There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

Moral Disorder, 11 interconnected stories that cover seven decades in the life of one Canadian woman and her troubled family, is Atwood's first short-story collection in 15 years. The links between ...

Talk about obsession: Anatomy of a Short Story: Nabokov's Puzzles, Codes, "Signs and Symbols" (Continuum) is a massive exploration of the master's (possibly) most masterful short story, "Signs and ...

Once upon a time, I didn't "do" short stories. The only time I read them was for class, and even then, I loathed the assignments. I, like a lot of people who claim they don't like short stories, found ...

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with GennaRose Nethercott about the power of folklore and her collection of strange and fantastic short stories, "Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart." According to GennaRose ...