208 Books in the FICTION / Short Stories (single author) Category

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It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom

It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom
Family & Other Calamities: A Novel

Family & Other Calamities: A Novel
The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories
Neighbors and Other Stories

Neighbors and Other Stories
House Gone Quiet: Stories

House Gone Quiet: Stories
Company: Stories

Company: Stories
Mama Said

Mama Said
Emancipation

Emancipation
Holler, Child: Stories

Holler, Child: Stories
Witness: Stories

Witness: Stories
Everything Abridged: Stories

Everything Abridged: Stories
Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments

Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments
Miss Muriel And Other Stories

Miss Muriel And Other Stories
Light Skin Gone to Waste

Light Skin Gone to Waste
If I Survive You

If I Survive You
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories
Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone: Stories

Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone: Stories
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories

The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories
Cosmogramma

Cosmogramma
My Monticello: Fiction

My Monticello: Fiction
The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners

The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners
How to Wrestle a Girl: Stories

How to Wrestle a Girl: Stories
The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories

The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories
Give My Love to the Savages: Stories

Give My Love to the Savages: Stories
Filthy Animals

Filthy Animals
Eda Blessed II

Eda Blessed II
The Man Who Lived Underground

The Man Who Lived Underground
You Made Me Love You: Selected Stories, 1981-2018

You Made Me Love You: Selected Stories, 1981-2018
Milk Blood Heat

Milk Blood Heat
Prayer for the Living

Prayer for the Living
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories (Loa #338)

Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories (Loa #338)
These Bodies

These Bodies
Egg

Egg
midnight & indigo Issue 4: Twenty-two Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers

midnight & indigo Issue 4: Twenty-two Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers
The Awkward Black Man

The Awkward Black Man
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
If I Had Two Wings: Stories

If I Had Two Wings: Stories
Can I Kick It?: Sneaker Microfiction and Poetry

Can I Kick It?: Sneaker Microfiction and Poetry
Nine Bar Blues

Nine Bar Blues
So We Can Glow: Stories

So We Can Glow: Stories
Cape Town Curios

Cape Town Curios
Grand Union: Stories

Grand Union: Stories
Dog Meat Samosa

Dog Meat Samosa
Everything Inside: Stories

Everything Inside: Stories
The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories

The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories
Let’s Tell This Story Properly

Let’s Tell This Story Properly
God’s Will and Other Lies: Stories

God’s Will and Other Lies: Stories
Lot: Stories

Lot: Stories
Heads of the Colored People (paperback): Stories

Heads of the Colored People (paperback): Stories
Cayenne

Cayenne
How Long ’til Black Future Month?: Stories

How Long ’til Black Future Month?: Stories
midnight & indigo Issue 1: Celebrating Black female writers

midnight & indigo Issue 1: Celebrating Black female writers
Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction of Henry Dumas

Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction of Henry Dumas
Training School for Negro Girls

Training School for Negro Girls
Remembrance

Remembrance
How Are You Going to Save Yourself

How Are You Going to Save Yourself
How to Love a Jamaican: Stories

How to Love a Jamaican: Stories
A Lucky Man: Stories

A Lucky Man: Stories

Night Hawks: Stories

Night Hawks: Stories
Mildred: Secrets and Lies

Mildred: Secrets and Lies
Heads of the Colored People: Stories

Heads of the Colored People: Stories
American Histories

American Histories
We Are Taking Only What We Need

We Are Taking Only What We Need
Locked Gray / Linked Blue: Stories

Locked Gray / Linked Blue: Stories
Tell No-One About This

Tell No-One About This
Five-Carat Soul

Five-Carat Soul
Curfew Chronicles: A Fiction

Curfew Chronicles: A Fiction
Miss Muriel And Other Stories

Miss Muriel And Other Stories
Damaged Goods

Damaged Goods
Come Let Us Sing Anyway

Come Let Us Sing Anyway
The Void Between Emotions: A Short Story Collection

The Void Between Emotions: A Short Story Collection
Blackberries, Blackberries

Blackberries, Blackberries
Water Street

Water Street
Difficult Women

Difficult Women
Speak Gigantular

Speak Gigantular
Chicago Heat and Other Stories

Chicago Heat and Other Stories
Insurrections: Stories

Insurrections: Stories
The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers

The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers
The Water Museum: Stories

The Water Museum: Stories
Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa: An Anthology from Short Story Day Africa

Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa: An Anthology from Short Story Day Africa
Know the Mother

Know the Mother
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Crossroads Encounters

Crossroads Encounters
Tales

Tales
Krik? Krak!

