Family plays an important part in much fiction, of course, but sometimes the short story form has offered us an insight into family life that the longer novel does not. Because it can only provide us with a few snapshots, or a handful of moments, perhaps even just one episode […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-05-27 14:00:35 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#family life
#important part
#short stories
Oneworld editor and former Guardian journalist Richard Lea is heading a new web-based short fiction journal, Fictionable, which is aiming to raise £15,000 in the next month on Kickstarter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-09 17:09:42 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Exploring the diversity of The Atlantic’s original fiction: Your weekly guide to the best in books Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2021-12-31 15:24:18 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#books briefing
#original fiction
#weekly guide
#short stories
The stories of the US short-story writer O. Henry, real name William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), are characterised by their irony and by their surprise endings, which became something of a signature of a good O. Henry short story. However, another word that is often used to describe O. Henry’s... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2021-12-31 15:00:32 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short-story writer
#short stories
Spanning dreamy teenagers to furious parents, violence to kindness, each of the ten short stories in Five Tuesdays in Winter is rendered with Lily King’s signature longing and wit. We are all learning to carry our grief, this collection argues, yet still hoping to scrape together a few more... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-12-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lily king
#electric literature
#short stories
The best stories by the American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) are written in spare, clear prose, using short sentences and plain dialogue. This is a trademark feature of Hemingway’s style in his short stories and novels. But what are Hemingway’s very best stories? He wrote dozens of short... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2021-12-15 15:00:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#wrote dozens
#short stories
Leeor Ohayon has won the £1,000 V S Pritchett Short Story Prize for his "tender, moving" tale "Gahnun on Shabbat". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 00:36:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
In 2021, Fly on the Wall Press set out to celebrate the short story form. We published three short story collections and seven limited-edition short story pamphlets, marketed and sold both separately and as part of a political season subscription with cohesive and colourful cover art. We also... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-14 08:56:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short story
Novelists and short-story writers have created some classic narratives about man’s best friend, the dog. But what are the very best stories and novels about dogs? Where should we begin in assessing the classic, canonical literature that features dogs? From Homer’s Odyssey onwards – where the... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2021-12-03 15:00:29 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#novelists
#short stories
Inspired by another Rioter's bookish rituals, I'm trying my own. I wake up earlier than usual to enjoy a slow morning reading short stories. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-11-18 11:36:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
These free short stories by your favorite authors will entice and enchant you with bookkeeping aliens, ant writing, and sentient drones. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-11-10 11:34:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#favorite authors
#short stories
The 2021 shortlists have been revealed for the Staunch Prize’s unpublished flash fiction and short stories without violence to women, while the original book prize is on hold until 2022. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 12:22:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#flash fiction
#book prize
#short stories
What are the best places to begin exploring the wonderful world of science fiction? Some of the classic novels of the genre, from Frank Herbert’s Dune to Asimov’s Foundation series (which eventually stretched to seven volumes), might appear daunting because of their sheer size and scope. Below,... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2021-10-20 14:00:25 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#wonderful world
#science fiction
#classic novels
#frank herbert
#short stories
Lucy Caldwell has won the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University, a prize she has been nominated for three times. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-20 02:07:31 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#time lucky
#lucy caldwell
#cambridge university
I think a lot of us believe in ghosts. In fact, many of us are likely haunted by them. I’m talking about emotional ghosts, of course. My debut short story collection, Those Fantastic Lives: And Other Strange Stories, has a particular fascination with ghosts. In my stories, there are certainly... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-10-14 11:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#electric literature
#short stories
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, a schoolteacher-turned-author, talks about her short story collection, 'My Monticello,' race, Charlottesville and Jan. 6. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-10-05 14:00:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#short stories
One very short story – often attributed to Ernest Hemingway but actually the work of another writer – is just six words long: ‘For sale: baby shoes, never worn’. And some of the greatest fiction-writers of the last two centuries have written memorable short stories which stretch to little more […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2021-09-25 14:00:49 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#read online
#short story
#ernest hemingway
#short stories
R Z Baschir has won this year’s £2,500 White Review Short Story Prize, for her modern fable "The Chicken". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 04:15:19 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Struggling to read more but just can’t find the time? Well, Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction may have the solution (for free!). The staff at the not-for-profit is curating short stories for NYC’s first Short Story Dispenser, which is scheduled to be in commission starting October 2nd. Visitors to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-22 18:38:46 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#vending machine
#short stories
White Rabbit has secured a deal for Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure about the “country’s most notorious rock band”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-16 01:05:22 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#white rabbit
Lucy Caldwell has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award for the third time, in a year dominated by new voices. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 09:37:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lucy caldwell
#year dominated