Short Stories

Stag Dance

By Torrey Peters

We would kill for another novel from Torrey Peters, author of the simultaneously heart-wrenching and deeply entertaining Detransition, Baby—but we’ll settle for a novella and three stories. Each of these pulls Peters’ style in a new direction, with the titular novella featuring a “stag dance” among isolated overwintering lumberjacks.

We would kill for another novel from Torrey Peters, author of the simultaneously heart-wrenching and deeply entertaining Detransition, Baby—but we’ll settle for a novella and three stories. Each of these pulls Peters’ style in a new direction, with the titular novella featuring a “stag…

Old Crimes

By Jill McCorkle

Wistful and wise, Jill McCorkle’s fifth collection is the work of a writer at the top of her game.

Wistful and wise, Jill McCorkle’s fifth collection is the work of a writer at the top of her game.

salt slow

By Julia Armfield

Julia Armfield leans in to science fiction and the supernatural in stories that examine urban life and women’s experiences.

Julia Armfield leans in to science fiction and the supernatural in stories that examine urban life and women’s experiences.

The World With Its Mouth Open

By Zahid Rafiq

Zahid Rafiq peers into the inner lives of 11 people living in Kashmir in his debut short story collection, The World With Its Mouth Open.

Zahid Rafiq peers into the inner lives of 11 people living in Kashmir in his debut short story collection, The World With Its Mouth Open.

Ruined a Little When We Are Born

By Tara Isabel Zambrano

Anyone who enjoys the careful art of the short story will find that in Ruined a Little When We Are Born, “art” is very much the key word.

Anyone who enjoys the careful art of the short story will find that in Ruined a Little When We Are Born, "art" is very much the key word.

Rejection

By Tony Tulathimutte

Tony Tulathimutte’s facility with verbal stunt-piloting borders on the dazzling in Rejection, a novel in seven stories that chronicles vivid responses to the experience of being turned down, or turned away.

Tony Tulathimutte’s facility with verbal stunt-piloting borders on the dazzling in Rejection, a novel in seven stories that chronicles vivid responses to the experience of being turned down, or turned away.

The Complete Stories

By Flannery O'Connor

This is a compendium you can spend a lifetime reading and re-reading, feeling freshly enlightened each time.

This is a compendium you can spend a lifetime reading and re-reading, feeling freshly enlightened each time.

The Last Dream

By Pedro Almodóvar, Translated by Frank Wynne

Renowned director Pedro Almodovar turns his deeply textured, boundless talent to 12 short stories involving elements of autobiography and fantasy in The Last Dream.

Renowned director Pedro Almodovar turns his deeply textured, boundless talent to 12 short stories involving elements of autobiography and fantasy in The Last Dream.

Beautiful Days

By Zach Williams

Zach Williams lets each of these 10 short stories unfold at their own quirky pace—like alien insects inching their way out of cocoons.

Zach Williams lets each of these 10 short stories unfold at their own quirky pace—like alien insects inching their way out of cocoons.

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

By Tommy Orange, Narrated by Ali Smith

10 contemporary writers (Ali Smith! Tommy Orange!) apply their considerable talents to the signature style of Franz Kafka in this anthology.

10 contemporary writers (Ali Smith! Tommy Orange!) apply their considerable talents to the signature style of Franz Kafka in this anthology.

Ninetails

By Sally Wen Mao

In Sally Wen Mao’s Ninetails, a fox spirit helps Asian women of diverse backgrounds and ages transcend the violence and turbulence of their lives.

In Sally Wen Mao’s Ninetails, a fox spirit helps Asian women of diverse backgrounds and ages transcend the violence and turbulence of their lives.

Table for Two

By Amor Towles

Amor Towles’ latest, Table for Two, is a masterful, subtle collection of thoroughly entertaining stories.

Amor Towles’ latest, Table for Two, is a masterful, subtle collection of thoroughly entertaining stories.

The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac

By Louise Kennedy

The sharply unapologetic stories in Louise Kennedy’s accomplished collection confirm her place as a trenchant, keen observer of the violence and turmoil that live inside.

The sharply unapologetic stories in Louise Kennedy’s accomplished collection confirm her place as a trenchant, keen observer of the violence and turmoil that live inside.

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