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• Everything Inside

  Stories

  Danticat, Edwidge

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  Edwidge Danticat’s Everything Inside is a collection of short stories. “This collection of eight beautiful stories is shaped by different Haitian women’s experience with love and loss,” Reese Witherspoon said of the book. “I was so moved…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Crime Doctor

  Hornung, E. W.

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  Discover a world of heroes and villains, suspense and intrigue. This riveting and comprehensive collection brings together some of the best crime writing of all time. Ruth Rendell and Frances Hegarty spearhead the modern genre, moving…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Waiting for You

  and Other Stories

  Kim, Bo-Young

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  Some of the best science fiction stories are coming from East Asia. This new translation in English is an opportunity to read highly-regarded Korean author Bo-Young’s science fiction short stories that are presented in four paired short…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kink

  Stories

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  These wide-ranging stories of pleasure, BDMS, love and desire stretch across the sexual spectrum. This anthology of literacy short fiction boasts of a star-studded cast of writers that include contributions by the co-editors Kwon and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Be a Man

  Stories

  Krauss, Nicole

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  New York Times–bestselling author of The History of Love, Nicole Krauss's first collection of ten short stories is set in contemporary times and in diverse locations from Japan, Switzerland, New York, Los Angeles to Tel Aviv. The stories…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enchanted

  Erotic Bedtime Stories for Women

  Madore, Nancy

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  Allow yourself to be drawn into a fantasy world like no other...where a beautiful princess is seduced into a love triangle with a handsome prince and her winsome maid...where a mysterious gentleman's young bride is deliciously disciplined…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tiny Tales

  Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness

  McCall Smith, Alexander

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  Celebrated author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, McCall Smith has a gift for easy characterization, capturing authentic moods and moving from the serious, thoughtful and philosophic to zany fun and laughter. Known for his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• First Person Singular

  Stories

  Murakami, Haruki

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  The eight stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator, a lonely man. Also available in Print.

• The Best Short Stories 2023

  the O. Henry Prize Winners

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  Guest editor Lauren Groff has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alien Stories

  Osondu, E. C.

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  Short Fiction Prize-winning collection of short stories that use science fiction to explore immigration, diaspora, and the concept of otherness

• A Place Like Home

  Short Stories

  Pilcher, Rosamunde

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  Together for the first time in one collection, 15 short stories by bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher. Pitcher is known for her worldwide bestselling novels that include The Shell Seekers, September, Coming Home, Winter Solstice, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

  in Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

  Saunders, George

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  George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kiss Me Someone

  Stories

  Shepard, Karen

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  Bold and unapologetic, Karen Shepard's Kiss Me Someone is inhabited by women who walk the line between various states: adolescence and adulthood, stability and uncertainty, selfishness and compassion. They navigate the obstacles that come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Pronounce Knife

  Stories

  Thammavongsa, Souvankham

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  This short story collection receive the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner, Thammavongsa is a valued new voice in Canadian and world literature. Her short stories capture the immigrant experience and are told in a compassionate voice. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Buster Keaton Short Films Collection I

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  After serving a three-year apprenticeship under slapstick superstar Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, former child vaudevillian Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was promoted from supporting player to comic lead, and hired to star in a series of twenty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Passing. Profiling the Lives of Young Transmen of Color

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  Profiling the lives of three young transmen of color, this short doc explores what life is like living as a black man, when no one knows you are transgender, and how each man perceives his own journey with gender after many years of being…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tales of Contemporary Africa

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  Take a glimpse on contemporary sub-Saharan Africa through the eyes of upcoming filmmakers in this short film collection. The finest of African art-house dramas from Cannes and Toronto International Film Festival.

• Thousands of Short Stories to Read Online

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  A diverse selection of stories submitted by writers on Reedsy Prompts to weekly writing contest.