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I first came to love Alice Munro’s stories for the resonance I felt with her subject matter—the close examination of the lives of girls and women; the tension she returns...

PHOTOGRAPH BY STEWART FERGUSON / CAMERA PRESS / REDUXYour story in the Summer Fiction Issue, “Two Men Arrive in a Village,” describes what happens when two strangers appear in a...

I first encountered the work of Roald Dahl in third grade, by playing a character in a classroom adaptation of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Not long after that, I...

PHOTOGRAPH BY SCHIFFER-FUCHS / GETTYYour story “Solstice,” in this week’s issue, is set on December 21, 2016. Did you write it on that day?I put together a short-story event in...

This is such a superb idea that it’s a wonder a book like this has not cropped up before. Here we have a critically acclaimed, best-selling novelist, who also happens...

Posted on January 9, 2018    Posted by John Scalzi      I had a short story come out today: “Three Robots Experience Objects Left Behind From the Era of...

Short story anthologies are enjoying a boom in sales, rising by almost 50% in value, to reach their highest level in seven years. Trade figures have suggested much of the...

The first time I met Jamel Brinkley, he made a remark so sharp and so true that I let out a loose holler of laughter in an alleyway. He had...

Today would have been the 98th birthday of Ray Bradbury, the greatest sci-fi writer in history, who (by no small coincidence) also happened to know a thing or two about...

Award-winning author Deirdre Sullivan, a judge at this year's Red Line Book Festival ITT Short Story Competition, writes for Culture. Short Stories are a particular pleasure to read. They take you...