Chekhov’s Letters, by Peter Jordan TSS Publishing·July 7, 2019Reading Time: 7 minutesIn 2008, I had to submit a 20,000-word dissertation of short stories for a creative...
Magical Realism and the Contemporary Short Story in the UK, by K. T. Wimhurst TSS Publishing·June 11, 2019Reading Time: 15 minutesRental Hearts, Lion Lovers and Girlfriends in the Deep Freezer: Magical Realism and the Contemporary...
Of Mice and Men: the Short Fiction of John Steinbeck TSS Publishing·May 17, 2019Reading Time: 14 minutesIn the Penguin compilation volume, The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (2009 [1953]), the six...
Alles Kaputt! Mary Postgate Revisited, by Mike Smith TSS Publishing·May 10, 2019Reading Time: 6 minutesIt could be that one of the greatest obstacles to overcome when reading Kipling’s short...
What Makes a Winning Flash Fiction? by Emily Devane TSS Publishing·May 9, 2019Reading Time: 5 minutesHow To Write Winning Flash Fiction What makes winning flash fiction? There’s no single answer...
On Writing Historical Flash Fiction (Part II), by Sophie Van LLewyn TSS Publishing·April 20, 2019Reading Time: 7 minutesThis essay is the sixth and final in this series by Sophie Van Llewyn. Read...
On Writing Historical Flash Fiction (Part I), by Sophie Van Llewyn TSS Publishing·April 7, 2019Reading Time: 13 minutesThis essay is the fifth in this series by Sophie Van Llewyn. Read her other...
Hemingway’s Use of Priming, by Peter Jordan TSS Publishing·April 4, 2019Reading Time: 6 minutesA number of years ago I began some academic research into Ernest Hemingway. I thought...
Raymond Carver’s Use of Objects, by Peter Jordan TSS Publishing·March 7, 2019Reading Time: 6 minutesI first read Carver when I was in my early twenties. Back then I was...