Here the short story comes as close to lyric poetry as it can—and in so doing most obviously attempts to defy easy summary. Ballard's tremendous short stories—a haunting body of work that stretches ...

This week’s Bookshelf is about two new books, a collection of eerie short stories and a novel about gentrification in Atlanta, plus a celebration of books for young readers. Southern gothic ...

After finishing Ben Shattuck’s masterful new book of short stories, “The History of Sound” I did something I hadn’t done for more than two decades, I started reading it over again from the ...