fen by daisy johnson review - an impressive first...
Johnson’s surreal and atmospheric stories are set in a liminal landscape where girls become...
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reader, i married him review - stories inspired by...
This anthology,edited by Tracy Chevalier, will enrich and complicate any future reading of Charlotte...
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thirteen ways of looking by colum mccann review -...
A remarkable tale about a mother and son adrift on the west coast of Ireland proves the highlight in...
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sea lovers by valerie martin review - tales of the...
An abusive painter,a conflicted centaur and a failed novelist inhabit striking short stories that...
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you should come with me now by m john harrison...
Funhouse-mirror reflections of human nature emerge from these inventive fables and surreal...
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cockfosters by helen simpson review - dry and...
From varifocals to the menopause,a virtuoso of the short tale turns her attention to the ageing...
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bringing irish short stories by women into the...
They own often been overlooked in anthologies,but there is a long and thriving tradition from Maria...
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stories by susan sontag review - the great...
Marriage,loss and assembly Thomas Mann … these stories are rich in autobiographical insights, but...
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the pier falls by mark haddon review - a stunning...
Disaster strikes on a seaside afternoon,a woman runs from a relationship gone inaccurate and a debt...
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all that man is by david szalay review - a...
From billionaire to bodyguard to father-to-be,these stories about existentially marooned men are the...
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short story round up - marriage, mischief and a...
Helen Simpson takes midlife crises for a spin,Truman Capote sows the seeds for later greatness and...
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fly away home by marina warner review - short...
Warner weaves a world of myths,mermaids and male monsters, but the best stories here explore less...
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tales of persuasion by philip hensher review - a...
Too many stories outstay their welcome in the latest offering from a usually dependable talentIn...
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one point two billion by mahesh rao review -...
From murder in Assam to a drowning in Delhi,Rao’s tales combine atmospheric evocations of place...
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the man who wouldn t get up and other stories by...
This collection,spanning four decades, highlights the limits of relationships between the sexesDavid...
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sweet home by carys bray review - shades of...
Light-touch stories that deal with parenting,death and ancient age deliver a hard punchThese sharp...
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prosperity drive by mary morrissy review - a...
Morrissy recalls Joyce’s Dubliners in these compassionate stories of sex,death and temps perdu in...
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sex death edited by sarah hall and peter hobbs...
Death appears suddenly and forcefully in this collection of novel and unpublished works – while...
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the bazaar of bad dreams by stephen king review -...
With its killer cars and visions of death foretold,this collection of short works recycles familiar...
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the city at night - read a short story by...
Best known for five novels,the Australian author has also written a small body of short stories...
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legoland by gerard woodward review - revelling in...
There are echoes of Milan Kundera and Roald Dahl in these dark and gleeful explorations of the...
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this is the ritual by rob doyle review - sex,...
Writers struggle with demons,depression and weltschmerz in this experimental short-story collectionA...
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a kind of compass review - stories about feeling...
Journeys into space,across water and even journeys of a few metres – all can feel monumental in...
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the high places review - beautifully off kilter...
Former Guardian first book award nominee Fiona McFarlane springs some surprises in her impressive...
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the devil is a black dog: stories...
A Hungarian war correspondent pays tribute to Hemingway with bleak tales of bare-knuckle...
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the largesse of the sea maiden by denis johnson -...
All the slipshod magnificence and crazy wonder of the late,venerated American writer are present in...
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cat person: the short story that launched a...
Kristen Roupenian’s 4000-word tale approximately a stilted romance sent the internet into meltdown...
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we don t know what we re doing by thomas morris...
The denizens of Caerphilly bounce from one crisis to the next in an entertaining collection of short...
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polly samson: dont call me mrs gilmour | feature
Polly Samson's novels and short stories have had rave reviews,but will she ever escape her...
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breach review - short stories exploring the...
Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes’s collection of fine,suspenseful fiction is an attempt to explore...
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points of origin by diao dou review - a singular...
‘Slightly in the uncanny valley’: diverse short stories showcase a dark imaginationDiao Dou is...
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bream gives me hiccups other stories by jesse...
The Hollywood stars debut collection is satirical,compassionate – and full of shrinksJesse...
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a brief survey of the short story: elizabeth...
Her work may be set in a world of dated manners,but its tough insights into social vanity and...
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the tennis church - an original short story for...
For Charlie,Christmas with the parents-in-law was something to grin and bear. But an encounter with...
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fine, fine, fine, fine fine by diane williams...
A series of extremely short stories written in exactingly cratfed prose opens gaps for creative...
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lunatics, lovers and poets: twelve stories after...
Inspired by Shakespeare and Cervantes,12 novelists and translators have produced some fine and...
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short story collection smuggled out of north korea...
Dissident tales from pseudonymous author Bandi,still living in the country, are very rare fiction to...
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ariel dorfman publishes short story begun 50 years...
The Death and the Maiden playwright was inspired on his wedding day,in 1966, to note the ‘seed’...
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the best australian stories 2015 review - short...
From high-rise Tokyo hotels to a train from Perth to Fremantle,the settings of these short stories...
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american housewife by helen ellis review - sharp...
A bra fitter and an author on reality TV are among the characters in these well-observed stories of...
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unseen aleister crowley writings reveal short...
Anthology of uncollected writings should secure a reappraisal of notorious occultist,says...
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only the animals by ceridwen dovey review - of...
This collection of stories approximately animals caught up in human wars is witty and...
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stories in your pocket: how to write flash fiction
16 May is the first ever day celebrating the art of micro-fiction. But what are the pros and cons of...
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the tsar of love and techno by anthony marra...
Dry humour meets tragedy in a collection of loosely interwoven short stories drawn from Russian...
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james thurbers mitty esque western published for...
Written when he was 18,How Law and Order Came to Aramie’s hero anticipates his most celebrated...
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keith richards sparks rush for rare book after...
Abebooks reports a dash on old-fashioned editions of James Norman Halls out-of-print Doctor...
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valerie martin: i m terrified of the sea because...
The writer talks about musical inspiration and drawing on her terror of the deep for her new record...
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a manual for cleaning women by lucia berlin review...
Lucia Berlin’s short stories contain an undeniable air of authenticityHow to account for the...
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short story round up
Lucia Berlin offers droll tips on drudgery,a mother shares a private moment with two Beatles, and...
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top 10 stories of crossing boundaries
From Turgenev to Tobias Wolff and John Cheever to Alice Munro,many of the best short stories hinge...
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short story vending machines press french...
A publisher is doing brisk business dispensing free fiction from machines in Grenoble,to help...
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a manual for cleaning women by lucia berlin review...
The author’s eventful life provides the subject matter for stories pierced with loneliness and...
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helen ellis: writing is certainly a gamble
TheIt was recently chosen by Margaret Atwood as her “cackle-making” book of the year. Ellis grew...
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warwick prize goes to scaldingly affecting stories...
Former US marine Phil Klay’s short fable collection Redeployment takes £25000 awardFormer US...
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six writers in running for £30,000 sunday times...
Stories set in a Zimbabwean hair stylist’s and on a Chinese nuclear base are among entries for the...
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