Not enough time for a lengthy book?

School’s back in session and the world seems to have picked up pace. Maybe you’re looking for something you can pick up and put down with more ease? Short story collections offer that and a nice way to test out new authors. Here is a small sampling of collections from across the spectrum.

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes edited by John Joseph Adams, MYS
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie, FIC
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, SF
Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender, FIC
Labyrinths: Selected stories & other writings by Jorge Luis Borges, 868.6 Borges (FIC)
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, SF
Stories: All-new tales edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, SF
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, HOR
Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro, FIC (Sara D.’s Review)
The Ones that Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones, HOR
Dubliners by James Joyce, FIC
On a Raven's Wing : New tales in honor of Edgar Allan Poe edited by Stuart M. Kaminsky, MYS
The Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri, FIC (Sara D.’s Review)
Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link, SF
Stories For Nighttime and Some For the Day by Ben Loory, FIC
Sympathy for the Devil edited by Tim Pratt, HOR
The Best American Short Stories, 2010 by Richard Russo, FIC (Joe M.’s review)
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger, FIC (Melissa C.’s review)
Pastoralia by George Saunders, FIC
Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, Y (Jessica T.'s review)