About the Book: Internationally acclaimed for her five brilliant novels, Elizabeth Harrower is also the author of a small body of short fiction. A Few Days in the Country brings together for the first time her stories published in Australian journals in the 1960s and 1970s, along with those from her archives—including ‘Alice’, published for the first … Continue reading Elizabeth Harrower: A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories| Theresa Smith Writes
Kelly Ana died on Monday. This was her last story. It's actual genius The post Short story: Biography, by Kelly Ana Morey appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
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Book reviews from the perspective of a Christian writer, wife, and mother.| theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com
Nothing substantive this week as I’m finishing up a short story for submission to an anthology about lesser-known cryptids of Appalachia. No spoilers, but I can at least mention the beastie that’s involved: Back next week!| JD Byrne
As part of his Legal Fictions creative project, Dovid Campbell reimagines the content of Mishna Yevamot 16:6 in an evocative narrative.| The Lehrhaus
Written over all the years of my writing career, they show how much this topic has interested me.| Miriam Drori, Author
Finally, Saunders reminds us that everything he has written is "according to George" and that we should have confidence in our own opinions| The Australian Legend
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Fancy a very short story about voyeurism, exhibitionism, and titillation? Raymond Carver’s story ‘The Idea’ has all three, and in his trademark minimalist style and utilising first-person narration, he presents us with a short tale told by a suburban housewife who takes an unhealthy interest in her neighbours’ nighttime ... Read more| Interesting Literature
Lisa at ANZ LitLovers will be hosting a new reading event – Short Story September, running from September 1 to 30. On September 1st Lisa will set up a post where all contributions can be posted so that… More| BooksPlease
Our review of Fumio Yamamoto's short story collection "The Dilemmas of Working Women" in its first English-language translation The post Playing the Game as a Planarian in “The Dilemmas of Working Women” appeared first on Chicago Review of Books.| Chicago Review of Books
I love this heading. The Wells Street Journal‘s amazing artists have made this for my story of this name, available in the latest edition, ‘Dreams’. You will need to scroll to page twenty or so to get to me, but everyone’s work looks good Over at Shiny, you can also find reviews of three novels … … Continue reading →| Max Dunbar
I first encountered James Yaffe via his story ‘The Problem of the Emperor’s Mushrooms’ (1945), but have heard much about his ‘Mom’ stories, in which a police officer’s mother “is usually able to solve over the dinner table crimes that keep the police running around in circles for weeks”. So I was delighted to acquire … Continue reading #1333: “Why shouldn’t I know? I know how people act, don’t I?” – My Mother, the Detective [ss] (2016) by James Yaffe| The Invisible Event
When Dorian (at Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau) first introduced me to Laurie Colwin’s books, he described them as very New York-y. Wry rather than funny, bittersweet but not sentimental – and Jewish, albeit in a low-key kind of way. A little like Woody Allen’s films, back in the days when they were good. (Annie Hall […]| JacquiWine's Journal
“Maybe nectarines are just peaches in drag. Smooth. Magnificent.” This book has stuck with me far more than I’d expected and was an enjoyable reading experience. Some parts resonated more than others of course. I was looking to learn more about sensory issues and there was plenty about that, though not all of the stories/essays focus on that. This is a very readable memoir of an American childhood, taking the senses as inspiration for many of the stories. It would be a useful introducti...| Market Garden Reader
Hannah’s first impression of Colden Hills Music Camp is that, for a place with “hills” and “music” right in the name, it’s too flat and way, way too quiet, and the one thing she initially thinks must be a weird rustic flute propped up against the side of the welcome cabin turns out to be just an extra-straight stick.| Nightmare Magazine
