What Makes a Great Short Story? (‘The Dead Roads’ by DW Wilson)
Reading Time: 8 minutesArticle by Professor Charles E. May DW Wilson, ‘The Dead Roads’ BBC Winner, 2011 In...
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Lessons in Launching a Literary Journal, by Dan Coxon
Reading Time: 6 minutesDan Coxon, editor of The Shadow Booth, explains why he has decided to launch a...
TSS Recommendations: ‘The Itch’ by Don DeLillo
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Rash invention: Williams, Booth, and building without blueprints
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Professor Charles E. May: What Makes a Great Short Story? (No.4 ‘Tea at the Midland’ by David Constantine)
Reading Time: 8 minutesArticle By Professor Charles E. May David Constantine, “Tea at the Midland” 2010 BBC National...
The Uncanny, by Sigmund Freud
Reading Time: 50 minutesThe “Uncanny” 1 (1919) SIGMUND FREUD I It is only rarely that a psychoanalyst...
Professor Charles E. May: What Makes a Great Short Story? (No.3 ‘The not-Dead and the Saved’ by Kate Clanchy)
Reading Time: 7 minutesArticle by Professor Charles E. May Kate Clanchy, “The Not-Dead and the Saved” 2009 BBC...
Professor Charles E. May: What Makes a Great Short Story? (No.3 ‘The Numbers’ by Clare Wigfall)
Reading Time: 8 minutesArticle by Professor Charles E. May Clare Wigfall, “The Numbers” 2008 BBC National Short Story...
Magical Realism in Short Fiction: A Perfect Match, by Kate Jones
Reading Time: 4 minutesArticle by Kate Jones Magical Realism is a genre of narrative fiction, originally originating amongst...