We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

The short story collection’s compact form delivers concise, impactful ideas and can free authors to explore a multitude of themes, characters, story arcs and styles within a single collection.

This is Grabiński at his best: concerned with the quirks of a deranged mind ... The illustrations by Marcin Kamuda used throughout the piece come from Grabiński's collection of short stories, Muzeum ...

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is crossing over into the world of literature with a new collection of short stories that explore how people seek connections with others. The first-time author sits ...

Cancel any time. Here’s a treat for the James Lee Burke fans in the crowd: a new short-story collection. Here’s a treat for the James Lee Burke fans in the crowd: a new short-story collection.

Mining that mountain of reading matter to find the “best” stories of 2024 is an editor’s Sisyphean task — enjoyable, exhausting and ultimately impossible to accomplish. There were just too ...