Short Stories
'Home Remedies' Is About the Bizarre Experience of Growing Up in Rapid Globalization
In Xuan Juliana Wang's first collection of short stories, she explores what it's like to be young and curious as the world changes around you.
Gorillaz Wrote Us a Bunch of Scary Stories for Halloween
"In Japan, we have weasel monsters with claws so sharp that you don't even know you've been cut until you realise bits are in the wrong place."
There's No Such Thing As a Quantum Bomb
In the future, teleportation is real. Unfortunately, so are transit snarls.
We Gave Limmy Some Scenarios and He Improvised Short Stories on the Spot
Ed Sheeran gets decked, a man is jailed over a Greggs fiasco and a couple confront some awkward truths about their sex life.
Read These Surreal Short Stories About a Talking Hyena and an Assassination Attempt
'The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington' shows the writer at the height of her fantastical, macabre powers.
Read the First Story from Kathleen Collins's Brilliant 'Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?'
The nearly lost collection of stories by the celebrated filmmaker Kathleen Collins is really, really good.
'Virgin and Other Stories' Is a Brilliant Book About Sex and God in the South
We caught up with debut author April Ayers Lawson to talk about her beautifully disturbing new collection of stories.
J. K. Rowling Was Just Kidding About Not Writing Anymore Harry Potter Books
The author is coming out with three new short stories set in the wizarding world this September.
We Talked to Author Helen Oyeyemi About Lost Keys, Nomadic Life, and Her Latest Book
Broadly speaks with prolific author Helen Oyeyemi about her new short story collection, 'What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours.' Despite publishing her seventh book, Oyeyemi insists she's "still very much learning on the job."
Read a Story from Mona Awad's '13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl'
"The von Furstenberg and I" is a story about a woman's relationship with a tiny, expensive dress from Mona Awad's debut story collection.