American short fiction has always thrived on intensity. Within a few pages, it can capture a lifetime, a heartbreak, or a ...

Recent Selected Shorts readers include Ellen Burstyn, Kate Walsh, Bebe Neuwirth, Claire Danes, Michael Shannon, Kyle Maclachlan, LeVar Burton, Jane Curtin, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Nixon, Rainn Wilson ...

América,” the latest short film from award-winning Brazilian director Aly Muritiba, has released its first trailer. The ...

Guest editor of the 2025 Best American Short Stories and author of the bestselling novel Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng hosts our annual celebration of one of the most esteemed anthologies of ...