But I’d argue all good short stories have heaps of character development. I also find they spark my imagination much more than novels do – the lives of characters are often left unanswered in ...

During the Covid lockdowns, when her kids were confined at home and she had less time to herself, she turned to the short story form. The result, This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, is an ...

They also strive to be good citizens of an ailing planet and have sex with their partners more than once in a blue moon. In “Comorbidities,” which won the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award ...

They also strive to be good citizens of an ailing planet and have sex with their partners more than once in a blue moon. In “Comorbidities,” which won the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award ...

she turned to the short story form. The result, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” is an astonishingly good debut collection that often incorporates the bizarre, life-altering reality ...