‘A short story moves towards a revelation, and once that revelation has been achieved the story must die. Anything that follows will, at best, simply be a waste of words.’ MIKE SMITH continues to explore the craft of story writing.
SARAH HEGARTY: ‘When I first read ‘Ralph the Duck’ I was starting out as a writer, searching for clues about how to do it….’
‘A July evening, after a tar-melter of a day, and Broad Street was quiet and muffled with summer, the entire town was dozy with summer, and even as the summer peaked so it began to fade….’
‘ Short-story writers see by the light of the flash…’ ~ Nadine Gordimer
In the spirit of debate as we approach National Flash Fiction Day, THRESHOLDS asked STEVE WASSERMAN to take a close look at Flash. Was he blinded by what he found?
We’ve all experienced that awkward moment when someone asks, “So what is it you actually do?” THRESHOLDS intern and soon-to-be Creative Writing graduate MORGAINE DAVIDSON considers her answer.
Wednesday 16th May is National Flash-Fiction Day in the United Kingdom. PAULINE MASUREL gets us ready for the big (little) day.
Shortlisted for the THRESHOLDS Feature Writing competition, Carys Bray recommends Helen Simpson’s short story collection, ‘Hey Yeah Right Get a Life’.
