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Martha’s Daughter: A Novella and Stories
By David Haynes
This incisive, bitingly funny collection tells hard truths.
Autocorrect: Stories
By Etgar Keret; translated by Jessica Cohen and Sondra Silverston
These fantastical tales reveal poignant everyday truths.
Twelve Stories by American Women
Edited by Arielle Zibrak
A worthy assemblage of mostly (and sadly) forgotten works.
Bodock: Stories
By Robert Busby
There’s a storm (literal or figurative) constantly brewing in this penetrating collection.
Hidden Heroes: Anthology of North Korean Fiction
Edited and translated by Immanuel Kim and Benoit Berthelier
These nine tales offer a limited glimpse into an inscrutable land.
Magic Can’t Save Us: Eighteen Tales of Likely Failure
By Josh Denslow
These sweet, silly offerings read like fairytale postscripts.
In a Yellow Wood: Selected Stories and Essays
By Cynthia Ozick
An outstanding introduction to the master’s body of work.
The Bewitched Bourgeois: Fifty Stories
By Dino Buzzati; translated by Lawrence Venuti
Rediscover the surreal genius of a late Italian master.
