We recommend that this month, you give short stories a chance—especially if the idea of tackling your summer reading list has felt more than a little daunting. How Long ‘til Black Future Month?

This story was written by one of the finalists of Young Post’s 2018 Summer Short Story Competition. Each week during the holidays, we will publish one of the finalists’ stories. Our favourite ...

But where to start? The good news is that 2023 is looking great for short story collections. Here’s our roundup of the best out now to add to your summer reading list. Heads up: Ling Ma is the ...

This story was written by Anu Subramanian Senthilkannan, 12, of Island School as an entry in the Young Post Summer Short Story competition 2020. This annual contest gathers aspiring writers from ...

When she was 8 years old, Autumn, who’d only ever been called Timmie, told her mother that she had pretty much given up on ever having a heteronormative relationship, though not exactly in those ...

In Week 1 of The Spokesman-Review’s Summer Stories series, award-winning author and newspaper columnist tells the the story of one man’s attempt to get out from under.