Helen Schulman talks about writing the short stories in her new book, ‘Fools for Love.’ We also check in with Now Serving, a ...

The novelist Cynan Jones once wrote that in brief fiction, “every word is doing a job. So pay attention. A short novel is an event, not a trip.” The Swedish Academy recognized that this week ...

In the acknowledgements to “Return to Sender,” Craig Johnson writes, “I’m always looking for interesting stories that exemplify the unique area in which I live.” So when Johnson learned the longest ...

Try also If you want to stick to fiction, try Jhumpa Lahiri’s short novel, “Whereabouts”.In our appraisal in 2021 we wrote that she had taken risks for her craft that paid off beautifully.

Whether you agree with her or not, a short story does hover halfway between a poem and a novel. The best short story writers write prosetry, a poem in prose form, and when it soars, it’s the ...

THE short story is not the poor country cousin of the novel. Many excellent short story writers have been denigrated for not ...

What exactly separates a short story from a novella from a novel, you ask? As with most art forms, the label is somewhat malleable. When it comes down to it, though, it’s all about word count.

February fiction: Five novels and a short story collection you can read in the year’s shortest month Annie Zaidi’s new novel, an intergenerational queer novel, an art-y murder mystery, and more.

The novel, Latronico’s fourth, was first published in Italy in 2022, but since appearing in English this year has been a critical hit – and, among Substack-addicted literary hipsters, just as ...

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 ...

A black-and-white photograph of a pretty young girl with a bruised lip, a striped uniform and a numbered tag adorns the cover ...