23 Short Story Collections in 2023 - hosted by aishathebibliophile

Collection that plays with form in writing or speculative/surrealism
For experiments in writing style and form; See examples like Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties or Alligator and Other Stories by Dima Alzayat 

For surrealism / spec fic 

See examples like Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie; Come Let Us Sing Anyway by Leone Ross; Tender by Sofia Samatar 
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Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One by Alberto Mielgo, Tim Miller, Peter F. Hamilton, Geoff Brown, Michael Swanwick, Marko Kloos, Steven Lewis, David W. Amendola, Joe R. Lansdale, Alastair Reynolds, Claudine Griggs, Kirsten Cross, Vitaliy Shushko, Amanda J Spedding, John Scalzi, Ken Liu

Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One

Alberto Mielgo, Tim Miller, Peter F. Hamilton, Geoff Brown, Michael Swanwick, Marko Kloos, Steven Lewis, David W. Amendola, Joe R. Lansdale, Alastair Reynolds, Claudine Griggs, Kirsten Cross, Vitaliy Shushko, Amanda J Spedding, John Scalzi, Ken Liu

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous medium-paced
Maria, Maria: & Other Stories by Marytza K. Rubio

Maria, Maria: & Other Stories

Marytza K. Rubio

234 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The World Goes On by László Krasznahorkai

The World Goes On

László Krasznahorkai

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

Agustina Bazterrica

154 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Kim Fu

232 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism short stories speculative fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Flexen. Flâneusen* schreiben Städte by Mia Göhring, Özlem Özgül Dündar, Deniz Ohde, Ronya Othmann, Lea Sauer

Flexen. Flâneusen* schreiben Städte

Mia Göhring, Özlem Özgül Dündar, Deniz Ohde, Ronya Othmann, Lea Sauer

266 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

essays poetry short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Get in Trouble: Stories by Kelly Link

Get in Trouble: Stories

Kelly Link

368 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Sweetlust by Asja Bakić

Sweetlust

Asja Bakić

5 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories dark emotional fast-paced
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

245 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Out There by Kate Folk

Out There

Kate Folk

244 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary short stories speculative fiction dark mysterious medium-paced