This weekend, Lydia Davis—crowned master of the very short story, not to mention a preeminent translator of classic French literature—turns 70. Davis didn’t invent flash fiction, but she is c…
Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more
Quick and easily shared, is the short story the form for our times? Hilary Mantel, Mark Haddon and others pick their favourites
Short-Short Stories - American Literature
Short stories, children's stories, classic literature, poems, essays, idioms, history, teacher's resources and more
21 Very Short and Addicting Stories You Can Read Online
It can be extremely hard to find time to read these days. With our lives cluttered with work, school, life, and new amazing episodes of…
Alexis King’s Blog
This is a blog post I have been considering writing for a long time.
How to write Medium stories people will actually read
More than 30 million people use Medium each month. They come here in search of something worth reading. Something substantial. And you can give it to them. Medium’s algorithms put you on a level playing field. Your stories can dominate news feeds. Yo...
Author, Poet, Visual Storyteller | Ellen Everett
MAiD, ableism, cognitive accessibility, and more
This one took a bit to write. The first piece is long (1,600+ words), and intense. But it needed to be said. I'll be interested to hear what you think. You...
“Just a Tool” and Other Fictions — Natalia Ilyin
Ever one to hope for the best, last semester I suggested that students use ChatGPT as a “research partner” in the big bibliographic project they do in the Fall term of Parallel Narratives , their Junior-level history-and-criticism class. In a 27-person class, only one student took me up on the idea
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Animator and the Glazer by Ju Chu, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu
Medium: Read and write stories.
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Social Dramas and Stories about Them
Victor Turner, Social Dramas and Stories about Them, Critical Inquiry, Vol. 7, No. 1, Autumn, 1980, On Narrative
Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling
Pixar's Rules of Storytelling were originally tweeted by Emma Coats, a Pixar Story Artist. Rule 1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.
