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Love to Read, Short on Time

  • Morgan R.
  • Wednesday, August 03

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Do you love to read but also have to work, eat, sleep, take the kids to school, make dinner, remember to call the vet and the plumber, mow the lawn, get your oil changed and just...don't have time? Try one of these short story collections! 

Black Sci-fi Short Stories

Black Sci-fi Short Stories

Anthology of New & Classic Tales
Published in 2021
429 pages ; 25 cm.
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Crime Hits Home

Crime Hits Home

A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors
Published in 2022
407 pages ; 24 cm
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On Girlhood

On Girlhood

15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
Published in 2021
xxiv, 200 pages ; 22 cm
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Mestiza Blood

Mestiza Blood

Castro, V., author.
Published in 2022
197 pages ; 23 cm
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Useful Phrases for Immigrants

Useful Phrases for Immigrants

Stories
Chai, May-Lee, author.
Published in 2018
146 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Gods of Want

Gods of Want

Stories
Chang, K-Ming, author.
Published in 2022
x, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land

The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land

Stories
Friedlander, Omer, 1994- author.
Published in 2022
241 pages ; 22 cm
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Trigger Warning

Trigger Warning

Short Fictions and Disturbances
Gaiman, Neil, author.
Published in 2015
xxxvii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Fruiting Bodies

Fruiting Bodies

Stories
Harlan, Kathryn, author.
Published in 2022
242 pages ; 22 cm
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Self-portrait with Ghost

Self-portrait with Ghost

Short Stories
Jin, Meng, 1989- author.
Published in 2022
207 pages ; 24 cm
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The Merry Spinster

The Merry Spinster

Tales of Everyday Horror
Lavery, Daniel M., author.
Published in 2018
190 pages ; 21 cm
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The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

Liu, Ken, 1976- author.
Published in 2020
xii, 411 pages ; 24 cm
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This Strange Way of Dying

This Strange Way of Dying

Stories of Magic, Desire and the Fantastic
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia, author.
Published in 2013
206 pages : 1 portrait ; 21 cm
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After the Quake

After the Quake

Stories
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
Published in 2003
147 pages ; 21 cm
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The First Person Singular

The First Person Singular

Stories
Murakami, Haruki, 1949- author.
Published in 2021
245 pages ; 21 cm
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Give Me Your Heart

Give Me Your Heart

Tales of Mystery and Suspense
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
Published in 2010
260 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

Patel, Neel, author.
Published in 2018
208 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Philyaw, Deesha, author.
Published in 2020
179 pages ; 19 cm
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Book
 
Heads of the Colored People

Heads of the Colored People

Stories
Thompson-Spires, Nafissa, author.
Published in 2018
209 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Growing Things and Other Stories

Growing Things and Other Stories

Tremblay, Paul, author.
Published in 2019
viii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
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How to Fracture a Fairy Tale

How to Fracture a Fairy Tale

Yolen, Jane, author.
Published in 2018
304 pages ; 22 cm
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Morgan R.

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