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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You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories by Mary South

You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories

Mary South

244 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Safely Gathered In by Sarah Schofield
Safely Gathered In
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Sarah Schofield

Safely Gathered In

Sarah Schofield

192 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Tender by Sofia Samatar

Tender

Sofia Samatar

273 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
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