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Arts & Culture, Books, Interviews
Gaby Wood of the Booker Prize Foundation speaks to Litro about short fiction, reading habits, time, cost, distraction, libraries, bookshops and why stories can still help people feel less alone.
Flash Friday, flash-friday, Short Fiction
Milicent’s head is covered with live butterflies. Once mocked in acting class, she has become impossible to look away from.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
From over 200 anonymous submissions, five stories were shortlisted for The Odds Are In. We’re pleased to announce AKALA AKA by Anselme Eme as the winner.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
William, a Jonah, an orphan, friendless, homeless, poor, trying to survive in a fishing village turned tourist town. Bleak, honest, real.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
An intuitive and resonant piece on grief and how a death makes us question what we are and what we know.
Unusual, compelling, story about a stone mason’s apprentice fulfilling his own vision in the absence of his master, and his murder when the master returns.
Serial Fiction, Story Sunday, The Last Time-Traveller
This week at Litro we’re publishing four stories about the moment the world tilts—softly, then all at once.
Through glass and grace — Fleshless unravels the limits of perfection.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
“The stranger appeared in the mist — and nothing has been the same since.”
From Part One of The Last Time-Traveller by Sir George Cox
A fallen footballer, community service, and the struggle to find redemption. The Baller is gritty, funny, and tragic.
On a Scottish estate, childhood football games turn into something darker. The Boys Club is a tale of friendship and betrayal, where belonging carries a price.