Henry Award for Best Short Fiction ... he was a poor English teacher struggling to pay the bills and feed his three kids.

1. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is barely a horror story, in the traditional sense. Instead, Flannery O’Connor’s (1953) work ...

Hitchcock and Lovecraft endure, but there are many contemporary scary stories worth reading, including works by Mark ...

You can finally read this Ernest Hemingway story about Paris after WWII In 1956, Ernest Hemingway wrote to his publisher about five short stories he had written: “You can always publish them ...

Here’s our selection of the best short stories from the Polish master of horror ... The cover of Muzeum dusz czyścowych The majority of the stories above are available in English translation, but not ...

Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, “Canoes,” is a moving, surprising exploration of grief and friendship across seven short stories and one novella, set in France, Canada and the United States ...

The Cambridge History of the English Short Story is the first comprehensive volume to capture the literary history of the English short story. Charting the origins and generic evolution of the English ...

From stories that explore the language of therapy to revamped fairytales, here are eight of the best short story collections to pick up this year. As much as I love a long and detailed novel on a ...

Brand new stories, from today’s best writers written exclusively for Radio 4 – the home of the Short Story Radio 4 is the world’s leading commissioner of new short stories. Expect excellent ...

A short story takes characters at an important point in their lives and gives us a snapshot of a significant moment. The best way to understand what is required in short story writing is to read ...

It’s the best short story I’ve ever read and it’s included here, because it’s horrifying – mankind, sometimes, can be far worse than any ghost, monster, or demon. We travel the story ...

Daymond, Margaret Gui, Weishin Griffiths, Michael Lorre-Johnston, Christine McNeill, Dougal Nelson, Ashlee Niblett, Michael Raja, Ira Sharrad, Paul Spencer, Lynda Steiner, Tina and Williams, Mark 2018 ...