The Short Story Review: The BBC National Short Story Award 2016 Review by Paul Hague The BBC National Short Story Award reached its eleventh year in 2016. Backed by BookTrust, the award’s mission is to “expand opp...
The Short Story Review: ‘Unthology 9’ ed., Ashley Stokes and Robin Jones Review by Rupert Dastur A collection of seventeen short stories, Unthology 9’s most defining characteristic is quality. Stokes an...
The Short Story Review: ‘In Margate by Lunchtime’ by Maggie Harris Review by James Holden In Margate by Lunchtime is Maggie Harris’ second collection of short stories, which are born of her intimacy with th...
TSS Event Review: Flim Nite Presents Mad Max, Fury Road Flim Nite presents Mad Max: Fury Road Three Minute Theatre, Manchester (06/01/2017) Review by Abi Hynes I feel like I need to start this review...
The Short Story Review: ‘Staggerwing’ by Alice Kaltman Review by Alex Reece Abbott Staggerwing, Kaltman’s shrewd debut collection explores human foibles and absurdities, thwarted ambitions and survi...
The Short Story Review: ‘Dots and Other Flashes of Perception’ by Santino Prinzi Review by Debbi Voisey From the very first of the 46 flashes in this debut collection, I raised an eyebrow and sat up a little bit s...
The Short Story Review: ‘Over Our Heads’ by Andrew Fox Review by James Holden Over Our Heads is the debut collection by Andrew Fox, which was long-listed for this years’ Edge Hill Prize. Fox wa...
The Short Story Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women’ by Lucia Berlin Review by Jo Mazelis The more I read these stories, and read up about their author, Lucia Berlin, the more I felt that I had arrived...
