But in reality, there are hundreds of short story collections that are accessible ... A young Indigenous girl stands up for herself; young Muslim kids deal with bad-faith questions; a young ...

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 ...

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 ...

recently published and forthcoming short story collections for you. Once a staple of newspapers and magazines, short stories have few outlets to call home these days. With every magazine that goes ...

Short stories allow readers to explore new genres, perspectives and authors, especially through collections of stories including different authors. To that end, here are a few fascinating ...

The children in her stories struggle toward ... Davis is a master of the very short story, and the collection that made her name, Break It Down, includes such works as the four-sentence “What ...

Imaginative short ... Her new collection, “Lost Places,” puts extremely memorable characters into bewildering situations. As that “lost” in the title suggests, many of these stories ...

The short story collection Bad Houses features narratives ... the parents who stay behind in their home country while their children move abroad. The stories explore the difficult choices ...

His short story collection is set in a fictional Iowa town of Dexton, which is loosely based on an amalgamation of many small, struggling towns. “Dexton is a town that is kind of on the decline ...