Krik? Krak!
The Pain Tree

The Pain Tree
Half an Inch of Water: Stories

Half an Inch of Water: Stories
What Went Missing and What Got Found

What Went Missing and What Got Found
The Thug Whisperer

The Thug Whisperer
Counternarratives

Counternarratives
Let No One Weep for Me: Stories of Love and Loss

Let No One Weep for Me: Stories of Love and Loss
Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges

Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges
Now We Will Be Happy

Now We Will Be Happy
Drifting

Drifting
Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Illustrated Cat Tales

Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Illustrated Cat Tales
Nine Faces of Love

Nine Faces of Love
Seed of Discord: Church Candy (The Snow Series: Candy PART 3)

Seed of Discord: Church Candy (The Snow Series: Candy PART 3)
Happiness, Like Water

Happiness, Like Water
Monkology: 15 Stories From The World Of Private Eye Ivan Monk

Monkology: 15 Stories From The World Of Private Eye Ivan Monk
This Is How You Lose Her

This Is How You Lose Her
By Love Possessed: Stories

By Love Possessed: Stories
Tribal Echoes: Restoring Hope

Tribal Echoes: Restoring Hope
Going Home In Chains

Going Home In Chains
Ayiti (2011)

Ayiti (2011)
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
You Are Free: Stories

You Are Free: Stories
The Shadows Gallery

The Shadows Gallery
An Elegy for Easterly: Stories

An Elegy for Easterly: Stories
The Thing Around Your Neck

The Thing Around Your Neck
Stars Of The New Curfew

Stars Of The New Curfew
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Triptych (Modern Library Classics)

Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Triptych (Modern Library Classics)
How To Escape From A Leper Colony: A Novella And Stories

How To Escape From A Leper Colony: A Novella And Stories
Aunt Résia and the Spirits and Other Stories

Aunt Résia and the Spirits and Other Stories
Say You’re One Of Them

Say You’re One Of Them
Folks from Dixie

Folks from Dixie
The Hungered One: Short Stories (Renegade Reprint Series)

The Hungered One: Short Stories (Renegade Reprint Series)
The Torturer’s Wife

The Torturer’s Wife
The City Of Refuge [New And Expanded Edition]: The Collected Stories Of Rudolph Fisher

The City Of Refuge [New And Expanded Edition]: The Collected Stories Of Rudolph Fisher
A Permanent Freedom

A Permanent Freedom
Holding Pattern: Stories

Holding Pattern: Stories
Pieces Of The Hole: Short Stories

Pieces Of The Hole: Short Stories
Of Love and Other Demons

Of Love and Other Demons

Collected Stories

Collected Stories
Uncle Tom’s Children (P.S.)

Uncle Tom’s Children (P.S.)
Get Down: Stories

Get Down: Stories
Collected Novellas

Collected Novellas
The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories
Jazz And Twelve O’Clock Tales: New Stories

Jazz And Twelve O’Clock Tales: New Stories
Always True to You in My Fashion

Always True to You in My Fashion
Songster and Other Stories

Songster and Other Stories
All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories

All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories

Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories
I Think of You: Stories

I Think of You: Stories
Front Porch Stories at The One-Room School

Front Porch Stories at The One-Room School
Moments

Moments
Tales of the Out & Gone

Tales of the Out & Gone
Strange Pilgrims

Strange Pilgrims
Get Down: Stories

Get Down: Stories
Love Stories of Some People I Have Known

Love Stories of Some People I Have Known
God’s Gym: Stories

God’s Gym: Stories
Some People, Some Other Place

Some People, Some Other Place
I Got Somebody in Staunton: Stories

I Got Somebody in Staunton: Stories
The Complete Stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Complete Stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mr. Satisfaction

