The StoryGraph's Genre Challenge 2021 - hosted by thestorygraph

A short story collection by a new-to-you author
This should be the first thing you've read by the author you choose.
All books added
How Goes The World? by KJ Charles

How Goes The World?

The Will Darling Adventures #3.5

KJ Charles

23 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Eric LaRocca

102 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark tense fast-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy by Matthew David Goodwin

Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy

Matthew David Goodwin

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous emotional medium-paced
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

165 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dead Leaves: 9 Tales from the Witching Season by Kealan Patrick Burke

Dead Leaves: 9 Tales from the Witching Season

Kealan Patrick Burke

130 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction horror short stories mysterious medium-paced
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

Fred, the Vampire Accountant #1

Drew Hayes

300 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy funny lighthearted fast-paced
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

The Folk of the Air #3.5

Holly Black

173 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories young adult adventurous fast-paced
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

Maggie O'Farrell

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Is She Still Alive? by Tessa Duder

Is She Still Alive?

Tessa Duder

368 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

emotional reflective medium-paced