First hone your craft via the short story, says Malachi McIntosh, former editor of literary magazine Wasafari. Then you can attempt the novel. I think I’m a bit of an accidental short story writer.

Moral Disorder, 11 interconnected stories that cover seven decades in the life of one Canadian woman and her troubled family, is Atwood's first short-story collection in 15 years. The links between ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – An important lesson in the moral education of children could be as close as the book in their hands. Stories matter. And they can play a role in shifting the importance of particular ...

Talk about obsession: Anatomy of a Short Story: Nabokov's Puzzles, Codes, "Signs and Symbols" (Continuum) is a massive exploration of the master's (possibly) most masterful short story, "Signs and ...

The short story, like the western, is periodically said to be on the brink of a comeback. The most recent example of this boosterism: an article by the New York Times’ new(ish) publishing reporter, ...

Written with wit and great moral clarity, this collection of five stories and a novella, translated from the original Hindi by Vaibhav Sharma, offers a crucial commentary on contemporary social fault ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Courtesy of Elizabeth Yoon It is difficult to imagine myself on the path I might be on had I not ...