Can’t concentrate for 250+ pages right now? A short story might be just the thing to get you back into reading regularly. Spending lots of time at home over the past year has given us more time ...

I haven't managed to read all of Stephen King's novels yet -- I'm still working on that -- but I have read all of his short stories. All of the published ones, anyway. While many authors release a ...

You don’t read short stories. Well, you probably don’t – statistically speaking. Whenever I speak to friends, too, they’re always reading novels or nonfiction. They look at me with ...

Rock Star Dreaming and Comfortable Shoes is an original story by Li Charmaine Anne, winner of the 2024 Governor General's ...

This week’s Stylist Short Story is Seasoning by Jo Gatford; it explores childhood, family dynamics and the comfort of food, set around the sometimes fraught, sometimes joyful environment of 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 ...

One day I'll re-read this and think someone else's life must have been beautiful. One day we won't be strangers to each other. We'll only be new.

So, after getting those details out of the way, here are the two short story collections and six books we recommend (in order) on our The Witcher Reading Guide: The Last Wish is your starting ...

The BBC National Short Story Award is open to published writers who are British citizens and/or resident in the UK. The entry form can be found here. Ensure you have read the entry instructions ...