Short Stories

Thrillers

Global Noir Gets Gritty: F.H. Batacan’s Razor-Sharp Stories Redefine Crime Fiction

Soho Crime is a leader in presenting and publishing global mysteries and crime fiction going well beyond the known writers from all parts of Europe and Scandinavia by introducing authors from Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa. There are many exciting authors yet to be discovered. A…

Linda HitchcockApril 18, 2025

Listicles Pop Culture

Girl Dinner: A Feast of Short Stories & Essays by Women

Women’s voices in literature are as varied and nourishing as a perfectly curated “girl dinner” plate: sometimes indulgent, sometimes sharp, always satisfying. From bite-sized short stories to rich, thought-provoking essays, this collection celebrates women writers who serve up brilliance in every genre. Whether you’re craving stories of resilience, humor, identity…

Kelsey HallMarch 27, 2025

Fiction

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Celebrating the death rather than the birthday of the master of the macabre, is only fitting. On this day October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 after he was found in a gutter on a side street in Baltimore, Maryland. Some people say he died…

Matt GillickOctober 7, 2016

Fiction Recommended

Fables, Fairy Tales and Allegories Blend in Charming Short Story Collection

Tales From the Wind is a collection of 13 short stories by Emily Irish, that feel like sitting around a campfire, listening to folktales that are as timeless as they are magical. Through this compilation, the author bridges the gap between classic folktales and modern life lessons. Each story is…

Natalia KavaleDecember 13, 2024

Fiction Listicles Pop Culture

Celebrate the “Short n’ Sweet” Album Release With These Quick Reads

At BookTrib, it’s become pretty clear that we are big fans of combining the world of music and literature together. Perhaps you got your latest book recommendation from our Lit Girl Summer list, or maybe you’re still working on finishing reading our recommendations for books that feel like your favorite…

Eileen FlahertyAugust 22, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Short Story Explores a Widower’s Grief and an Uncovered Book

It’s the moving tale of a widower’s grief. A protagonist who refuses to leave your soul when the story ends. From its well-crafted prose to its subtle shades of meaning, it’s the kind of writing that we are compelled to celebrate. In the spirit of discovering exciting new voices in…

Adam PerschbacherAugust 19, 2024

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Echoes of Life in Literature: Deborah Jenkins on “Winter Lights”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisNovember 15, 2023

Book Club Network Fiction

“Love, Faith and a Pair of Pants:” Humor and Pathos

Ben Zelig, the protagonist in Herb Freed’s Love, Faith and a Pair of Pants, (Bellrock Entertainment Inc.) has life all figured out: graduate from rabbinical school; get hired by a spiritually enriched community; meet a nice Jewish girl, and start a family. Naturally, nothing goes according to plan, but life…

BookTribOctober 4, 2018

Fiction

Subtle Foibles and Passions Through Towles’ Astute Lens

Amor Towles has done it again and has given us the gift of multiple stories and characters in one beautiful book. Table for Two is a compilation of short stories that bring life lessons, understanding and compassion to the forefront. Above all else, Towles’ specialty is taking the mundanity of…

Lydia LefevreJune 18, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Horror Bites: The Appeal of the Short Story

It’s long been said that the short story is the purest form of horror. Whether you agree with the sentiment or not, many horror readers meet the genre in the form of short stories: oral tales told around campfires or at bedtime; spooky, visual anthology programs; or perhaps a short…

Lindy RyanMay 29, 2024

Fiction

Stanislas Yassukovich Opens Our Eyes to the Power of Nostalgia in “Short Stories”

Whether we care to admit it or not, the consuming public is fascinated with the high corners of society. There will always be an audience thirsty for information on the rich and famous, or simply the rich and pretentious. It’s a cultural phenomenon that colors leisure entertainment with movies, TV…

Jim AlkonJuly 30, 2021

Recommended

Riveting Short Story Collection Comments on the Human Experience

Perhaps the greatest compliment one can pay a writer is this: As long as Stanislas Yassukovich keeps writing stories, I will keep reading them. I remember being introduced to this author when someone handed me James Grant, a long, dense novel about a privileged yet troubled young man that I…

Jim AlkonJanuary 10, 2024

Fiction

36 Major Literary Voices, Edited by Atwood and Preston, Produce “Fourteen Days”

The iconic Margaret Atwood and American author Doug Preston have spearheaded a unique novel in which each of 36 noted authors of The Authors Guild contribute by each creating and writing about one character living in a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan telling stories on the rooftop one…

BookTribFebruary 6, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

“The Strand” Reveals Unpublished Short Story From “Twilight Zone” Creator Rod Serling

Rod Serling, best known as the creator of The Twilight Zone, authored a short story when he was in his early twenties. “First Squad, First Platoon”, published for the first time by Strand Magazine, was uncovered thanks to writer Amy Boyle Johnston, who discovered it “in a folder of early…

BookTribMay 10, 2024

Fiction Romance

K’s Collection of Short Stories Proves Love Is a Revolution

The first three short stories in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories (FriesenPress), bounce wildly from Jerusalem to a present-day Canadian shopping mall to a dystopian future. “Radius” depicts the inner thoughts of a Palestinian en route to a suicide bombing. “Calamity Jane” is largely a teenage angst-laden conversation between…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 23, 2021

Fiction Recommended

Short Stories Rip the Bandage Off Lifestyles, Emotions in Small-Town CA

“Everyone has secrets…and that’s what I write about.” You hear the word “secrets” and immediately associate it with some kind of suspense drama, or thriller with twists and turns. Then there’s the work of Bill VanPatten, who creates fictitious characters – likely amalgamations of real-life people and experiences – and…

Jim AlkonDecember 12, 2022

Girl Dinner: A Feast of Short Stories & Essays by Women

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Fables, Fairy Tales and Allegories Blend in Charming Short Story Collection

Celebrate the “Short n’ Sweet” Album Release With These Quick Reads

Short Story Explores a Widower’s Grief and an Uncovered Book

Books & Looks Podcast: Echoes of Life in Literature: Deborah Jenkins on “Winter Lights”

“Love, Faith and a Pair of Pants:” Humor and Pathos

Horror Bites: The Appeal of the Short Story

Stanislas Yassukovich Opens Our Eyes to the Power of Nostalgia in “Short Stories”

Riveting Short Story Collection Comments on the Human Experience

“The Strand” Reveals Unpublished Short Story From “Twilight Zone” Creator Rod Serling

K’s Collection of Short Stories Proves Love Is a Revolution

Short Stories Rip the Bandage Off Lifestyles, Emotions in Small-Town CA

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