We would like to extend our sincere thanks to VIRAGO PRESS for allowing us to re-publish POLLY SAMSON’S introduction to the Daphne du Maurier short story collection THE DOLL. This post is available exclusively to members of THRESHOLDS. Not a member? Then why not sign up now!
Must stories be read slowly and deliberately in order to appreciate them fully, as CHARLES E. MAY suggested in a recent post, or can they be skimmed and read quickly as entertainment and still be valued? MIKE SMITH argues that they can.
‘Suddenly, without quite becoming front-page news, the short story has hit the UK headlines.’ PAUL MARCH-RUSSELL discusses plans to reduce the number of short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
ALISON MACLEOD shares her passion for short stories and passes on the advice she wishes she’d received when she first began writing.
‘A good short story cannot be skimmed, read quickly, or adequately summarized’: Professor CHARLES E. MAY argues that short stories need to be approached slowly and deliberately to be fully understood.
I’m sending this message from Kampala. Almost as soon as I arrived here, I received Penny Thomas’ message saying that I’d won the Edge Hill Prize for short fiction.
This year’s Fish Short Story Prize winner, MARY O’DONNELL considers the value of literary competitions and urges all to take the leap and enter our work.
In his first THRESHOLDS post, SEÁN PADRAIC BIRNIE examines the shorter forms of short fiction and discovers ‘a kind of violent elegance’.
WENA POON discusses the importance of the visual image in the creation of her stories.
‘The motivation for being a writer is general and long lasting, but the motivation for each individual story must be a more specific thing. Something sparks our desire to write…’ MIKE SMITH searches for Impelling Perceptions of the story.
