Helen Schulman talks about writing the short stories in her new book, ‘Fools for Love.’ We also check in with Now Serving, a ...

The novelist Cynan Jones once wrote that in brief fiction, “every word is doing a job. So pay attention. A short novel is an event, not a trip.” The Swedish Academy recognized that this week ...

Released in June, Here is Wicks's second collection of short stories. Her first book, Melt, was released in 2020 and named ...

THE short story is not the poor country cousin of the novel. Many excellent short story writers have been denigrated for not ...

Try also If you want to stick to fiction, try Jhumpa Lahiri’s short novel, “Whereabouts”.In our appraisal in 2021 we wrote that she had taken risks for her craft that paid off beautifully.

What exactly separates a short story from a novella from a novel, you ask? As with most art forms, the label is somewhat malleable. When it comes down to it, though, it’s all about word count.

February fiction: Five novels and a short story collection you can read in the year’s shortest month Annie Zaidi’s new novel, an intergenerational queer novel, an art-y murder mystery, and more.

A Way to Be Happy is a short story collection that follows various characters as they try to find happiness, in experiences ranging from mundane to extraordinary.. Everything you need to know ...

The novel, Latronico’s fourth, was first published in Italy in 2022, but since appearing in English this year has been a critical hit – and, among Substack-addicted literary hipsters, just as ...