Two Wilmington writers are included in "the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction." ...

American short fiction has always thrived on intensity. Within a few pages, it can capture a lifetime, a heartbreak, or a ...

Louis Auchincloss / John Breitmeyer -- Frederick Barthelme / John Hughes -- Pinckney Benedict / Brad Vice -- Michael Brodsky / John C. Hawley -- Ron Carlson / Jay Boyer -- Alan Cheuse / Jay Boyer -- ...

A well-told short story can remain with the reader for years, if not the rest of their lives. From shocking to mournful, these are some of the most-read short stories ever written.

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...

Alice Munro, a towering woman of letters for the past half-century whose works of short fiction illuminated the emotional terrain of seemingly ordinary lives, and who was honored at the end of her ...

Toni Cade Bambara / Teri Ann Doerksen -- Robert Bausch / Richard E. Lee -- Ann Beattie / Gwen Crane -- Madison Smartt Bell / Muriel A. Charpentier -- Doris Betts / Deborah E. Barker -- Paul Bowles / ...