Are you trying to get back into reading? Looking for something easy to dip into during your lunch breaks, or in between dips in the pool while on vacation? What could be better than a book where each ...

How is it possible that an acclaimed twentieth-century master of the English short story, whose work was loved and admired by critics and writers as different and as demanding as Ford Madox Ford, ...

THE plot of a short story in many instances is quite openly a projection of character. In a highly specialized instance, but a good example, the whole series of ghostly events in The Turn of the Screw ...

This year has already seen the publication of notable short fiction collections, including Lauren Groff’s “Brawler,” Sydney Rende’s “I Could Be Famous,” Kim Samek’s “I Am the Ghost Here,” and Senaa ...

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 ...

Analyzing shorts stories is a cornerstone of American High School English classes. Read on to hear about the most out of pocket short stories read by the opinion section writers! Illustration by ...