In addition to his bestselling novels, Stephen King is also a prolific short story writer. Here are 20 of his best.

If you, like us, have been struggling to make it through more ambitious reading material lately, it might be time to consider a short story. Sure, they might not give you the sense of accomplishment ...

In another recent Halloween-themed post here, I discussed the psychology behind the nature of ghost stories and, to a degree, ...

It’s 8am in the morning in San Francisco and the 82-year-old Isabel Allende has already received two emails from readers asking for advice. “People write to me all the time saying they have diaries ...

science fiction, romance, thrillers, and so on, we have reified it into a genre, where it can be experienced with all the provisos and expectations the aware reader brings. The short story form ...

But this month is most notable for the short story riches on offer ... a little too hectic to settle down with a whole novel. I am very excited about this one. Our previous sci-fi columnist ...

Tom Pyun's fast-paced 'Something Close to Nothing' uses everything from Meryl Streep to hip-hop dance to remind us that gay ...

When Ashley Shelby of St. Paul began working on her short story collection back in 2016, she thought she was writing weird ...

A short story by Dracula author Bram Stoker was discovered by a pharmacist in Dublin in a newspaper published in 1890. Gibbet Hill is a gruesome tale about three kids that accost a man on the road.

Over the Garden Wall is celebrating its 10th anniversary, not only with collectibles straight from the Unknown, but also with a new three-minute stop-motion short that brings back the main ...

A new novel by an award-winning writer from Ceredigion subverts the norms of dystopian fiction, bringing us a post-apocalyptic tale focusing on a very ordinary woman’s search for meaning in a world ...

The Glencairn Glass—a whisky glass made by Scottish company Glencairn Crystal—has launched a collection of crime-fiction ...