Professor Charles E. May: What Makes a Great Short Story? (No.2 ‘The Orphan and the Mob’ by Julian Gough)
Reading Time: 7 minutesAlex Linklater, associate editor of Prospect and founder of the National Short Story Prize (now...
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The Dark Sexuality & Incestuous Undertones of Daphne du Maurier’s Short Stories
Reading Time: 6 minutesArticle by Kate Jones Daphne Du Maurier’s (1907-1989) novels have often been described in...
A Sense of Foreboding in Joanna Walsh’s ‘Vertigo’ – by Kate Jones
Reading Time: 5 minutesArticle by Kate Jones Recently longlisted for the prestigious 2017 Edge Hill Short Story...
Professor Charles E. May: What Makes a Great Short Story? (no.1 ‘An Anxious Man’ by James Lasdun)
Reading Time: 9 minutesArticle by Professor Charles E. May Several years ago, American author Lorrie Moore said,...
‘Foretelling a Dystopian Future: Margaret Atwood’s Stone Mattress’ by Kate Jones
Reading Time: 7 minutesArticle by Kate Jones Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood, (1939- ) has never been one to...
‘Smiling Women: An Exploration Of Margaret Drabble’s Short Stories’ by Kate Jones
Reading Time: 8 minutesArticle by Kate Jones Margaret Drabble is probably best known for her extensive range...
‘The Wit and Wisdom of Dorothy Parker’ by Kate Jones
Reading Time: 7 minutesArticle by Kate Jones I was a late starter: I didn’t discover Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)...
‘Exploring The Short Stories of Jean Rhys’ by Kate Jones
Reading Time: 9 minutesKate Jones is a freelance writer based in the North of England and has published...
Wigleaf Top 50 Flash Fictions 2008-2016: The Movers and Shakers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wigleaf Top 50 Flash Fictions 2008-2016: The Movers and the Shakers, a Quantitative Analysis...