A historic archive: 9 Years of Short Story Features, Expertise and Support for the Form
Carmen Machado’s short story ‘The Husband Stitch’ evokes both physical and emotional responses for KATE JONES: ‘Even within her chosen title, Carmen Maria Machado sets a scene for a story which is bound to question, provoke and, if you are any sort of feminist, anger…’
‘When an idea has been tightened, skinned, moulded, crafted until it can be honed no more, what remains is crisply worded bliss.’ BIDISHA discusses the 8-year process of crafting and redrafting her story ‘Dust’.
‘There was once a woman who devoured stories. She read to enjoy; she read to escape the humdrum of her life.’ JANE HAYWARD weaves together a fairy tale and tells the story of a story.