American short fiction has always thrived on intensity. Within a few pages, it can capture a lifetime, a heartbreak, or a national mood. The following pieces (tragic, witty, haunting, and strange) ...

The author and Tribune literary award winner has written a collection of short fiction reflecting on many different sides of life in Chicago.

From metropolitan Austin to the North Carolina mountains, Carrie R. Moore's collection approaches Southern identity from a variety of angles.

Decades after the great noir writer Raymond Chandler's death, a new, previously undiscovered short story has just been ...

It’s not every day a 15-year-old has their writing published, but at Laconia High School, a 10th grader with writing ...

The makers of “Bojack Horseman” return with a human and humane comedy about the power of memory. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic for The New York Times. He last ...