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 ...

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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.

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

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Oguz Atay stretched the possibilities of fiction and critiqued his changing nation with playful, surreal stories.

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

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