‘Her stories are visually rich, her dialogue skilfully edited, her ability to conjure up the reality of a scene is almost incantatory…’ In her essay, shortlisted for our 2013 Feature Writing Competition, ANNA ARBITER recommends No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July.
In his essay, shortlisted for the 2013 THRESHOLDS International Feature Writing Competition, STEPHEN DEVEREUX recommends Saki’s ‘The Lumber Room’. ‘The severe, unimaginative, repressive regime imposed upon him was frequently the target of his stories – small children outwitting and humiliating stupid adults time and time again.’
In her essay, shortlisted for the 2013 THRESHOLDS Feature Writing Competition, CARYS BRAY recommends the words of Adam Marek: ‘sometimes only outright surrealism can do justice to the merciless strangeness of reality.’
‘I was slow coming to this book, but then good books, like lovers, have a way of finding you…’ In his essay, shortlisted for the 2013 THRESHOLDS International Feature Writing Competition, TOM VOWLER explores Graham Mort’s short story collection Touch.
DAN POWELL, runner-up in the 2013 THRESHOLDS International Feature Writing Competition, recommends Stig Dagerman’s short story collection The Games of Night: ‘Sometimes at night, running from the shadows of his own loneliness, Stig Dagerman had a game he would play…’
We are delighted to announce the results of the 2013 THRESHOLDS International Feature Writing Competition…
Drawing up the longlist from all the entries was not easy. Narrowing it down to six shortlisted pieces was harder still… The results are in for the 2013 THRESHOLDS International Feature Writing Competition SHORTLIST.
‘Great short stories linger on in the minds of readers like old photographs…’ CARLOTTA EDEN recommends Jane Rogers’ debut collection Hitting Trees with Sticks.
Over the past few weeks, the team of THRESHOLDS judges has been busy reading and re-reading the entries, debating their merits and falling for their charms. Today, we bring you…. The 2013 THRESHOLDS Features Award longlist.
STORY: We are delighted to bring you ‘The Peacock and the Angel’ from Pakistani writer AAMER HUSSEIN. ‘I was watering flowerbeds in the garden when my husband came through the gate and said: “You’ll have to be strong. Your friend…” He didn’t need to tell me whom he was talking about.’
