There's a unique magic to the short story collection. Unlike the sprawling landscape of a novel, each piece offers a concentrated burst of narrative, a fleeting glimpse into a character's life or 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

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 ...

Charles Holdefer is a Pushcart Prize-winning novelist and short fiction author. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines as a writer. His catalog of satirical stories has garnered praise ...

We are a nation of storytellers - and if you ever needed proof, you need look no further than our short story writers.

Munro was the acclaimed author of short story collections like ‘The Love of a Good Woman’ and ‘Dear Life’ Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Canadian author Alice Munro died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, on May 13. She was 92. Munro, who is best known for her many short story ...