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Women! In! Peril!: Stories
By Jessie Ren Marshall
A witty collection of subversive, sardonic tales.
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories
By GennaRose Nethercott
These smart, trippy tales will delight fans of the paranormal.
Float Up, Sing Down: Stories
By Laird Hunt
For fans of the author’s novel Zorrie, these linked tales will feel like home.
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
By Claire Keegan
An assured, quietly powerful trio of tales.
We Have Always Been Who We Are
By Sofia T. Romero
Magical realism highlights the absurdities of life in this not-quite-cohesive collection.
Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare: Stories
By Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
This debut collection is a rich tapestry of occupation, resistance, and Hawaiian identity.
Night Side of the River: Ghost Stories
By Jeanette Winterson
This eerie, incisive collection haunts in more ways than one.
Bliss Montage
By Ling Ma
The author’s first collection sets a surreal world spinning on an axis of displacement.