short story collections
Compiled brief narratives
A short story collection is a book gathering multiple short stories, typically by a single author.
The stories may share themes, settings, or characters, or may be unrelated pieces assembled to showcase range.
Distinguished from novels by their episodic rather than continuous structure: Her short story collection won the National Book Award.
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- African folktalesTraditional stories from Africa
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- global perspectivesOutlooks spanning many cultures
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- prose anthologieshorror anthologies
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- anthologiesanthology, anthologies, compilation, compilations, poetry anthology
- indie publishingsmall press, indie press, self-publishing, self-published, chapbooks
- literary periodicalsfiction magazines, literary journals, literary essays, literary commentary, online journals
- women's writingVirginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath
short story collectionsnovels
Extended prose fiction
epic novels · sagas · serialized novels · War and Peace · book series
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