The Best Short Stories Books of the 2020's
Discover the captivating worlds of the best short stories books from the 2020s decade (2020-2029).
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If It Bleeds
(Holly Gibney #2 / 5)
by Stephen King
Category: Horror, Short Stories
Release date: April 2020
A Sunny Place for Shady People
Release date: September 17, 2024
The City of Mist
Release date: November 2021
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Release date: March 2023
Star-Spawned
Release date: March 2022
Fireside Horror
(The Wendlelow Mysteries #1 / 1)
Category: Horror, Witches, Gothic Horror, Ancient Mythology, Weird Fiction, Short Stories, Collection, Mythology, Small Town
Release date: May 12, 2024
Five Dancing Sisters
Category: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Jane Austen Retellings, Regency, Young Adult, Short Stories, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: May 2020
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
(The Murderbot Diaries #4.5 / 9)
by Martha Wells
Category: Science Fiction, Short Stories
Release date: April 2021
First Person Singular
Release date: April 2021
Weird Sisters
(British Library Tales of the Weird #57 / 80)
by Mike Ashley
Release date: January 16, 2025
Faye and the Feline Feat
by Sarah Beran
Category: Fantasy, Cats, Young Adult, Short Stories, Fairy Tale Retellings, Once Upon a Pen Fairy Tale Book Awards, Retellings, Romance
Release date: July 5, 2024
Crystalline
(Waterlore Romance)
by Riona Beck
Category: Fantasy, Short Stories, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Retellings, Romance
Release date: April 22, 2024
Oh No, I Shot A Spaceship And Kissed An Alien Cyberchef
(At The Alien Hotel #3 / 4)
by Kate Sinner
Release date: October 3, 2024
The Canal and Other Weird Stories
Category: Horror, Collection, Weird Fiction, Psychological Horror, Ghosts, Gothic Horror, Vampires, Short Stories
Release date: February 2023
These Long Teeth of the Night: The Best Short Stories 1999-2019
Release date: 2022
Pumpkin Carving For Superstitious Witches
(Obscure Academy #5.5 / 15)
Category: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Short Stories, Halloween Fiction, Paranormal Fantasy, New Adult, Witches, Paranormal Romance, Holiday/Seasonal, Romance
Release date: December 2022
The Last Shadow
(The Shadow Series (Ender) #6 / 6)
Category: Science Fiction, Short Stories
Release date: November 2021
The Teleporting Tomb and Other Tales
(The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #3 / 5)
Release date: October 2020
Saved by the Mountain Man Orc
(The Men of Orc Mountain #1 / 4)
Category: Fantasy, Fated Mates, Orc, Instalove Romance, Monster Romance, Adult, Paranormal Romance, Short Stories, Cozy Fantasy, Romance
Release date: September 23, 2025
Tales from the Rain
Release date: February 6, 2024
The Alpha's Off-Limits Mate
(Escape to Haven County)
Category: Fantasy, Instalove Romance, Paranormal Fantasy, Adult, Shapeshifters, Paranormal Romance, Werewolves, Short Stories, Fated Mates, Romance, Small Town
Release date: September 6, 2024
Mated to Her Dragon Boss
(Nanny Ever After #1 / 1)
by Destiny Fox
Category: Fantasy, Instalove Romance, Paranormal Fantasy, Shapeshifters, Dragons, Paranormal Romance, Short Stories, Romance, Single Parent
Release date: April 24, 2024
Dreams of Roses
(Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales)
by Kenzie Skye
Category: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, New Adult, Dark Fantasy, Short Stories, Romantasy, Mythology, Retellings, Romance
Release date: September 24, 2024
Anthropologists Like It Wet - A Paranormal Romance Short Story
by Elliot Ason
Category: Instalove Romance, Monster Romance, Adult, Shapeshifters, Paranormal Romance, Short Stories, Romance
Release date: November 23, 2024
Alien Instalove Trick or Treat
(Escape to Haven County)
Category: Science Fiction, Instalove Romance, Halloween Fiction, Alien Romance, Adult, Short Stories, Holiday/Seasonal, Romance, Small Town
Release date: November 8, 2024
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