chouette

"Every day you wrench me toward a different world altogether: an older world, filled with wild, perfect creatures, singing in the dark."

-Claire Oshetsky, Chouette

"I prefer to speak in metaphor: That way, no logic can trap me, and no rule can bind me, and no fact can limit me or decide for me what’s possible."

-Claire Oshetsky, Chouette

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9. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

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  • poetry
  • fiction
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

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10. The Therapy Room (FBI Agent Susan Parker, #1)

By: Sam Baron

3.60

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s a typical farm kitchen. A large table fills the space, and in one of the chairs is the lifeles… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Brat

By: Gabriel Smith

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more

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  • fiction
"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."

-Gabriel Smith, Brat

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12. I'm the Girl

By: Courtney Summers

3.39

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

The new groundbreaking queer thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar-award Winning autho… read more

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  • fiction
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13. Petrified Women

By: Jeremy Ray

3.93

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

Some pranks go too far. This one could be deadly. Harley has the perfect boyfriend. Why can’t he… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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14. Lost Cat

By: Mary Gaitskill

4.09

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

‘Last year I lost my cat Gattino. He was very young, at seven months barely an adolescent. He is pr… read more

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"Who decides which… deaths are tragic and which are not? Who decides what is big and what is little? Is it a matter of numbers or physical mass or intelligence? If you are a little creature or a littl…"

-Mary Gaitskill, Lost Cat

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15. My Mother's Eyes: A Short Story

By: Jeremy Ray

4.23

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

“You’re wrong, Jordie. You’ll see. Draw me just one more time.” No one knows if his mother will … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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16. The Gatherings

By: Jeremy Ray

3.87

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

The Gatherings were supposed to bring world peace. What they brought was the apocalypse. Celebri… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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17. Cecilia

By: K-Ming Chang

3.32

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A surreal novella about the intensity and eroticism of girlhood friendships, the ecstasy of desire … read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Butterfly Bruises

By: S. Palmer Smith

4.25

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

Smith's debut collection consists of 80 poems and several short stories. It is a meditation on misc… read more

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  • poetry
  • short stories
  • fiction
"The snow glistened upon the hazy glass of the Italian diner window when she said, “We’re adults now. We will lose friends."

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

"2001, NOKIA CELLPHONE His first cellphone was slipped into his hands on September 12th, 2001. The cover was the American Flag. “It’s just... in case of emergency,"

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

"Earth has begun to unravel. Her back is bone-weary from carrying us. Watch her spine ache, vertebrae by vertebrae, depleted of her original stone-born shell. She drinks her ocean water, but she heave…"

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

"There isn’t much to say about someone who has been absent but then flows back into your brain slowly. Actually, maybe there is. There is a lot to say about you and how I love and hate you, and how I …"

-S. Palmer Smith, The Butterfly Bruises

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19. In the Lonely Hours

By: Shannon Morgan

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In a bewitchingly melancholy, thrillingly modern ghost story for readers of Eve Chase, Megan Shephe… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Collection Plate: Poems by Kendra Allen

20. The Collection Plate: Poems

By: Kendra Allen

3.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A deeply wrought and joyful debut poetry collection from an exciting new voice  Looping exultantly … read more

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  • poetry
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21. Phoenix Rising

By: D.J. Hawkins

4.27

Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition

Phoenix Rising is a poetry collection divided into three stages of healing and growth: wildfire, as… read more

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22. Grey Matters: Poems About Mental Health and Healing

By: Kristen Costello

4.28

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Struggle is universal. But talking about it? Well, that’s not always encouraged – especially when t… read more

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  • poetry
"and now I know I can only be full when I’m full."

-Kristen Costello, Grey Matters: Poems About Mental Health and Healing

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23. HER III (Her, 3)

By: Pierre Alex Jeanty

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Self-made poet and social media sensation Pierre Alex Jeanty provides the final piece to his stunni… read more

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  • poetry
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24. The Houseplant

By: Jeremy Ray

4.55

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

George, a fern, doesn’t appreciate being bought by Brenda at Garden Palace. And he certainly doe… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Best Friends' Playlist by Jessica                  King

25. The Best Friends' Playlist

By: Jessica King

4.41

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

I’m in love with my best friend. The problem? He doesn’t love me back. Five years ago, on the ni… read more

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26. Lost and Found

By: Natalie Shampanier

4.72

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Forgotten toys at a summer camp groundAre tossed into the camp’s Lost and Found.But Dino Boy refuse… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of What You Want: Poems by Maureen N. McLane

27. What You Want: Poems

By: Maureen N. McLane

3.53

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award finalist Maureen N. McLane stuns with a precise, perceptive book of poetic medi… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Little Book of Tiny Tales: Volume 1 by Jeremy  Ray

28. Little Book of Tiny Tales: Volume 1

By: Jeremy Ray

4.20

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

An elderly woman with a taste for murder. A girl texted by the hottest boy in school. A suicide not… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of GLORIA SMILED: A Story About Disappointment, Resilience, and The Sorpresa! (Henry and Friends) by Hazel Pacheco

29. GLORIA SMILED: A Story About Disappointment, Resilience, and The Sorpresa! (Henry and Friends)

By: Hazel Pacheco

4.92

Format: 27 pages, Paperback

This picture book may introduce new and interesting vocabulary words. Gloria Smiled is Hazel Pach… read more

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Cover of Lotte: ...weil du mein Held bist (Monteluk College 2) (German Edition) by Amelie Wellington

30. Lotte: ...weil du mein Held bist (Monteluk College 2) (German Edition)

By: Amelie Wellington

4.00

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

Überarbeitete Neuauflage Januar 2023 Als Charlotte, genannt Lotte, ihre Reise in die USA antritt, … read more

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