Love Story
Founder of The Sunday Times EFG Award, CATHY GALVIN, talks of her love of stories and her new project, The Story Salon – a monthly salon for short story writers and readers.
Story: ‘The Llamas’ by Valerie Trueblood
We are thrilled to publish a new story by the prize-winning American author, Valerie Trueblood. ‘The Llamas’ will appear in her new collection, Search Party, due out next year.
Starting Block – An Exercise
In The Sound of Music, Maria sings: ‘Let’s start at the very beginning. It’s a very good place to start.’ That might be the case if you’re an ex nun in the Swiss Alps but it doesn’t work so well in short story writing.
We Recommend – Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
‘The characters are quietly clinging to something else, holding something for themselves, finding their own way.’ AMANDA OOSTHUIZEN discovers a quiet voice talking, in Yiyun Li’s extraordinary collection ‘Gold Boy, Emerald Girl’.
Ten ways of looking at the Short Story in 2012
STEVE WASSERMAN peers through the lens of The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award longlist.
Story: ‘Dust’ by Bidisha
We are pleased to now make this short story available to the public.
Old and New Views in the Short Story
Continuing his exploration into the way stories work, MIKE SMITH looks at how the protagonist’s view of the world changes.
I Can’t Stand the Suspense!
LYNDA NASH offers a few tips on adding the necessary suspense to a short story.