Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 BBC National Short Story Awards with Cambridge University. The Award, now in its ...

Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get extra excited because it means I may be able to recommend a book of short ...

Writing short stories presents a unique challenge, requiring a careful balance of creativity, structure, and brevity. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), writers now have access to tools ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...