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Crossover’ is a 1971 short story by Octavia Butler (1947-2006), first published in the anthology Clarion before being included in Butler’s short-story collection Bloodchild and Other Stories. This very short story explores a number of themes including poverty, hopelessness, addiction, and the blurred line between reality and illusion, as ... Read more| Interesting Literature
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my thoughts on Tove Jansson’s first book after the Moomins, her adult short story collection, ‘The Listener’.| Book Jotter
Wow! Students can use these writing prompts to write 30 individual short stories—or they can combine several prompts together to create a longer piece.| JournalBuddies.com
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Hello, everyone. I hope your week is going well. It’s absurdly hot where I am, and as many of you know, days and days (and days!) of 100+ degrees F heat is draining. The humidity is also around 5%, so that adds other hazards. However, just as that was dragging me … More Dance of Discord #Review from Olga Núñez Miret| Teagan's Books
Saturday, August 2, 2025 We’ve made it to the weekend as well as the start of a new month. Happy August. Today I have a little vignette for you. It’s a steampunk fantasy “slice…| Teagan's Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.| A life in books
I know. It’s been a while. I’ve been thinking about how I publish my poetry and stories, and concluded that the simple way is the best way. I don’t wish to spend a lot of time and…| Mick Canning
Used to be, you’d buy paper offerings and burn them to provide for your ancestors. Spirit money ensured they were taken care of in the underworld and wouldn’t have to roam the pitted streets of the afterlife suffering from starvation or homelessness. In this way, you could help your late loved ones avoid the terrible fate of becoming hungry ghosts.| Nightmare Magazine
beautiful Pelagea, looking so refined and soft, brought them towels and soap,| The Australian Legend
Wodehouse, P.G. "Leave it to Psmith" - 1923We already know P.G. Wodehouse from the Jeeves & Wooster novels, all of which are simply delightful.| Let's read
‘His beautiful brown eyes turned in on themselves, half-closed in anguish, and his head dipped to the cage floor as though his skull had been filled with lead.’ // ‘Pongo’, a story by Katie McIvor| IZ Digital
‘I’d start anywhere. I’d show willing. I could be a glamorous woman. I’d clean out the pens. Perhaps I’d work my way up to ringmaster. They could fire me out of a cannon.’ // ‘Circus Skills’, a story by Seán Padraic Birnie| IZ Digital
‘The tower block across the way from us was on fire, clouds of thick black smoke boiling out of it into the air. There were ranks of them, burning across the city, like a dozen Grenfells. It made me a bit upset, to be honest.’ // ‘Two Great Thinkers Discuss the Post-Apocalyptic Condition’, a story by David McGillveray with art by Martin Hanford| IZ Digital
‘ “Joy,” said Arthur. “We’re really going to leave.” ’ // ‘Little Boat’, a story by Dale Smith with art by Martin Hanford| IZ Digital
‘Meadow is lost. If you get this relay before my previous attempts, there was an attack, and it appears everything was destroyed.’ // ‘After Stasis’, a story by R.T. Ester with art by Carly A-F| IZ Digital
‘We are too busy to eat! The streets are clear. The Green Wall is left unguarded. We are on the move. Follow and be enlightened. Worry not about your grumbling tummies.’ // ‘The Green Wall Plot’, a story by Nick Mamatas with art by Dante Luiz| IZ Digital
‘The sea is our home.’ // ‘The Barricade’, a story by Joyce Ch'ng with art by Emma Howitt| IZ Digital
‘Clenching her teeth, Gogo drew her jiàn. “If you touch a single hair of this girl…I swear I—” ’ // ‘Amber Alert’, a story by Álex Souza with art by Martin Hanford| IZ Digital
‘I am devotion laid to rest with deceit.’ // ‘Sleeping Arrangements’, a story by R.T. Ester with art by Dante Luiz| IZ Digital
‘You don’t need to be anything for anybody. Just you, you just need to be you.’ // ‘You Will Be You Again’, a story by Angela Liu with art by Dante Luiz| IZ Digital
‘ “And why, may we ask, has Mrs Pierce declined to favour the Caravan’s visit?” “I simply believe that those who are at rest should remain at rest.” ’ // ‘Lanterns’, a story by Manu Zolezzi with art by Emma Howitt| IZ Digital