Mr. Satisfaction
Steve’s Monkey’s Paw & More

Steve’s Monkey’s Paw & More
White Rat: Stories

White Rat: Stories
The Sport of the Gods: and Other Essential Writings (Modern Library Classics)

The Sport of the Gods: and Other Essential Writings (Modern Library Classics)
Breaking the Cycle

Breaking the Cycle
by Zane
The Dew Breaker

The Dew Breaker
The Heart of Happy Hollow: A Collection of Stories (Harlem Moon Classics)

The Heart of Happy Hollow: A Collection of Stories (Harlem Moon Classics)
Tropical Fish: Stories out of Entebbe (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction)

Tropical Fish: Stories out of Entebbe (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction)
Damned If I Do: Stories

Damned If I Do: Stories
The First Thing Smoking

The First Thing Smoking
Northern Stories Of Charles W. Chesnutt

Northern Stories Of Charles W. Chesnutt
Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror

Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology

Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
by Zane
Pretty Boys

Pretty Boys
Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women

Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women
Uncle Tom’s Children

Uncle Tom’s Children
A Brief Conversion and Other Stories (Karen and Michael Braziller Books)

A Brief Conversion and Other Stories (Karen and Michael Braziller Books)
In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women

In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women
You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down

You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down
The Portable Promised Land: Stories

The Portable Promised Land: Stories
by Touré
A Place Between Stations

A Place Between Stations
Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories

Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories
Free and Other Stories

Free and Other Stories
Hue And Cry: Stories

Hue And Cry: Stories
The Future Has a Past

The Future Has a Past
The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart

The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart
Soulcatcher And Other Stories (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Soulcatcher And Other Stories (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
At The Bottom Of The River

At The Bottom Of The River
Whose Song?: And Other Stories

Whose Song?: And Other Stories
Slapboxing With Jesus

Slapboxing With Jesus
The Monkey Suit: And Other Short Fiction on African Americans and Justice

The Monkey Suit: And Other Short Fiction on African Americans and Justice
Incidents At The Shrine

Incidents At The Shrine
Some Soul to Keep

Some Soul to Keep
Homemade Love

Homemade Love
Uncle Yah Yah: 21St Century Man Of Wisdom, Part 2

Uncle Yah Yah: 21St Century Man Of Wisdom, Part 2
Damballah (Homewood Trilogy)

Damballah (Homewood Trilogy)
Flying Home: And Other Stories

Flying Home: And Other Stories
Bloodline: Five Stories

Bloodline: Five Stories
Drown

Drown
Negocios / Business (English and Spanish Edition)

Negocios / Business (English and Spanish Edition)
Eight Men: Short Stories

Eight Men: Short Stories
Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories

Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories
The Richer, The Poorer

The Richer, The Poorer
Atlantis: Stories

Atlantis: Stories

Going to Meet the Man: Stories

Going to Meet the Man: Stories
Discerner of Hearts

Discerner of Hearts
Nouvelle Soul: Short Stories

Nouvelle Soul: Short Stories
Breeder and Other Stories

Breeder and Other Stories
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing)

Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing)
The Matter Is Life

The Matter Is Life
Gorilla, My Love

Gorilla, My Love
Some Great Thing

Some Great Thing
A Piece of Mine: Stories

A Piece of Mine: Stories
Girls at War and Other Stories

Girls at War and Other Stories
Fever (Contemporary American Fiction)

Fever (Contemporary American Fiction)
The Ways of White Folks: Stories

The Ways of White Folks: Stories
Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women

Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women
Soul Clap Hands And Sing

Soul Clap Hands And Sing
The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place

Dancers on the Shore (Greek Studies)

Dancers on the Shore (Greek Studies)
The Sea Birds Are Still Alive

The Sea Birds Are Still Alive
The Best Short Stories By Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology

The Best Short Stories By Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology