The collection is from Rachel Khong, the author of the popular novel "Real Americans." These short stories range from the ...

We can’t finish out May without noting that it’s National Short Story Month. And, according to an organization and website of the same name (www.shortstorymonth.com), “We are on the verge of the ...

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit ...

It's a Short Story Dispenser, and with the push of a button, out pops a printed parable.

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For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...