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Author Claire Vaye Watkins was awarded the Story Prize in New York on Wednesday evening for her debut collection, "Battleborn." As winner she receives $20,000. Two finalists for the prize -- Dan Chaon for "Stay Awake" and Junot Diaz for "This Is How You Lose Her" -- will receive $5,000 each. The Story Prize is the most significant award in the U.S. dedicated to collections of short fiction.

The novelist Don DeLillo’s first short-story collection includes “The Angel Esmeralda,” a dazzlingly told tale of despair and ruination.

Stephen King is back in the e-book game. The horror master is releasing a short story in digital format only. Scribner announced Thursday that "Mile 81," a "chilling story" set at a rest stop on the Maine Turnpike, will go on sale Sept. 1 at a suggested price of $2.99. The new book will also include an excerpt from King's upcoming novel, "11/22/63."

Once Ben Stiller landed one of the most sought after yet beguiling roles in Hollywood, why not direct himself, too? Twitchfilm.com reports that Stiller will not only star in the big screen adaptation of the classic 1939 James Thurber short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," -- he signed on in April -- he'll helm it from behind the camera, too.

Unlike the Bible days, when humble shepherds slew giants, and strongmen showed the Philistines who was boss, the present offers only comic book-inspired superheroes in lame TV shows and movies.

Jay McInerney's collection displays his growth as a writer. Don't Cry by Mary Gaitskill is full of well-drawn characters and ...