Fact beats fiction once again. Consider these samples of flash fact, the sibling of flash fiction (aka, the short short story). These tales all take bitter turns. Chapter I: A man with ALS, a ...

Author Hortense Calisher once called the short story "an apocalypse in a teacup." Critic Jane Ciabattari presents her favorite mini-apocalypses of 2012, from veteran authors like Sherman Alexie to ...

The new book “100 Years of the Best American Short Stories” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 752 pp., $30) serves as a meta-anthology that celebrates the series’ long run.

(CNN) -- High school kids in Calgary, Canada came up with a way to help lonely senior citizens isolated by the coronavirus pandemic. They call it the Joy 4 All Project. By dialing 1-877-JOY-4ALL ...

In 2023, Big Hearts for Seniors hosted “Big Hearted Stories: On Purpose” and raised more than $150,000, organizers said. “The program was awesome.