Argentinian genius Jorge Luis Borges wrote some of the best, most mind-bending and prescient short stories of all time—way back in the early to mid–20th century. For instance, Labyrinths‘s ...

In addition to his many novels, Stephen King has churned out a large amount of scary short stories. We ranked 10 of the best.

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Award-winning author Elly Griffiths discusses the long art of the short story, including how it offers opportunities that ...

There are so many reasons to love short stories; not least their ability to immerse us in new worlds in the time it takes to commute ... narcissists to melancholy romantics all human life is here – at ...

Defenders maintain that the best ... stories we’ve chosen for this list hinges on a person or persons violating the social ...

Short books can be just as profound and moving as a tome, as Chetna Maroo's Booker-winning debut proves. Exploring themes of grief and sisterhood, this debut coming-of-age story packs all the feels ...

Shatterday is a collection of short stories ... Ellison states that the stories reflect an underlying theme of fear of human frailty and ugliness. His goal, he writes, is to shock his readers into ...

USF history professor and first-time fiction writer Taymiya R ... that many readers will know well—academia. Her short story, “Thirst,” just won a prestigious Pushcart Prize, putting it among the best ...