Literary nightmares: Nineteen writers contribute to an anthology about the spooky side of literature
The books in these stories are dangerous not just for the ideas they contain, but the wounds that they inflict.
World enough and time: A new collection of speculative fiction from Palestinian writers addresses real-world issues
The writers are for the most part clear-eyed about the realities of the world and adept at placing them in the context of speculative fiction.
The harsh realities of rural Newfoundland provide the backdrop for Susie Taylor’s debut story collection
The Newfoundland of Vigil is an unforgiving place, and Taylor treats it, along with her cast of characters, without an ounce of sentimentality.
Brief encounters: “A Scandalous Woman” by Edna O’Brien
O'Brien, who died on July 27 at the age of ninety-three, caused much uproar among conservative Irish Catholics for her frank and unsparing examinations of female sexuality.
Brief encounters: “Growing Things” by Paul Tremblay
Tremblay's entire fiction is built on contingency and ambiguity.
Alice Munro’s debut collection, newly reissued, demonstrates an artist fully formed from the start
The stories in Dance of the Happy Shades establish many of the characteristics that would come to be associated with Munro's oeuvre.
Violence and hope collide in Vincent Anioke’s eloquent and powerful debut collection
The irony in the volume stretches across stories, a number of which are linked.
Short story month 2024: Danlia Botha’s third collection mines persistent subjects and charts new ground
"I've always been interested in why people make the choices they make," Botha says.
Julie Bouchard named the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Canada and Europe
Canadian judge Shashi Bhat called Bouchard's story "a profoundly intelligent, fiercely original piece."
Short story month 2024: Kate Segriff offers up a tough new voice in her debut collection
Segriff's preferred mode is realism.