"Short Stories" Blogs & Blog Posts

Stephen King had a new book coming out. You Like it Darker is a collection of fabulous stories from King. "You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve...

Zoe sits on the steps behind her family's house. Her dog Bowser lies flopped on the damp earth. It's April in California. Zoe savors the neighborhood sounds, copying her sensations and comments to an uvvy patch on the back of her neck.  — Read...

I remember how excited I was to get Mirrorshades when it came out in 1986. It's an anthology of short science fiction stories, edited by Bruce Sterling. Authors include For lack of a better word, the stories can be considered "cyberpunk." —...

Sir Terry Pratchett died in 2015, but his legacy grows even now: a collection of short stories [Amazon] published pseudonymously by him in the 70s and 80s is intriguing fans and critics. There was, he insisted, nothing more. Pratchett gave instru...

Cat Person was a short story by author Kristen Roupenian that went weirdly viral upon its initial publication in The New Yorker in December 2017. I say "weirdly" not as a pejorative — it's a great story — but simply because short fiction typicall...

There's been a lot of (perfectly valid!) debate lately about AI-generated artworks. But I have to oddly commend the new Infinite Odyssey venture for going all the way with it: a monthly full-length sci-fi prose and comic book magazine, created entire...

I've always meant to pick up one of the annual mystery and suspense year end compilations. This year I finally did! (And now I know what I've been missing.) This is actually the 26th entry in the Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 yearly collect...