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The article focuses on a conversation between Times critics Dwight Garner and Jason Zinoman, discussing the influence of writer Martin Amis's work on their own writing, highlighting his significant contributions to English literature and his impact on both fiction and literary journalism.

Reports that author Alice Munro has won the Giller Prize, the top award for Canadian fiction, for "Runaway," a collection of short stories.

Recommends several books of collections of short stories.

The article focuses on writer Joe Hill and his literary works, with specific reference to his latest novel "Heart-Shaped Box." Joe, the son of writer Stephen King, made his reputation as a fiction writer with a collection of short stories called "20th Century Ghosts." Hill's first full-length work submitted for publication under his pseudonym was "An Epic Fantasy Novel."

The article talks about the sudden demise of play-wright Kathleen Collins suffering from cancer who left behind many unread journals and letters that were read by her daughter Nina Collins after decades, she found a collection of short stories which are now being published.

Steven Millhauser won the Story Prize on Wednesday for his collection ''We Others,'' a book that the judges called ''a powerful and intriguing collection of stories, marked by page after page of beautifully written, intelligent and sensitive prose.'' The award, which is given annually to the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction, is accompanied by a $20,000 prize. Mr. Millhauser, who teaches at Skidmore College, is the author of several short story collections and seven novels, including ''Martin Dressler,'' for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1997. This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FOR more than three decades, Kurt Seidl worked as a chef, cook, bartender and, most recently, nanny. He wrote in his spare time, self-publishing collections of short stories under the name Gerald Conteh. But Mr. Seidl was not only writing under a pen name; it turns out he was also living under one. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that three collections of short stories have been named finalists for the second annual Story Prize.

Reports on the recognition of Moroccan writer Ahmed Bouzfour as the winner of the country's top literary prize for his collection of short stories.

Presents information on an auction for a collection of short stories by Melissa Bank, in which Viking Penguin book publishers won the bidding at $275,000. Background information on Bank who wrote the short story `The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing.'