Short Stories

A short story is a short work of prose fiction. It may be in any genre of fiction, and the exact definition of "short" will often depend on the genre.

Short stories are often collected together with other short stories, poetry, art, and/or essays in order to form a larger book, although it is becoming more common for short stories to be released as stand-alone ebooks.
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Tailored Realities
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
Laurie (Hazelthorn, #0.5)
The Packing List: A Later in Life Romance Anthology
All That Means or Mourns
Book of Exemplary Women
One Thousand And One Upgrades
3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters
Making Space (The Time Traveler's Passport)
The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories
For a Limited Time Only (The Time Traveler's Passport)
A Love Story from the End of the World: Stories
The Pelican Child: Stories
Cronus (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport)
So Late in the Day
False Note (Alibis Collection, #3)
A Welcome Reunion
Making Space (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Small Things (Alibis Collection, #6)
You Better Not Pout (Home Sweet Holidays, #4)
Pick a Color
The Skydivers (Alibis Collection, #4)
For a Limited Time Only (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Natural Selection
The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays
Como bestias
A Visit to the Husband Archive (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Romancing the Paranormal by Stephanie RoweSummer Fire by Gennita LowPeace, Love, & Romance by Jennifer TheriotIndulgence by Nina LevinePropose To Me by Caroline Andrus
Best Romance Anthologies/Collections
297 books — 728 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,011 books — 1,451 voters

Finding Cinderella by Colleen HooverLegally Wed by N.M. SilberBeg by C.D. ReissHearts in Darkness by Laura KayeCastle Hill by Samantha Young
Romance Short Stories and Novellas
719 books — 462 voters
Dark Forces by Kirby McCauleyThe Dark Descent by David G. Hartwell999 by Al SarrantonioSNAFU by Geoff BrownRead Us or Die by Jason Gehlert
Best Horror Anthologies
456 books — 539 voters

Love Least Expected by Meredith BondForever Friends by Shelagh WatkinsEnd of the Road by Jacques  AntoineGetting Lucky by J.L. BeckThe Adventure of Creation by Holly Lisle
Best Anthologies
1,122 books — 771 voters
Conjuring Darkness by Melanie  JamesSpellbound in His Arms by Angel SeferCornered Coyote by Dianne HarmanReckless Endangerment by Amber Lea EastonThe Gang Bust by Dorothy May Mercer
Indie Romantic Suspense/Thrillers
398 books — 589 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Interpreter of Maladies
Stories of Your Life and Others
Tenth of December
The Lottery
Exhalation
Dubliners
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Nine Stories
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
The Lottery and Other Stories
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

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Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.
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