‘He started hyperventilating before he realised it wasn’t attacking, it was…embracing. Calming. Not his enemy; his friend. He didn’t know how he knew that, but he did.’ // ‘The Ghost on the Server’, a story by Gregory Neil Harris with art by Dante Luiz| IZ Digital
‘Sure, a golem. He says Morrie’s figured out how to create this man, this golem. He says that it’s very big, like maybe nine feet tall, and strong, and that nothing can stop it, not even bullets. And that it’ll do anything Morrie says.’ // ‘Howard and the Golem’, a story by Lisa Goldstein with art by Emma Howitt| IZ Digital
‘From the kitchen window, from what Suki could make out, all of the remaining Peripatetics, the close-knit clique of long-term Coldstream Close supper clubbers and culture wonks had gathered in front of The Compound, the house of Baxter Strang, the man without a face.’ // ‘End-of-the-World Lovesick Blues’, a story by Ashley Stokes with art by Carly A-F| IZ Digital
‘How can this be happening to you, Pre-eminent Scientist Qris? Who is this short, hard woman, nude inside her transparent spacesuit, erupting through the door of your laboratory?’ // ‘Saltier’, a story by Kate Orman with art by Juliana Pinho| IZ Digital
‘Have you read anything written today that could qualify as science fiction?’ // ‘The Last Science Fiction Writer: A Hallucination’, a story by Fábio Fernandes with art by Dante Luiz| IZ Digital
‘I had infinite worlds at my disposal, of course, but I wouldn’t give this one up for anything.’ // ‘You Can’t Repeat the Past’, a story by Tom Gammarino with art by Richard Wagner| IZ Digital
‘Though our slippery bodies dripped of post-coital sweat, my father dug her fingers in Osa’s jugular notch and flung him off me. She woozed him. The slap was so charged, so heavy, that it cracked Osa’s nose and sent an ounce of his blood, enough to fill a bottle seal, seeking refuge on my white bed sheet.’ // ‘There is Something to be Said About Wifeoma’, a story by Kasimma with art by Dante Luiz| IZ Digital
‘Ever since he’d been born, Frankie had seemed different. He had never cried. Hardly moved. Kelly’s sister had not reserved her judgement. She did not bite her lip – never had. Your kid is creepy, Kel, she said. Your kid is weird. The way he just watches you and that.’ // ‘Nubbins’, a story by Seán Padraic Birnie with art by Emma Howitt| IZ Digital
‘I knew there were better worlds awaiting her. This one had given her next to nothing. Our mothers deserve so much more than what they were given. They are owed it. The world has a debt to pay back.’ // ‘Of Sweet Seas and Starlight’, a story by Zahra Mukhi with art by Sumit Roy| IZ Digital
‘The fishing boats crowded the jetty, nets overflowing with dead things from across the cosmos. The fishery opened at dawn, its great maw ready and ever-hungry. The cranes were ready to drop the day’s load on the conveyor belts, food already, regardless of its origins. Their world rarely fussed anymore, as long as it could eat.’ // ‘The Fishery’, a story by Cécile Cristofari with art by Emma Howitt| IZ Digital
‘Her world is resonance, reverberations / Snatches of song hitting the right notes / In undertone without casting a spell / It’s lunchtime and here’s the buffet / But she only eats in metaphor / No mechanical detail / To fine-tune.’ // ‘The Alphabet of Pinaa: An AI Reinvents Zerself on an Inhabited Moon’, a story by Eugen Bacon with art by Juliana Pinho| IZ Digital
‘This is it. This is where I’ll become an adult. I want to stop here, turn the oxen about and get home as quick as I can. But the city pulls at me.’ // ‘Building’, a story by Marlee Jane Ward with art by Sumit Roy| IZ Digital
‘When she is thousands of metres high, the air about her thin and cold, she will let go and fall to her death. It is the only way to truly escape the labyrinth. But as soon as this wish has formed in her mind, goose feathers begin to drift down from the sky, into the marble corridor. It should be a beautiful sight but it isn’t; she’s learnt that everything she’s ever invited into the labyrinth quickly turns strange, into something “other”. She begins to run.’ // ‘The November ...| IZ Digital
‘Most wanted to speak to their wives or girlfriends, having been mining the pale blue promethium salt in the Moon’s subsurface for months. Jorge wanted to talk to María, his little girl.’ // ‘The Rafting of Jorge Santa Cruz’, a story by Adelehin Ijasan with art by Sumit Roy| IZ Digital
