Short Story Month

May is Short Story Month! Here is a list of great short story collections to help you celebrate short fiction this month and all year long.

Updated April 21, 2026
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Short Story Month

May is Short Story Month! Here is a list of great short story collections to help you celebrate short fiction this month and all year long.

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Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
El-Mohtar, Amal
Paper Book
Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar. With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales...
A way to be happy
Adderson, Caroline
Paper Book
Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize * A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 * A CBC Best Fiction Book of the Year Short stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. On New Year's Eve, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order...
Other Worlds : Stories
Alexis, Andre.
Paper Book
Winner of The Story Prize * Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize * Shortlisted for the 2025 Toronto Book Award * A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2025 The award-winning author of Fifteen Dogs conjures up worlds - real, invented, uncanny - in this ingenious,...
As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories
Mason Pierre, Terese
Paper Book
A CBC Best Book of 2025 A groundbreaking anthology of haunting stories by Black Canadian writers Edited by esteemed poet Terese Mason Pierre, this bold and innovative anthology of speculative short fiction reveals and uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reveries, reflections,...
Brawler: Stories
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, PEOPLE, TIME, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE "Groff is one of this country's most successful and versatile...
Python's Kiss: Stories
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
"[A] spectacular collection. . . . A staggering sense of empathy infuses the stories. With its range of voices and styles, this puts Erdrich's powers on full display." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise...
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