If you struggle to make your way through lengthy novels, then it may be time to try one of the 27 best short stories available. Short stories allow you to immerse yourself in new characters and ...

Short stories have always appealed to me. I majored in Creative Writing in college and had my fair share of exposure to the art of crafting a punchy, authentic story in a short space. To me, short ...

Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get extra excited because it means I may be able to recommend a book of short ...

Want to know the best way to stuff your vacation full of as many wonderful stories as possible? Spend your summer reading a few of the new short story collections I've picked out for you on this list.

The interconnected stories in Knight's exquisitely crafted collection Eveningland explore the lives of characters living in and around Mobile, Ala., in the years preceding the destruction wrought by a ...

Are you trying to get back into reading? Looking for something easy to dip into during your lunch breaks, or in between dips in the pool while on vacation? What could be better than a book where each ...

When we think about speculative fiction, we tend to imagine long fantasy sagas or science fiction epics. But the genres boast short fiction that’s just as enthralling as your favorite series; you just ...

From metropolitan Austin to the North Carolina mountains, Carrie R. Moore’s collection approaches Southern identity from a ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. It’s easy to see why anthology shows based on short stories are appealing: they don’t represent a ...

If your attention span suffers from news fatigue these days, you might find it difficult to commit to reading a novel or longform work of nonfiction. Filled with digestible bites of fiction, these 23 ...