‘Nobody likes the world to change, and some of us have less choice – admit it, Sartre. But the world changes for everyone. Some just have the means to hang onto their preferred version of it for longer.’ // ‘Ghost Herds’, a story by Giselle Leeb with art by Carly A-F| IZ Digital
‘He wants so badly to go in, but he knows that if he does he won’t be able to restrain himself. And that will ruin everything.’ // ‘A Little Seasoning’, a story by Neil Williamson with art by Dante Luiz| IZ Digital
‘In his place, one hundred and thirty-two turtles down from World, Broadback the Turtle contemplated the universe.’ // ‘False Dichotomy’, a story by Mary Soon Lee with art by Sumit Roy| IZ Digital
‘After the first disaster the air was thick with dust.’ // ‘Some Pastel Morning’, a story by Andrew Hook with art by Sumit Roy| IZ Digital
Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm, and it is now being hosted by Meeghan at Meeghan Reads. You can see the Top 5 Tuesday topics for the whole of 2025 here. …| BooksPlease
Here is the amazing result link, followed by Sue Wickstead’s poem, and my response. Yvette Calleiro: https://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com/2025/07/futuristic-dreams-tankatuesday.html A Poem by Sue Wickstead ‘I woke up one day and I was on the moon.’ All around me there was grey dust and hollow craters. There was an eerie silence, and I felt myself shiver. How did … Continue reading "#CreativePerspectiveChallenge Seven Results! #writingcommunity #poetry #flashfiction"| Author D.L. Finn
Eye Security investigates new threat actors and their methods, focusing on business email compromise (BEC). For example, an alert was triggered when a phishing attempt bypassed multi-factor authentication. Analysts quickly revoked access, limiting damage to a stolen password. Their rapid response ensures threats are mitigated effectively.| Eye Research
A Monday afternoon. Our SOC is alerted by Defender for Endpoint: suspicious PowerShell activity, lateral movement with hands-on…| Eye Research
I used to look up into the night sky and wonder. Then I went there. Among the trillions upon trillions of stars, none had that kindred spirit I longed for. I found a machine civilization, a sentient black hole (I called him Phil, which he enjoyed very much), and others| Kye Fox
In this short story, Rachel Newton tells a story of intergenerational guilt and the lengths one will go to for the sake of atonement.| The Lehrhaus
I did it! I read all four of these season-themed Christie collections in four consecutive seasons!| The Edge of the Precipice
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of Short Fiction: A collection of Thomas Hardy’s short stories, mostly ordered by date of publication.| standardebooks.org
From the description of this book on the dust jacket: More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That...| bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com
The death of Nadav and Avihu is difficult to explain, perhaps even impossible to approach through the medium of language. In a composition crossing the boundaries of original drashah, Breslov thought, poetry, visual art, and historical fiction, Akiva Weisinger renders the tragedy of Nadav and Avihu as a reflection of the Vacated Space beyond human language.| The Lehrhaus
Marie Brennan’s A Breviary of Fire is a collection of short stories — some shorter than others — that fit broadly into the traditions of several different world-regions, each bein…| Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
In this short story, Yaakov Weinstein imagines Bilaam's life which led up to his infamous narrative in Parshat Balak.| The Lehrhaus
Tuesday is the usual day of the week for new book releases. Of the many novels published this past Tuesday, here are some gems by authors both familiar and new to me that have my attention.| The Longest Chapter
It's so clever how these eight stories illustrate the many ways happiness enters our lives through human encounters. This is an impressive new story collection.| The Longest Chapter
The first and last time Calvin asks me about ghosts is on our fourth date. He wears green because I told him it was my favorite color. His hair is freshly cut, and his jaw still bleeding from a hurried shave. I smile at these small things he’s placing before me as an offering.| Nightmare Magazine
