From Ray Bradbury to Lucia Berlin to Denis Johnson, these short story collections have continued to get even better with time ...

Something is shifting in literary culture. " In a reading landscape reshaped by shorter attention spans and the relentless pace of modern life, short story collections are quietly staging a rebellion ...

Some short story collections feel like a string of separate rooms, each one interesting but disconnected from the next. Others do something trickier: they build a single house, with recurring ...

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There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

In 2021, Gini Alhadeff, author and translator, brought a new concept to the venerable publisher New Directions. What if, she proposed, New Directions published short books—novellas or long stories—as ...

For years, fans of Kelly Link, one of the finest purveyors of contemporary short fiction, have wondered what the author would be able to do with a full novel — and have eagerly waited for her to ...

Need a bit of inspiration before sending in your entry to the CBC Short Story Prize? This year's jury — Loghan Paylor, Leanne ...