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 ...

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 ...

Toni Morrison — the late author and Nobel laureate whose work focused on Black life and culture — published 11 acclaimed novels, several essay collections, about half a dozen children's books and just ...

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 ...

In 2021, Gini Alhadeff, author and translator, brought a new concept to the venerable publisher New Directions. What if, she proposed, New Directions published short books—novellas or long stories—as ...

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

As the saying goes, we all have stories to tell. For some authors, these stories happen to be short. Just as the price tag of a product doesn’t signal its quality, neither does an author’s brevity ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Gabriel García Márquez didn’t just write stories—he created ...

These single-serving satires, family dramas and romances can be read cover-to-cover in one sun-dappled afternoon. By Calum Marsh Calum Marsh is a reporter and critic who writes about arts, culture and ...