A well-told short story can remain with the reader for years, if not the rest of their lives. From shocking to mournful, these are some of the most-read short stories ever written.

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'Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26' will adapt eight stories its creator made before 'Fire Punch' and 'Chainsaw Man' made him famous. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes 'Nayuta of the Prophecy' is one of eight ...

Urmila Seshagiri was researching Virginia Woolf's unpublished autobiography when she uncovered a revised version of ...

Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Media.Vision have released a four-minute anime “Prelude” to Digimon Story: Time Stranger. Set to the theme song “wherever you are”, the short focuses on Inori and ...

The 2026 CBC Short Story Prize is open for submissions and the winner will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and ...

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