Short Stories

Short story collections to read in 2022 : Seeking fortune elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo
6 Short Story Collections to Read in 2022

I haven’t been reading as many short stories as I would’ve liked since the pandemic…

Short stories from Asia where wild ladies are
5 Asian Short Story Books to Read Right Now

If you are severely lacking the time to sit down and read a whole book,…

Some Possible Solutions by Helen Philips
Some Possible Solutions by Helen Philips : When You are in the Mood for Bizarre Stories

Some Possible Solutions is a collection of 18 short stories that are strange, unsettling and often…

Book review : These Circuses that Sweep Through the Landscape by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm
Book Review: These Circuses that Sweep Through the Landscape by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm

A man is obsessed with collecting beetles. Four friends…

Book Review : Men without Women by Haruki Murakami
Men Without Women : A ‘Murakami-esque’ collection about loneliness, men and women

Men Without Women is a collection of seven short stories by Murakami, translated …

Book Review : Difficult Women by Roxanne Gay
Difficult Women by Roxanne Gay – The Women who will Survive

A collection of 21 short stories that talk about difficult women, often called ‘crazy’…

They were like Family to me by Helen Maryles Shankman
They were Like Family To me by Helen Maryles Shankman – Stories of War, Humans and Magic

Blending reality and folklore in the lives of the residents of Wlodawa, a Polish town,…

Things we Found During the Autopsy by Kuzhali Manickavel
Things We Found During the Autopsy by Kuzhali Manickavel – Eccentric, Dark and Experimental

Short experimental fiction from Kuzhali Manickavel about dragons, angels, vomit, Pazhani, sexuality

A clutch of Indian Masterpieces book cover
A Clutch of Indian Masterpieces edited by David Davidar- A Book that Stays True to the Title

A collection of thirty nine short stories of Indian writers from 19th century…