Spooky season is here and with it comes the desire to soak in all things horror. There are plenty of horror movies and novels to read this October, but if you’re looking for something a bit less ...

There are, broadly speaking, two kinds of short stories: the quiet, profound, slice-of-life short stories that evoke a sense of bittersweet longing and muted despair... and the short stories that get ...

I have always loved everything that goes bump in the night. Nothing makes me happier than stuff that's going to scare me so badly that I can't go to sleep, like great ghost stories. While a lot of ...

The only prerequisite for reading the Nobel laureate, a master of short stories, is: having lived. Here’s where to start. Credit...Ian Willms for The New York Times Supported by By Ben Dolnick Ben ...