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 ...

Gina Chung's Green Frog is a fantastic medley of short stories that dance between literary fiction, fable, Korean folklore, and science fiction. Wildly entertaining, wonderfully diverse, and always ...

American short fiction has always thrived on intensity. Within a few pages, it can capture a lifetime, a heartbreak, or a national mood. The following pieces (tragic, witty, haunting, and strange) ...

The delicate art of the short story is practiced in every literary genre, but it’s perhaps never more effective than when it’s deployed for horror. Yes, horror novels can be vast, 100,000-word ...

Short stories are the perfect treats for people who love to read but lack time—they may be just “two bites,” but the satisfaction is supersized. What makes for the best short stories? Really, the same ...

Have you ever wanted to sit down and read a story start to finish without consuming a huge chunk of time from your day? Lengthy novels are wonderful, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes there’s nothing ...