Short stories and novellas can get lost in the shadow of epic novels and great works of biography, but the compact storytelling form can pack a wallop. Aside from my standbys Poe, Maupassant and Conan Doyle, these are some of my favorite stories and novellas.
As most of my readers know by now, I greatly enjoyed Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (You can see my review here). Towles finds that magical balance between bright, vibrant characters and poignant, basely human moments. Eve in Hollywood is a novella, written exclusively for e-publication, that picks up where we left off…