Dare to read 25 surprisingly scary short stories that will haunt your thoughts. These tales of psychological dread and ...

Not every great book demands weeks of your time. Some of the world's finest stories can be read in minutes yet stay with you ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

A Don DeLillo novel; a Joy Williams short story. By Molly Young Dear readers, This week’s theme is “short and sweet”: Short sentences, short stories, a sweet spot of a prose pair, and that’s all she ...

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 tiny, holds a huge library, and you can purchase new books instantly. But, much like with retro game cartridges, I find there’s a deeper connection formed with a book dug out of a stack in a used ...

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