Introduction “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane” is one of the 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First published in The Liberty, an American publication in November 1926, it was later collected as part of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes in 1927, the final volume of Holmes […]| Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Some excellent news for me, personally: my short story “Jinx” just got nominated for the British Fantasy Awards! Fun story about how I found out: Monday morning, around 4:30 a.m. or so,…| My Geek Blasphemy
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of Short Fiction: A collection of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s short fiction, including some of his famous ghost stories, gothic horror and sensation.| standardebooks.org
The landlord requires proof of the infestation, and proof---per clause twelve, subsection three of the lease---must come in the form of a living specimen, safely contained. A dead specimen is insufficient, he has repeatedly explained.| Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine
“Happy birthday, my love. You deserve this.” Bruce lifted the blindfold and waited, counting the heartbeats, as my eyes acclimated to the harsh lighting. Above us, bare fluorescent bulbs flickered and sputtered in their aluminum housing.| Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine
The Goodbye Cat is a Japanese book, written by Hiro Arikawa, and translated by Philip Gabriel. It consists of seven short stories, and e...| bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com
This story is from Table for Two , a short story collection by Amor Towles. Table for Two is book #3 that I am reading for my 20 Books of S...| bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com
Strange events happen in this world, events which are sometimes entirely improbable.| The Australian Legend
For such an infamous book, the original edition Dévorer is decidedly ordinary. It is a small, clothbound book, written in French. It is one hundred and forty-seven pages long. It was privately printed by its author, Edgar Addison, in the final years of his life.| Nightmare Magazine
London mysteries… :D :D :D :D :D The latest in HarperCollins’ series of themed collections of Agatha Christie’s short stories, this one, as the title suggests, is filled with stories set in London.…| FictionFan's Book Reviews
One of the most delightfully odd tales in the Sherlock Holmes canon, “The Red-Headed League” showcases Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s talent for mixing humor, eccentricity, and classic detective work into a perfectly crafted short story. “The Red-Headed League” was first published in The Strand in 1891. The Plot Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story The […]| Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Introduction The Adventure of the Gloria Scott” is one of the earliest tales in the Sherlock Holmes canon—not in terms of publication, but in the life of Holmes himself. It holds a unique position as a kind of origin story, revealing the moment when a young, university-aged Sherlock first flexed his deductive muscles. Told as […]| Golden Age of Detective Fiction
This week, I’ll be reviewing a selection of cat-themed short stories and books for #ReadingtheMeow2025. Most of my picks are from the Golden Age of Mystery fiction, which is set between the t…| Golden Age of Detective Fiction
This woman---walking alone, at night---is going to be killed. Here I go again. Watch my finger. See how the passive voice takes you by the hand? See how it leads you to understand the object and the verb? The trouble is, it leaves out the deliverer of the sentence.| Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine
My grandmother used to say that all fingers are unequal, yet equal. There are long fingers, short fingers, fat fingers, thin fingers, straight fingers and crooked fingers. She said that each finger has a function, and all the fingers work in harmony.| Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine
It hides from me deep below. Amidst bubbles and foam, a skull of gills and scales and spine stashes away under waves of blue. Do we share the same creases beneath our eyes, the ones that feel like gashes in the mornings? Is salt buried above its cheeks? When it swims and breathes does it choke like me, now? Like me, before? And when it cries and screams does the ocean swallow it all up, too?| Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine
