From surrealist romps to heartfelt examinations of family, love, and grief, these collections prove great things can come in small packages.

May is Short Story Month and CBC Books has compiled a list of Canadian short story collections to celebrate. From speculative ...

The perfect way to make your lunch break terrifying.

Stephen King fans woke up this week to an unexpected gift. The author published a new short story, 'Dinah's Hat,' in the June ...

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For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

Read Richard Thomas' sci-fi tale "The Darkness Between the Stars," courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine. Take a reading break with "The Last Lucid Day" by Dominique Dickey, courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine.

It's a Short Story Dispenser, and with the push of a button, out pops a printed parable.

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit ...