In a world of ever-shrinking attention spans, the short story collection offers a potent dose of literary satisfaction. This ...

The novels that have followed – American Wife, Rodham, Romantic Comedy – have all been international ... A longtime lover of ...

I started buying an annual anthology called The Best British Short Stories, edited by Nicholas Royle. I don't love all the stories published, but every year there are a bunch of absolute gems from ...

Here’s our selection of the best short stories ... achievement of the story, however, is its steady march towards a conclusion, which feels at the same time inevitable and... fully unexpected.

From stories that explore the language of therapy to revamped fairytales, here are eight of the best short ... to all our newsletters. You can manage your subscriptions at any time from an email ...