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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Increasingly, the short novel seems to me to be the ideal literary form for our tired, distracted but still story-hungry age. Maybe the whole notion is foolish.

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 ...

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