Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories

A new collection of short stories from the acclaimed Appalachian writer.

Staten Island Noir

Edited by Patricia Smith

Staten Island Noir

WIRoB President David O. Stewart reviews this collection of short stories that exposes the gritty side of Staten Island.

George Saunders

Tenth of December

George Saunders is an undisputed genius in cutting eloquent slices of dark, odd, familiar and too familiar.

Lucia Perillo

Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories

Fourteen deft stories populate this debut fiction collection by the award-winning poet.

Julian Barnes

Pulse: Stories

Intimacy, obsession and sensory details in the nuanced world of social interaction.

By Margaret Drabble

A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman

As in her novels, these short stories by a master chronicler examine the moral complexities of women’s lives through several decades.

Richard Ford

Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar

Raymond Carver’s shadow looms large over this collection of stories that illuminate the emotional fallout when reality doesn’t meet our desires.

By E.L. Doctorow

All the Time in the World: New and Selected Stories

A collection of mostly outstanding tales from one of the masters.