What Makes a Great Short Story? (‘East of the West’ by Miroslav Penkov)
Article by Professor Charles E. May Miroslav Penkov, “East of the West”: BBC Winner, 2012 I suspect what...
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Literary Rock Pools: Why the Short Story is Alive and Well
Article by Mark Stewart Many people in mainstream publishing will tell you that no one reads short stories...
What Makes a Great Short Story? (‘The Dead Roads’ by DW Wilson)
Article by Professor Charles E. May DW Wilson, ‘The Dead Roads’ BBC Winner, 2011 In his Guardian review,...
Lessons in Launching a Literary Journal, by Dan Coxon
Dan Coxon, editor of The Shadow Booth, explains why he has decided to launch a new journal of...
TSS Recommendations: ‘The Itch’ by Don DeLillo
Recommendation by Josephine Greenland After the divorce he felt an odd numbness, mental and physical. He looked in...
Rash invention: Williams, Booth, and building without blueprints
Essay by Richard Smyth Invention isn’t always in fashion. Readers of short fiction, in particular, often favour craft...
Professor Charles E. May: What Makes a Great Short Story? (No.4 ‘Tea at the Midland’ by David Constantine)
Article By Professor Charles E. May David Constantine, “Tea at the Midland” 2010 BBC National Short Story Award...
The Uncanny, by Sigmund Freud
The “Uncanny” 1 (1919) SIGMUND FREUD I It is only rarely that a psychoanalyst feels impelled to...