One of America's most prolific writers is celebrating a birthday—and adding yet another title to her ever-growing legacy.

Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get extra excited because it means I may be able to recommend a book of short ...

One theme that runs through the 12 stories is the idea that appearances are not always what they seem. The final story, Blue ...

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There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...

This ending will stay with you.

Riverside-Albert's Jennifer Shelby will have her short story collection archived on the moon as part of a project called the Lunar Codex.

Science fiction and fantasy are almost always most innovative when they’re at their briefest. Imaginative short stories have the freedom to make a huge mess, because they’re not obligated to stick ...

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