‘During our conversations, Hogan informed me that he writes only short stories now because they are “fitting for our time”…’ SHAUNA GILLIGAN looks at the writing life of Irish author Desmond Hogan, and considers his shift from novels to short stories.
It’s the last weekend in September and that means one thing to us at Thresholds: The Small Wonder International Short Story Festival.
MORGAN OMOTOYE finds the wildness in this modern-day fairy tale: ‘Thomas McGuane’s short story ‘Stars’, published in The New Yorker in June 2013, is about Jessica Ramirez, an astronomer. This ‘star gazer’, when we first meet her, is on an early morning hike, her surroundings full of bewildering awe…’
GINA CHALLEN discusses the comedy in Franz Kafka’s short story writing: ‘There is a wealth of humour in Kafka; it all depends on how you read him…’
‘Some short story collections open with a very strong story that takes you by surprise, to the point of wondering whether the writer will, as we read the stories that follow, live up to the expectations thus raised…’ JOSE VARGHESE finds much to admire in A.J. Ashworth’s ‘Sometimes Gulls Kill Other Gulls’.
Neil Hargreaves talks to us about Cut a Long Story (CUT) – a wonderful new e-publishing social network, developed by writers for writers.
