Short stories for every taste

It’s a simple sentiment, but true. The great writer George Saunders once said, “When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you.” While short fiction doesn’t give you that same allencompassing immersion into a time, mood or imaginary world that a novel does, the best stories still have the power to ignite the way we observe, feel and think.

In that spirit, here are four solid collections coming out this month: