That is the first line of an electrifying debut collection of short stories by writer and public school teacher, Sidik Fofana. It's called "Stories From the Tenants Downstairs." All but one story ...

From terrifying grandmothers to murderous chattery teeth, I've picked out 13 of my favourite King short stories below, broken down by the collection you can find them in. Original image has been ...

Set in the worlds of Sherlock Holmes, C.S. Lewis, and H.P. Lovecraft as well as our own, Gaiman’s best short stories are those that take the things that are familiar and make them seem magical ...

We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild, via stories from George R. R. Martin and Ursula ...

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 ...

In 1956, Ernest Hemingway wrote to his publisher about five short stories he had written: “You can always publish them after I’m dead.” More than six decades later, ...

Short Stories On The Human Experience. Ekphrasis: Little Book of Myriad Stories, by Dr. Guncha Gupta NEW DELHI (ANI) – Dr. Guncha Gupta, a radiologist with a passion for storytelling, released ...

Lydia Millet's characters in Atavists interact and have little dramas of their own — the author's talent is on full display here. Not every story is strong, but they work well together.

Nishu Dikshit combines elements of theatre in her storytelling show ‘Guchcha: A Collection of Stories’ What sets Guchcha apart from a regular storytelling event is Nishu’s inventive use of ...

The 13 most essential L.A. works of short fiction, from a Little Tokyo proto-noir to Fitzgerald, Wodehouse, Bradbury and generations of Chicano pioneers.