The Postcolonial Short Story
We are delighted to bring you an extract from the introduction to The Postcolonial Short Story: Contemporary Essays, edited by MAGGIE AWADALLA and PAUL MARCH-RUSSELL.
Celebrating the Short Story
It’s that time of year again – the Small Wonder International Short Story Festival is almost upon us. In preparation, we take a look at this year’s highlights…
A Mother of Monsters
BELLA REID introduces us to ‘A Mother of Monsters’ by French 19th century author Guy de Maupassant: ‘It is very nearly a horror story; I was twelve when I first read it and, at that age, it was the most shocking thing I’d come across…’
Global Cultures: Stories from Beyond Our Daily News
In this feature, TRISH NICHOLSON recommends Global Cultures, an anthology of culturally diverse short fictions from around the world: ‘I delve repeatedly into these tales, and they often lead me to consider how a writer’s voice can be a powerful advocate for change…’
A Major New International Literary Award
Announcing the Charleston & Chichester Award, for a Lifetime’s Excellence in Short Fiction…
Read Something Every Day
JACK TILLEY discusses his experience of reading Carver: Collected Stories from The Library of America: ‘It went something like this: ‘Fat’, ‘Neighbors’, ‘The Idea’, ‘They’re Not Your Husband’. Then I couldn’t take any more. After four days I couldn’t read another story…’
Play Scale
‘When it comes to reading short stories, I’d prefer not to. As a premise for a piece submitted to a site promoting the short story, this is not a hugely promising start. But bear with me…’ CHARLES DAVIS discusses the short story form.
Once Upon a Time in India
SYLVIA PETTER’s Author Profile introduces us to Australian writer Janette Turner Hospital: ‘A spouse reluctantly accompanies her husband on sabbatical from a Canadian university to a town in Southern India. While he does research on the iconography of the temple in Trivandrum, she taps out a short story on a manual typewriter…’
The Turning
KATH McKAY recommends the words of Australian writer Tim Winton, ‘an author who gets down in the dust of humanity. He writes about car crashes and disfigurements and scrubbing floors and drownings and hangings and falling out with your in-laws…’
Story: ‘Goodbye Crocodile’ by Conor Patrick
‘From the house I can see the path that leads to the valley…’ Read Conor Patrick’s story ‘Goodbye Crocodile’ on Thresholds now, ahead of the launch of his debut short story collection from The London Magazine.