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The Sacred Pond
An exclusive short story by Naomi Foyle, set in the world of her latest novel and our current Book Club pick: Astra.
Writing with Green Ink and Peanut Butter: SF and Astra
Naomi Foyle discusses the decisions behind her second Science Fiction novel – our current Book Club pick, Astra – and her unlikely move from poetry to SF.
Q&A: Naomi Foyle on Astra: Book One of The Gaia Chronicles
Naomi Foyle – author of Litro’s current Book Club pick, the engaging Astra: Book One of The Gaia Chronicles – tells us about female and teen sexuality in the novel, ...
Flash Fiction Competition: Environmental Disaster
We want your stories of imminent disaster, of the day our world comes crashing down, of the civilisations that follow in our tainted footsteps.
Making a Place for Place in Your Fiction
In his second essay, Wiley Cash – author of This Dark Road to Mercy, our current Litro Book Club pick – discusses the importance of place, and how it shapes ...
Protection or Privacy: Observation is Futile in This Dark Road to Mercy
A deconstruction of safety and security within Wiley Cash’s latest novel – and our current Litro Book Club pick – This Dark Road to Mercy.
Into The Darkness: the Finished #LitroStory
During the holiday season we ran the second in our series of literary experiments on Twitter. We asked our followers to write a collective story, one tweet at a time. ...
Broken Homes and Broken People; the Meaning of ‘Family’ in This Dark Road to Mercy
Claire Rodwell explores the broken family unit within Wiley Cash’s This Dark Road to Mercy and the unconventional influence this has on Easter and Ruby’s perception of familial roles.
The Stories Behind This Dark Road to Mercy
The inspiration for This Dark Road to Mercy began with a beautiful story my wife told me about her childhood, and this led me to recall a tragic story from ...
Names and Self-Image in This Dark Road to Mercy
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet?”
According to an article in the New Yorker – and rather awkwardly ...
This Dark Road to Mercy: a Closer Look at Cognitive Reaction to Trauma
Once upon a time a girl of twelve discovers her mother’s cold, drug-ridden corpse face-down on a mattress. Her response? Breakfast. And then an ambulance. Easter’s reaction to her mother’s ...
This Dark Road to Mercy: Discussion Page
Join the discussion on our current Book Club pick, a tender and terrifying portrait of innocence, and the evil that threatens it…
Pack is Here
Carleen Peters is the winner of our Cults & Clubs flash competition, with this breathlessly passionate story about love at the roller derby.
Cubista
What if a Picasso painting came and knocked on your door? The second runner-up in our Cults & Clubs flash fiction competition, by Michael Shilling.
Joining
A mysterious society for loners, misfits and cats who walk by themselves in this runner-up in our Cults & Clubs competition.
My Personal Cult – Parkour
Book Club member Patricia Duffaud finds out about a close-knit and rebellious club for urban Parkour runners in London.
My Personal Cult – the Alpine Garden Society
“I had a camper van with the registration AGS for a while. It had carpet up the walls.” Kate Steeds on the strange obsessions of the Alpine Garden Society.
My Personal Cult – The Y-Tuesday Poetry Club
Book Club member Rhuar Dean invites us inside his personal cult, the Y-Tuesday Poetry Club in London.
Q&A: Robin Sloan on Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, author of Litro’s current Book Club pick, tells us how the idea for the novel came from a tweet.
My Personal Cult – Magic Society
“Fresh blood”, they said that first evening. There was a guillotine in the corner of the room and I wondered what on earth they meant.