Looking for psychologically-driven scary short-fiction? Do shorter and relatable tales work better in our modern times? Try ...

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

You can read “The Haunted Palace” at Poetry Foundation. Poe’s The Oval Portrait is one of his shorter stories, but one whose intensity is not limited by length. The short story follows the ...

This reading list spotlights books by nine Mexican women writers who are shaping the literary scene in Mexico and beyond.

These memoirs, thrillers, romance, literary fiction, nonfiction and short stories focus on Native and Indigenous stories, in recognition of National American Indian Heritage Month ...

West Texas A&M University's Great Books Series announced it will continue in November with a short story about one of the ...

Amateur historian Brian Cleary was paging through Stoker’s works at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin, the gothic ...

In short, children’s stories describe the many nuances of life ... The New York Review of Books Children’s Collection, 96 pages Read aloud: age 8 – 12. Read yourself: age 8 and older.

You could win $6,000, a two-week writing residency and have your work published. The prize is open between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1.

The longlists for the CBC Literary Prizes are chosen by a team of writers and editors across Canada. Meet the 12 who will be working on the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize, which is open for submissions ...