Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone But Us: Tales of Women | 2012 | V.S. Kemanis | Buy |
| 2 | Dust of the Universe: Tales of Family | 2012 | V.S. Kemanis | Buy |
| 3 | Love and Crime: Stories | 2017 | V.S. Kemanis | Buy |
| 4 | Your Pick | 2018 | V.S. Kemanis | Buy |
V.S. Kemanis published four short story collections between 2012 and 2018, each organized around a different theme. The first two, Everyone But Us: Tales of Women and Dust of the Universe: Tales of Family, both appeared in 2012 and divide her short fiction along clear thematic lines. The stories in Everyone But Us focus on women navigating various stages of life, while Dust of the Universe deals with family bonds, obligations, and fractures.
Love and Crime: Stories (2017) sits at the intersection of Kemanis’ literary and crime fiction writing, mixing stories that lean toward character study with others that involve criminal acts or investigations. Your Pick (2018) is a broader collection without a single unifying theme. Together, the four volumes show a writer comfortable working in both literary and genre fiction, often finding the overlap between the two.