Helen Schulman is not afraid to make you squirm. Across her long and distinguished career as a novelist and short story writer, she has fearlessly explored the awkward collisions between our private ...

The third annual “Best in Rural Writing Contest” was presented by the rural literary journal The Milk House with promotional support from ...

This year for Pride Month, we are celebrating with love stories from members of NPR’s Pride employee resource group. You will find an array of stories about their partner, grandma, dog, etc., all just ...

Isabel Allende has a new short story out, a delightfully ribald tale of impossible love — with plenty of sex-at-first-sight. The impossible part is because the lovers' adventure takes place in a ...

In “The Book of Love,” the Pulitzer finalist and master of short stories pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be. By Amal El-Mohtar Amal El-Mohtar is the Book Review’s science fiction ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

Meghan Kenny stands as a testament to the value of persistence. Kenny, a seventh-grade English teacher at Lancaster Country Day School, will celebrate the publication of her first book, a collection ...

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 ...