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 ...

From surrealist romps to heartfelt examinations of family, love, and grief, these collections prove great things can come in small packages. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...

A new Penguin anthology celebrates the universal appeal of the short story with 34 fine examples from dozens of countries ...

Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Library Associate Beth Shapiro compiled this month’s selections. In ...

If you want to start reading Stephen King, you're probably going to feel overwhelmed with choices, just because he’s written so much. It’s fair to start with one of his novels, though. Technically, ...

Science fiction and fantasy are almost always most innovative when they’re at their briefest. Imaginative short stories have the freedom to make a huge mess, because they’re not obligated to stick ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with author Aaliyah Bilal about her new book Temple Folk, which tells the stories of dozens of Black Muslims over the course of several decades. In her debut short story ...

Naakuru, the Telugu translation of writer Vasanth Kumar Perla’s 10 short stories in Tulu, was released at the Press Club in Mangaluru on Tuesday.