Short‑story roundup: spring
A March 20 roundup flagged new short‑story collections now available from authors including Louise Erdrich, Helen Garner, Rachel Khong, Rebecca Roanhorse, Ruth Ozeki and Lore Segal — a quick stack to refresh your TBR this spring. Several of those names cross into speculative and literary territory worth sampling between heavier sci‑fi reads. (sbsun.com)
Louise Erdrich’s new collection Python’s Kiss gathers stories written over roughly two decades, is illustrated by her daughter Aza Erdrich Abe, and is slated as a Harper hardcover of about 240 pages with a March 24, 2026 release date. (twincities.com) Helen Garner’s collected volume Stories: The Collected Short Fiction appears from Penguin Random House on March 3, 2026, runs about 208 pages, and carries a foreword by Jonathan Escoffery. (penguinrandomhouse.com) Rachel Khong’s short‑story collection My Dear You is scheduled from Knopf on April 7, 2026, clocks roughly 240 pages, and has been listed on multiple “most anticipated” roundups including TIME and literary trade notices. (penguinrandomhouse.com) Rebecca Roanhorse’s River of Bones and Other Stories, published March 3, 2026 by Simon & Schuster, collects her award‑winning fantasy and science‑fiction shorts and includes a new novella set in the Trail of Lightning world; her debut short “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™” won both the Nebula and Hugo. (simonandschuster.com) Ruth Ozeki’s first short‑story collection, The Typing Lady and Other Fictions, has staggered publication dates across territories — listed May 28, 2026 by Canongate in the U.K. and June 2, 2026 for a U.S. edition — and is promoted as eleven stories exploring life’s thresholds. (canongate.co.uk) Lore Segal’s posthumous collection Still Talking has begun to draw review attention and will be dramatized in a WORDTheatre presentation on April 15, 2026 featuring performers including James Cromwell; Segal died in 2024 at age 96. (lareviewofbooks.org)
