but if you asked me to choose 960 pages of short stories or that book, it’s no contest: give me the shorts. As for how to find the very best ones, a good way to look for quality is to figure out ...

she turned to the short story form. The result, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” is an astonishingly good debut collection that often incorporates the bizarre, life-altering reality ...

They also strive to be good citizens of an ailing planet and have sex with their partners more than once in a blue moon. In Comorbidities, which won the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award ...

Hemingway, about the four wives of Ernest Hemingway. During the Covid lockdowns, when her kids were confined at home and she had less time to herself, she turned to the short story form. The result, ...

"Whole" follows the not hugely eventful travels of a guy living in California’s Inland Empire as he lives his life, drives ...

Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection The main characters tend to be 30-something women trying to have it all. Kids, relationships ...

They also strive to be good citizens of an ailing planet and have sex with their partners more than once in a blue moon. In “Comorbidities,” which won the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award ...

This cover image released by Mariner Books shows ... she turned to the short story form. The result, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” is an astonishingly good debut collection ...