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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Fans of Corey's Expanse series gobble up the novellas and short-stories that are released between novels.
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These have been uniformly great. They add a lot to the backstory and universe, and at the same time are not at all required reading to enjoy the novels.
It also seems like there are a lot of anthology books/ebooks that include works from well-known genre talent. They're often backstories or secondary characters set in the same universe as the various authors' popular novel series. Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Jacqueline Carey, Robin Hobb, Naomi Novik, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Diana Gabaldon, Kim Harrison -- I've seen all of these authors and many I'm forgetting contribute stories to various anthologies in the past few years.
I'm not really a fan of original short fiction -- for me, there's not enough time to really invest in brand new characters. But for backstories, minor characters, world-building in ongoing or even finished series, I'm totally there.