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Death is a common theme in literature, and many of the finest writers of short fiction have explored the fear, event, and aftermath of death using the short-story form. Below, we select and introduce ten of the very best classic short stories which have death as their theme, ranging from […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-01-19 15:00:39 UTC ]
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Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, travel writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines,... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-19 15:00:26 UTC ]
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Short stories are a complex form, one that author and professor Danielle Evans continues to show herself adept in. The ever-shifting opportunities of short fiction are evident in Evans’s work, from her debut collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self to her latest, The Office of... Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
[ Electric Literature | 2020-11-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Since its publication in 1990, Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a linked collection of semi-autobiographical short stories about the Vietnam War, has become a modern classic—in fact, its title story is the most frequently anthologized piece of short fiction in the last three decades, and... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-03 15:27:57 UTC ]
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Speak to us, oh lovers of short fiction: what are the most outstanding short stories you've read? Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-10-27 10:31:00 UTC ]
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One of the lesser known prizes for short fiction in Spain names its winner as Australia's high-profile Miles Franklin Literary Award issues its 2020 shortlist. The post Publishing Awards Notes: Madrid’s Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Angela Finn appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-26 17:54:35 UTC ]
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A new collection contains stories that cover a surprising amount of emotional territory but can still be read in a sitting. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-20 07:41:00 UTC ]
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Sixty years after the legendary African American author’s death in relative obscurity, a new collection of short fiction has arrived. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-16 13:00:00 UTC ]
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This is Crowley’s first collection of short fiction since 2004’s “Novelties & Souvenirs.” Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-06 22:40:44 UTC ]
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Ashley Wurzbacher’s debut, “Happy Like This,” is among this fall’s standout story collections. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-15 09:00:08 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire have teamed up with the Northern Short Story Festival for the next Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 08:57:23 UTC ]
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The debut book from Kristen Roupenian, whose New Yorker short story “Cat Person” went viral far beyond the scope of most short fiction when it was published earlier this month, has been sold to British publisher Jonathan Cape, the Guardian reports. Roupenian's short story collection, “You Know... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the books heating up around the globe this week are Raphaëlle Giordano's French bestseller, a debut Swedish thriller and a backlist novel by a Guatemalan author known best for his short fiction. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Now that Ted Chiang is super hot, let's read some of his short fiction for the month of February. The post WIRED Book Club: Loved Arrival? Check Out Ted Chiang's 'Story of Your Life' appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Season of Stories will be an 11-week email newsletter presenting serialized daily excerpts from works of short fiction by authors like Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz has acquired William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy, comprising of Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive and a collection of short fiction, Burning Chrome. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Gauld rings the changes for short fiction, following Philip Hensher’s article on creating an anthology of British short stories Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Held in the South for the first time, crime and mystery fiction's annual convention mixed literary prizes and barbecue with programming focused on everything from traditional hardboiled crime novels to short fiction and international mysteries. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer Jane Gardam is to be awarded the Charles-Chichester Award for a Lifetime's Excellence in Short Fiction at a special event held at this year's Charleston Small Wonder Short Story Festival. Gardam, who is the author of short stories as well as novels including the Old Filth trilogy, will... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a rare move for the publishing world, Land Rover has sponsored "An Ice Cream War" novelist William Boyd's new short fiction and turned it in into a gorgeous interactive campaign. The post Land Rover commissions novelist William Boyd’s latest appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
[ Digiday | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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