Canadian writer Shashi Bhat on the jury for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Bhat's new collection is out from M&S in spring 2024.
Lisa Alward’s debut short fiction collection is a quietly potent cocktail
The stories display a surface placidity that belies their deeper structure.
The best stories in the horror anthology Found are those that interpret the book’s mandate broadly
It's hard to fault the contributors to the volume, or the ambition of the editors.
Precise language and patterns of imagery highlight the debut collection of stories from Amy LeBlanc
LeBlanc's short fiction is refreshingly resistant to closure.
Zero-Sum, the latest collection from Joyce Carol Oates, is a grab bag of goodies from various genres
This latest volume offers an energetic point of entry as well as a strong argument for Oates's continued relevance.
Agustina Bazterrica’s strange and uncomfortable short stories channel the ghost of Borges
There are pleasures aplenty to be found in Bazterrica's bitter and poisoned bouquet.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 31: “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Le Guin had her pulse on the present and was able to anticipate where the human species was likely headed given its current trajectory.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 30: “Ancestral Links” by Yvonne Vera
The narrative highlights the danger ordinary citizens faced while attempting even routine business during wartime.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 29: “Clytie” by Eudora Welty
If Welty begins her tale as a moody Gothic throwback, by the conclusion she has injected a large dollop of ridiculousness.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 28: “The Last Kiss” by Maurice Level; Alys Eyre Macklin, trans.
Level was closely associated with Paris's notorious Théâtre du Grand-Guignol.