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 Best American Short Stories 2022 (Mariner 2022), selected and edited by fiction writer Andrew Sean Greer (The Confessions of Max Tivoli, 2003), presents as strong a selection of writing as the ...

This year’s “Best American Short Stories” collection features New England-based editors, authors, literary journals, and ...

Actors Ivan Hernandez (And Just Like That...), Richard Masur (The Girls on the Bus), and Cynthia Nixon (The Gilded Age) honor the 2025 Best American Short Stories, curated and edited by bestselling ...

CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and awardwinning shorts on DVD With over three hours of films CINEMA16 AMERICAN SHORT FILMS is essential viewing for anyone ...