Short story collections offer the perfect medium for fiction writers to craft compelling, affecting narratives that simply may not warrant a full-length novel to explore the ideas. The short story ...

Whether you’re on your commute, reading before bed or sitting pretty beachside, there are times you want a quicker, shorter read rather than a lengthy novel. These short story collections give ...

Then he was shown a way of doing something that many parents take for granted - reading to his ... as they tried to record short personal messages to introduce their stories.

In their spareness, novellas and short novels — I’m counting any story longer than about 80 pages and any novel shorter than about 200 — reward a word-by-word reading. This form combines the ...