In the morning room everything is bright and clean, florals and pastels. My wife says it looks tacky and childish, but after some pleading, she agrees not to touch the decorations. The faint lavender-colored walls I hang with dried pressed flowers in clear-plastic frames. The couch is the most expensive thing I ever bought.| Nightmare Magazine
You don’t write as much as Edward D. Hoch without hitting the bull’s-eye a few times, so I’m finally doing what I should have done all along and starting the Dr. Sam Hawthorne series from the beginning, with this first tranche of 12 stories published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine between 1974 and 1978. The … Continue reading #1306: “Ain’t nothin’ like this ever happened in Northmont afore!” – Diagnosis: Impossible: The Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne [ss] (2000) by Edward D...| The Invisible Event
I do my best not to stare at Sabine at work. Actually, that isn’t true: I do my best not to get caught staring at Sabine at work. Though on certain days, if I’m feeling downright bratty, I need to …| Literary Hub
Use these short story ideas with a twist to encourage your middle-schoolers to think outside the box… and to be as creative as they can!| JournalBuddies.com
My sweetheart and I had sealed our commitment at high noon. My father had raised a cup to our good fortune, issued a stern proclamation against peddlers, bestowed happiness and property upon us and…| Biblioklept
In March, Rena Citrin, chair of the Association of Jewish Libraries fiction award, told me (not quite in these words) to get my tush in gear and read Joan Leegant’s excellent short story collection, Displaced Persons. It took two months for it to percolate to the top of my “to be read” pile but I’m thrilled that it did. Her stories are full of relatable people, situations, and humor, not to mention delicious sentences. Follow along with the transcript.Check out Joan's website an...| jewishlibraries.org
Each of the ten short stories meets up with an ancient ring at some point on its journey from 44 BCE to the present day.| Miriam Drori, Author
Image from ‘The Man on the Train’ Something a little different today: knowing that I’m a fan of the Australian dramatist and novelist Malcolm ‘Max’ Afford, Tony Medawar — the closest thing the GAD firmament has to Indiana Jones — sent me a selection of Afford’s thus-far-uncollected short fiction, as found in a variety of … Continue reading #1297: Appointments with Death – Some Uncollected Tales (1932-48) by Max Afford| The Invisible Event
Important Note About Kindle Periodicals/Unlimited Subscriptions Nightmare is withdrawing from the Kindle Periodicals Program on Kindle Unlimited due to the draconian terms and conditions. If you’re a subscriber via Kindle Unlimited and wish to continue your subscription (and we really hope you will!), you can subscribe directly via our website or via Weightless Books; all […]| Nightmare Magazine
Sunday, May 18, 2025 Welcome, to my humble sanctuary. This is not a poem — I don’t write poetry. Maybe a rhyme or if I put my mind to it, an occasional limerick, but I wouldn’t even k…| Teagan's Books
We’re Not Rich by Sue Murtagh (Nimbus Publishing) I loved this debut collection and wrote about it for The Seaboard Review earlier this year. Below is a short excerpt of my review. You can re…| Consumed by Ink
Vasili charges into the dark and the snow, gets lost, recovers; charges into the dark and the snow, gets lost, over and over.| The Australian Legend
In my very first post on this blog I shared the belief that G.K. Chesterton’s writing is “too verbose”, and I’ll confess that I’ve found him hard to enjoy in the past. But reading some stories with Countdown John got me thinking that maybe I could suffer to give him another go, and so here, … Continue reading #1291: “Surely it must be a superstitious yarn spun out of something much simpler.” – The Wisdom of Father Brown [ss] (1914) by G.K. Chesterton| The Invisible Event
"Trap Line" might just be the perfect introduction to Timothy Zahn for those who are unfamiliar with him. This short story has Zahn's signature style, a hybrid of Campbelline science fiction with adventure, and often a little bit of mystery and intrigue too. His characters [and sometimes the readers] need| With Both Hands
Like Autumn Chills and Midwinter Murder, this is a collection of short mysteries by Agatha Christie that all take place in a particular season.| The Edge of the Precipice