The Benefits of Reading Short Stories

Short stories are literary snacks—satisfying, quick, and diverse. A 20-minute read can transport me to 1930s Shanghai or a futuristic space station. Their brevity forces precision, packing emotion into every sentence. When too tired for a novel, a short story offers a complete experience in bite-sized form.

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