Sometimes the biggest stories come in small packages. Whether you’re looking for a quick read when you’re short on time or a diverse range of content on a single subject, short story collections and anthologies are a perfect fit. From science fiction tales of dystopia to contemporary topics on race and love, these are the collections you can look forward to in 2024.
Nothing Sacred: Outspoken Voices in Contemporary Fiction by Bernard Schweizer (Editor), James Morrow (Editor)
In this collection authors return to a bolder style of fiction. Believing that readers are not nearly as easily offended and delicate as they are made out to be. This anthology of challenging and edgy stories includes an alternate history Malcolm X facing down J.Edgar Hoover’s zombie army, a medical student supporting himself by moonlighting in porn, Cuban immigrant children celebrating Independence Day and other stories that respectfully beg readers to step outside their comfort zones.
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Harbor Lights by James Lee Burke (1/23)
New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke is bringing eight new stories and a never-seen novella to readers. Told with his trademark eye from the American landscape, his stories sweep from the Gulf of Mexico to Colorado, from trailer parks to saloons. Harbor Lights explores love, violence, friendship and more in a can’t-miss collection.
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Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung (1/30)
For an eerie glimpse into the future, look no further than Bora Chung’s haunting dystopian musings. From an AI elevator who falls in love with a resident to nature fighting back after GMO companies have reached the inevitable end of their destruction, these short stories usher readers through a strange, but not at all unfamiliar world.
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With Every Great Breath by Rick Brass (2/6)
Taking a pause from the anguish of environmental activism, Rick Brass shares a collection of old and new stories that relish in the beauty. Spanning subjects and the globe, readers get a glimpse into decades of exploration and understanding. With attention to all that is wondrous on the planet amidst the crisis closing in, Brass uses this collection to pause and celebrate.
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Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott (2/6)
In a collection of haunting fairytales GennaRose Nethercott speaks to our innate yearning and desire to be seen. From zombie roosters and a friendship between a vampire and a goat woman, to middle schoolers dabbling in the occult, the more unusual the story, the more familiar it becomes. With longing and heartbreak, this collection will speak to your most human side while taking readers out of this world.
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Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi (2/13)
From multi-award winning author Wole Talabi comes a collection of incredible, thought-provoking stories regarding technology and the future we’re all barreling towards. Ranging from AI, to uploaded consciousness, to machine-run cities and Mars-dwelling humans, Talabi delivers sixteen masterful stories that are as fun as they are serious.
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All the Way to Summer: Stories of Love and Longing by Dame Fiona Kidman (2/13)
Falling in love is hard to do and Kidman breaks it all down in this collection of stories. Getting right to the heart of feminine desire in stories ranging from two mother’s fighting on a wedding day, to a needle lost in a woman’s body, to a writer abandoned by a lover, left with only a suitcase. Using her keen feminist eye, these stories are sure to strike a cord.
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Sharing Too Much: Musings from an Unlikely Life by Richard Paul Evans (2/27)
Though this is a collection of nonfiction, personal essays, the source may be of real interest to fiction readers. The #1 New York Times bestseller, most known for his Christmas fiction, shares insight from his past. Those his fiction may be cheery, he delves into the dreary past including being. raised by a suicidal mother and suffering relentless bullying. Evans’ wise insight and powerful advice is the gift that keeps on giving.
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Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles (4/2)
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow, comes a six story collection and a novella featuring a favorite of his characters. Set in New York City around 2000 and the Golden Age of Hollywood, fans of Towles will love this new addition to his beloved tales.
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