'100 Years of the Best American Short Stories' is loaded with recent writers, and is a chance to consider the anthology's effects.

“Tension,” says Miss Foley, is the one word that best describes these stories. “There is in them definitely a feeling of expectancy, of breathless awaiting of the unknown.

A roundup of some of the best, lesser-known British short stories.

The best collections achieve a cumulative effect, where individual stories resonate with each other, creating a tapestry of themes and emotions that lingers in the reader's mind.