American short fiction has always thrived on intensity. Within a few pages, it can capture a lifetime, a heartbreak, or a ...

Released this week, "The Land of Sweet Forever" includes stories the author wrote in the years before her debut novel became ...

A well-told short story can remain with the reader for years, if not the rest of their lives. From shocking to mournful, these are some of the most-read short stories ever written.

For a long time the literary world thought "To Kill a Mockingbird," which was later turned into a film starring Gregory Peck, ...

Residents of Lanier, Indiana are disturbed, amused or bored by an emailed sex survey. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Robyn Ryle about her collection of short stories, "Sex of the Midwest." ...