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Short and sweet, these story collections and anthologies are perfect for snack-sized reading
Updated May 23, 2024
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County)
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The bazaar of bad dreams : stories
King, Stephen
Paper Book
Includes the story "Premium Harmony"--set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes twenty-one iconic stories with accompanying autobiographical comments...
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Epic : legends of fantasy
Adams, John Joseph
Paper Book
There is a sickness in the land. Prophets tell of the fall of empires, the rise of champions. Great beasts stir in vaults beneath the hills, beneath the waves. Armies mass. Gods walk. The world will be torn asunder. Epic fantasy is storytelling at its biggest and best. From the creation myths and...
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Everyone on the moon is essential personnel : stories
Jarboe, Julian K.
Paper Book
In this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age, these are the tools of storyteller Jarboe, a talent in the field of queer fabulism. Bodily autonomy and transformation, the importance of negative emotions, unhealthy...
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Fall of poppies : stories of love and the Great War
Webb, Heather
Paper Book
Top voices in historical fiction deliver an unforgettable collection of short stories set in the aftermath of World War I--featuring bestselling authors such as Hazel Gaynor, Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig and edited by Heather Webb. On the eleventh hour...
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Five-carat soul
McBride, James
Paper Book
The stories in Five-Carat Soul-none of them ever published before-spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They're funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic-all told with McBride's unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye...
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Go home!
Buchanan, Rowan Hisayo
Paper Book
An anthology of Asian diasporic writers musing on the notion of "home"--and the possibilities of outsiderhood and belonging. "I read this book and see my people--see us--and feel, in our collective outsiderhood, at home." --Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds "To be...
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Grand union : stories
Smith, Zadie
Paper Book
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal! A dazzling collection of short fiction Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of...
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Half gods
Kumarasamy, Akil
Paper Book
A startlingly beautiful debut,Half Godsbrings together the exiled, the disappeared, the seekers. Following the fractured origins and destines of two brothers named after demigods from the ancient epic the Mahabharata, we meet a family struggling with the reverberations of the past in their...
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Jewish Futures
Edited by Michael A., Burstein
Paper Book
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Love after the end : an anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer speculative fiction
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Paper Book
This exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity...
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Meet cute
Armentrout, Jennifer L.
Paper Book
Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. Meet Cute is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met" from some of today's most popular YA authors. Readers will...
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Memory wall : stories
Doerr, Anthony
Paper Book
From an award-winning and extraordinarily eloquent author whose "prose dazzles" (The New York Times Book Review) comes a second stunning collection. Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the...
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Never whistle at night : an Indigenous dark fiction anthology
Hawk, Shane
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY . BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY . LOCUS AWARD FINALIST A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question- "Are you ready to be un...
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No one belongs here more than you : stories
July, Miranda
Paper Book
Named a Top Ten Book of the Year by Time, the bestselling debut story collection by the extraordinarily talented Miranda July, award-winning filmmaker, artist, and author of All Fours. In No One Belongs Here More Than You, Miranda July gives the most...
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The Perfect murder : five great mystery writers create the perfect crime
Hitt, Jack.
Paper Book
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Short stories by Latin American women : the magic and the real
Correas de Zapata, Celia.
Paper Book
Celia Correas de Zapata, an internationally recognized expert in the field of Latin American fiction written by women, has collected stories by thirty-one authors from fourteen countries, translated into English by such renowned scholars and writers as Gregory Rabassa and Margaret Sayers Peden....
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Table for two : fictions
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller "A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner." --The New York Times "Superb ... This may be Towles' best book yet. Each tale is as...
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This is how you lose her
DÃaz, Junot
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2012 National Book Award A Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012 Finalist for the 2012 Story Prize Chosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, ...
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Unexpected stories
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
Unexpected Stories is, by any measure, an unexpected gift. This slender but resonant volume contains two stories"e"recently unearthed and never before in print"e"by one of the most significant figures in modern science fiction: Octavia E. Butler. "A Necessary Being" takes us into the heart of an...
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Up all night : 13 stories between sunset and sunrise
Silverman, Laura
Paper Book
In the magical hours between sunrise and sunset, twisty mysteries, time-slip tales, and romance can find you. Anything is possible when the rest of the world is asleep. It's a time for romance and adventure. For prom night and ghost hunts. It's a time for...
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Welcome to the monkey house : a collection of short works
Vonnegut, Kurt.
Paper Book
" Kurt Vonnegut strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . . There are twenty-five stories here, and each hits a nerve ending."-TheCharlotte Observer Welcome to the Monkey Houseis a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally...
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