20+ Recommended Writing Guides

Earlier today I put out a call on Twitter asking for some recommendations for writing guides that went beyond the basics and toolkit-talk. I was looking for som...

Hemingway and Parataxis, by Peter Jordan

When the 22-year-old Ernest Hemingway relocated to Paris in 1921 some of the century’s greatest experimental writers were already there. At the forefront of lit...

Short Story Review: ‘Melting Point’ by Baret Magarian

Review by Becky Tipper Publisher: Salt 214 pages Price: £9.99 ISBN: 978 1 78463 197 0   Baret Magarian has the best sort of author’s bio, with ...

Short Story Review: ‘Finding A Way’ by Diane Simmons

Review by James Holden Publisher: AdHoc Fiction 101 Pages Price: £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-921095-57-5 Diane Simmons’ 101 page collection of 51 flash fiction p...

Short Story Review: ‘It’s Gone Dark Over Bill’s Mother’s’ by Lisa Blower

Review by Paul Woodgate Publisher: Myriad Editions Pages: 222 RRP: £8.99 ISBN: 9 781912 408160 It’s when, in ‘Pot Luck’, a monologue pitched somewhere ...

Short Story Review: ‘Story Cities: A City Guide for the Imagination’ ed., Rosamund Davies, Cherry Potts & Kam Rehal

Review by Becky Tipper Publisher: Arachne Press 112 pages RRP: £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-909208-78-0 It’s an intriguing premise: fifty very short stories about...

Short Story Review: ‘Keyhole’ by Matthew G. Rees

Review by Kate Tyte Publisher: Three Impostors Press 269 pages RRP £10.00 ISBN 978-1-78461-704-2 Three Impostors Press is a small publisher established...

Short Story Review: ‘Three Men on the Edge’ by Michael Loveday

Review by Jacci Gooding Publisher: V Press 92 pages RRP £9.99 ISBN 978-1999844417 Michael Loveday’s searing observation of loneliness and unspoken desi...