Best Short Story Collections 2019 - April 2024

Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544582942
• ASIN: 0544582942
• ISBN: 0544582942
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest He... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0395843677
• UPC: 046442843676
• ASIN: 0395843677
• ISBN: 0395843677
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2019

The essential annual guide to the newest voices in short fiction selected by Danielle Evans, Alice Sola Kim, and Carmen Maria Machado"Prominent issues of social justice and cultural strife are woven thematically throughout 12 stories. Stories of prison reform, the immigrant experience, and the aftermath of sexual assault make the book a vivid time capsule that will guide readers back into the ethos of 2019 for generations to come . . . Each story displays a mastery of the form, sure to inspire readers to seek out further writing from these adept authors and publications." ―BooklistWho are th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1948226340
• ASIN: 1948226340
• ISBN: 1948226340
• Manufacturer: Catapult

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2019 Edition (The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book 11)

This eleventh volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features twenty-six stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including David Gerrold, Carolyn Ives Gilman, James Patrick Kelly, Rich Larson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yoon Ha Lee, Sarah Pinsker, Justina Robson, Kelly Robson, Lavie Tidhar, Juliette Wade, and many others. Selecting the best fiction from Asimov's, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Tor.com, and other top venues, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow.

• ASIN: B07W43Y52Y
• ASIN: B07W43Y52Y
• Manufacturer: Prime Books

The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 13 (Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year)

The finest short science fiction and fantasy, from the master anthologistScience fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine; fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has pored through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers. Past volumes have included such writers as Yoon Ha Lee, Max Gladstone, Neil Gaiman, N. J. Jemisin, Indrapramit Das, Scott Lynch, Alastair Reynolds, Charl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1781085765
• ASIN: 1781085765
• ISBN: 1781085765
• Manufacturer: Solaris

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honored works as Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." But alongside these often-anthologized tales, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's "Cannib... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199744394
• ASIN: 0199744394
• ISBN: 0199744394
• Brand: Oxford University Press USA
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction. Jonathan Lethem, “one of America’s greatest storytellers” (Washington Post), selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual “treat for crime-fiction fans” (Library Journal).

• ASIN: 1328636097
• ASIN: 1328636097
• ISBN: 1328636097
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Story Prize: 15 Years of Great Short Fiction

"You don’t often get collections, or even anthologies where every story knocks you out, but I’ve been bewildered in the best way over each one [in The Story Prize] so far." ―Lillian Li, author of Number One Chinese Restaurant This anthology of short stories marks the fifteenth anniversary of The Story Prize and includes one story from each of the annual winning collections, beginning with Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker and concluding with Elizabeth Strout’s Anything Is Possible. The founder of The Story Prize, Julie Lindsey, and its director, Larry Dark, created this award to add... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1936787636
• ASIN: 1936787636
• ISBN: 1936787636
• Manufacturer: Catapult

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018 Edition (Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy)

This tenth volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors. With selections of the best fiction from Asimov's, Clarkesworld, F&SF, Lightspeed, and other top venues, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow.

• ASIN: 1607015269
• ASIN: 1607015269
• ISBN: 1607015269
• Manufacturer: Prime Books

The Pushcart Prize XLIII: Best of the Small Presses 2019 Edition (The Pushcart Prize)

“More good poems, essays and stories are found in these presses than any other place on the planet.” Richard Ford This 43rd edition of the annual Pushcart Prize – the most celebrated literary series in America – is further proof that these days the heat and heart of contemporary writing is often found in small presses scattered around the country and the world, far from the pressures of commercial centers. As the variety of selections in PUSHCARTPRIZE XLIII indicates, it is a diverse community constantly infused by new stories, essays and poetry from small press authors with a vision o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1888889896
• ASIN: 1888889896
• ISBN: 1888889896
• Manufacturer: Pushcart Press

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published

THE BEST RESOURCE FOR GETTING YOUR FICTION PUBLISHEDNovel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 38th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips.Novel & Short Story Writer's Market also offers valuable advice to elevate your fiction:Break down the anatomy of a great short story.Learn how to create an antagonistic setting and i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440354375
• UPC: 035313670787
• ASIN: 1440354375
• ISBN: 9781440354373
• Brand: Writer's Digest Books
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2018, guest-edited by National Book Award finalist Carmen Maria Machado. Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human. Wit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1328604373
• ASIN: 1328604373
• ISBN: 1328604373
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Five-minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables

There is always time to read together with this deluxe treasure-trove of five-minute stories, fables, and well-loved fairy tales. There are over 50 easy-to-read stories to enjoy in this enchanting collection - and each one fits perfectly into the beginning, middle or end of a very busy day! This beautiful story-time treasury brings together the talents of illustrators from around the world, with well-loved tales including Aladdin, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Puss in Boots, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, The Three Little Pigs, and many more. Quick and short stories read aloud in... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1680524062
• ASIN: 1680524062
• ISBN: 1680524062
• Brand: Cottage Door Press
• Manufacturer: Cottage Door Press

No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child. No Middle Name begins with “Too Much Time,” a brand-new work of short fiction that finds Reacher in a hollowed-out town in Maine, where he witnesses a random bag-snatching but sees much more than a simple crime. “Small Wars” takes readers back to 1989, when Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young officer found along an isolated forest road in... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MTJQFQY
• ASIN: B01MTJQFQY
• Manufacturer: Dell

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SF Hall of Fame Book 1)

• ASIN: B078H73XY9
• ASIN: B078H73XY9
• Manufacturer: Tor Books

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 746152764

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 616290935

Best Korean Short Stories Collection 3

The popular series is back! Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also

• UPC: 582197770

Best American Catholic Short Stories : A Sheed & Ward Collection

This volume captures 20 of the best short stories from 13 American Catholic writers over the past 75 years. Spanning most of the 20th century, the stories in this collection deal with many of the

• UPC: 25647209

The Best American Short Stories 2003

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals,

• UPC: 24757814
• Rating: 4.667

Best Korean Short Stories Collection 대한민국 베스트 단편 소설모음집

Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 25 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean

• UPC: 365957756

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

A collection of fifty-five important pieces of short fiction of the twentieth century features masterworks by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, and other notable

• UPC: 743425
• Rating: 3.75

Middle Unearthed : The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849

Before there was a lovable green ogre called Shrek and a bespeckled wizard named Harry Potter, there were the best fantasy short stories published in English during the first half of the nineteenth century. These

• UPC: 635749035
• Rating: 5.0

Best Korean Short Stories Collection 2 대한민국 베스트 단편 소설모음집 2

Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean

• UPC: 813426023

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

The Best American Humorous Short

• UPC: 9728734
• Rating: 3.0