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 ...

Something is shifting in literary culture. " In a reading landscape reshaped by shorter attention spans and the relentless pace of modern life, short story collections are quietly staging a rebellion ...

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 ...

American Short Fiction, a nonprofit literary organization based in Austin, Tex., has announced its fall 2024 "MFA for All" program. The series will feature three accomplished authors as faculty: Jamel ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: For some folks, talking about climate change is enough to make you want to crawl under the bed. St. Paul author Ashley Shelby gets that. She ...

NEW YORK — Essays and early short stories by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee will be published this fall. “The Land of Sweet Forever” compiles short fiction Lee wrote in the years before the ...

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Sometimes you’re in the mood for a slice of science fiction but you haven’t got the time to embark on a Red Mars or a Dune. All hail, then, the sci-fi short story, bringing you a slice of the weird, ...

Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow. If, like me, you are a fan of the science fiction author Ted Chiang, you know ...