Book Description

Off the Shelf: A Digital Anthology of Classic and Contemporary Short Stories is an online collection of short fiction created to serve as an accessible and affordable option for college-level introduction to fiction courses.  It is part of a growing movement to promote OERs (Open Educational Resources) in order to reduce textbook costs for students. The fiction included in this anthology represent a diverse selection of authors from the nineteenth century to today, and it also contains support material including an introduction, key concepts, literary terminology and literary theories.