Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

The Big Hush

“But up here in the mountains, survival tasted different.” Today’s #StorySunday is “The Big Hush” by Cassandra Passarelli. ...

by cassandra passarelli • 5th February 20235th February 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Winter Simulator

For a few seconds, I’m suspended in shadowless green. Then suddenly I’m in a field, in a squall, on the edge of a stand of tall spruces. Their icy branches ...

by Melissa Tuckman • 6th January 20236th January 2023

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

One Another’s Ghost

After Attracta died she never gave it back. ...

by Cathal Kehoe • 27th December 202221st October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

The Sixties Itch

I’ve been out of The Scrubs for a few days and I want to burrow like a mole. ...

by Andrew Kaye Kauffmann • 25th December 202214th October 2022

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

The Better for a Sleep

I had spent two decades in desserts. ...

by Brian Boyd • 20th December 202221st October 2022

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

Imaginary Houses

Music is a strange and sad language, she was thinking as the bus hissed to attention at her stop. ...

by Nelmarie Zayas • 13th December 202214th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Back to Descartes

She worries. God knows why. About ...

by David Rose • 11th December 202221st October 2022

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

Ben X

If I could be somewhere else – where? ...

by Angela Wilson • 6th December 202221st October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Carpet Vandal

It makes him feel the same as on the day it happened, but he never cries. ...

by Peter Arscott • 4th December 202221st October 2022

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

Discover The Magic

She was still pretending to sleep when the driver turned off the road. ...

by KM Elkes • 29th November 202221st October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Shoogly

I waited at the top of his street. Two young boys were racing in go-karts. Every time they zoomed past the bottom lamppost, they hopped out and started up the ...

by Callum McGee • 27th November 202221st October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Stripped to the Bone

With fork and knife, thus armed he watched as she began to peel back the skin of the plaice with a delicate precision until its white flesh glistened, perfectly pearlescent, ...

by Elsie Bauchalter • 25th November 202225th November 2022

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

Good People

The first thing the new neighbours do is erect a tall fence round their garden ...

by Donna Tracy • 22nd November 202221st October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

A Correspondence

The house isn’t half empty without you. About ...

by Arthur Mandal • 20th November 202221st October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Interview with the Monument

A wild interview with a national icon. ...

by Jessica Manack • 18th November 202218th November 2022

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

The Test

Her mother had been instructed to wait in the lobby, but had slipped in while Lucy was taking the test to determine how normal or abnormal she was. ...

by Maureen Sherbondy • 15th November 202223rd September 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Suspicious Minds

The audience members are on their feet, applauding with categorical enthusiasm. ...

by Isaac Munoz • 13th November 202217th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Shona Doesn’t Do Kids

‘Shona Doesn’t Do Kids’ speaks of childlessness and office life. Quote: ‘Jade launches into a graphic account of her labour. The postman turns pale, hands back the baby..’ ...

by Alison Wassell • 11th November 202211th November 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, On Writing

Read our three PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize nominees!

Immerse yourself in these beautiful stories from our emerging writers who have been nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers competition! ...

by Litro • 11th November 202211th November 2022

#TuesdayTales, Editor's Pick, Fiction

Gretel and Hansel

I know that my husband never knew anyone like Gretel or Hansel. His life was just different to mine, that’s all. ...

by Annabel White • 8th November 202223rd September 2022