It's perfect weather for curling up with a good book. And there's something about autumn that's so perfectly suited to short stories: the days are getting briefer, the winds are getting brisker, and the warm drinks are plentiful. We have a few precious weeks to get all our fall reading in before we are eaten by the winter holidays. Yes, I know the drugstore Santas have begun their yearly infestation, but, believe it or not, it's still autumn.