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In her two novels, Virginia Pye wrote about China, but things are different with her short story collection. The nine tales in “Shelf Life of Happiness” are all set in the modern-day United States, ...

Since we launched the reimagined Sunday StarNews in December 2024, we’ve been publishing a weekly inspirational story. Renee Spencer, our community engagement editor, has written the vast majority of ...

Zach Williams started his career as a high-school and middle-school English teacher. But when he became a new parent, all the anxieties and joys of having a kid renewed his urgency to do something ...

Of the countless short stories Stephen King has written, classics like "Survivor Type," "The Jaunt," and "Quitters, Inc." are ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...