From surrealist romps to heartfelt examinations of family, love, and grief, these collections prove great things can come in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the Belfast writer Lucy Caldwell has published several well-received novels, she clearly holds a passion for the ...

The author built on those to create his collection "Hands" — and in the lead character discovered a new member of his family ...

Here’s something I can’t say about too many authors: I remember where I was the first time I read a short story by Thisbe Nissen. And I remember how quickly I sought out the original University of ...

Of the countless short stories Stephen King has written, classics like "Survivor Type," "The Jaunt," and "Quitters, Inc." are ...