We Recommend: Adam Marek’s The Stone Thrower
LELA TREDWELL recommends Adam Marek’s much-anticipated second collection of short stories, The Stone Thrower.
Author Profile: Daniil Kharms
‘As soon as you see a picture, you know he’ll be good.’ In his essay, shortlisted for the THRESHOLDS Feature Writing Competition, C.D. ROSE tells of the life of Daniil Kharms.
There Once Lived a Russian Writer Who Danced in a Nightclub
AMANDA OOSTHUIZEN recommends There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbour’s Baby: ‘I was compelled to read with the same desperate energy that drives Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s characters to survive.’
The Crème de la Crème
Podcast: Recorded at the 2011 Small Wonder Festival, ALI SMITH reads two short stories by Muriel Spark, and shares her passionate engagement with Spark’s work.
Staying Upright
VICKI HEATH: ‘Hershman’s uncanny use of the minutiae works with such power that these stories are still hovering in my thoughts, though I finished reading the collection days ago…’
Story: Marina Warner’s ‘After the Fox’
STORY: We are delighted to bring you MARINA WARNER’s short story After the Fox. ‘Marina Warner is an internationally acclaimed cultural historian, critic, novelist and short story writer.’
Our Followers Recommend: Short Story Collections
Our TWITTER FOLLOWERS recommend their favourite short story collections: ‘From the ‘quirky voice’ of Miranda July, to the ‘underrated’ words of Frederick Barthelme…’
We Recommend: James McKenna’s Black Range Tales
KATE PRUDCHENKO examines the true life stories in James McKenna’s Black Range Tales.
Author Profile: F. Scott Fitzgerald
In her essay, shortlisted for the THRESHOLDS Feature Writing Competition, JADE BROUGHTON looks at the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories.
Spoilers and Imperfectionists
Podcast: authors ANNALENA McAFEE and TOM RACHMAN discuss satire in the world of journalism.