Exclusive Interview with William Trevor
INTERVIEW: We are delighted to bring you this exclusive and rare interview with William Trevor, winner of the inaugural Charleston-Chichester Award.
It’s Not the End of the World
TRACY FELLS explores Kate Atkinson’s Not The End Of The World, a collection that, like all her novels, ‘resonates compassion and humanity’.
Short Story Masterclass… with David Vann
Our SHORT STORY MASTERCLASS PODCASTS are back. To begin the series, DAVID VANN talks with Steve Wasserman about Tarantino-like moments, first drafts, and the unbreakable rule of subtext…
Can We Time Travel in Short Fiction?
In her essay, ALEX RUCZAJ looks at time travel in short fiction and how three contemporary authors shift from the present moment into the past…
Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Witch’
‘What do we think of when we hear the word ‘witch’? We think of someone dark and evil, someone to be feared…’ EVER DUNDAS takes a look at Shirley Jackson’s controversial short story ‘The Witch’.
Is There a Place Like Home?
MOA LINDUNGER explores the themes of home and cultural identity in the short stories of Adnan Mahmutovic: ‘What we find in this collection, is a myriad of stories of home in which its smells, textures and people are mythologised and romanticised, at times in absurdum – generally known as nostalgia…’
New Writers With Their Sights Set on Fame
CAROLE BUCHAN introduces us to the winners of this year’s Asham Award…
Coming in to Land by Robert Shearman
SHORT STORY: We are thrilled to bring you ‘Coming in to Land’, from award-winning author ROBERT SHEARMAN. ‘Ladies and gentlemen – We hope that you have taken pleasure in this Air Intercontinental Flight from Los Angeles to Paris, France…’
The Deceptively Small Boxes of Robert Shearman
In her essay, LELA TREDWELL takes us through the works of fantastic author Robert Shearman: ‘Shearman’s short stories are often dark and mostly rather devious. He thrills consistently by exploring a whole host of surreal scenarios abetted by his roguish sense of humour…’
Forget Show and Tell
In this exercise, which brings the action of your stories to life, LYNDA NASH tells us to forget Show and Tell and banish the ‘rules’ to Writing Room 101: ‘That old adage ‘show don’t tell’ is the bane of many a beginner writer’s life…’