Short Fiction in Theory & Practice; Short Fiction in Theory & Practice provides an international forum for all those writing, reading, translating or publishing the short story, in all its diversi...

The vile Victorians were funnier than they looked, using brutal Valentine’s Day cards to mock people they didn’t fancy much.

New member Joanne Reardon is one of the ten prize winners for the Blue Pencil Literary Agency Pitch Prize with her new novel Mr H’s Angel so do keep an eye out here for more news on that! You can find...

An insight into the private obsessions and insecurities of author William Golding.

Embracing new technologies that don’t advance teaching and learning is a mistake. Educators must ask questions — and resist when necessary.

ON the surface, The Albino’s Secret (Gollancz, £10.99), a novel by Michael Moorcock and Mark Hodder, is a postmodern homage to the action-packed storytelling of the interwar period. Set in Istanbul in...

ON the surface, The Albino’s Secret (Gollancz, £10.99), a novel by Michael Moorcock and Mark Hodder, is a postmodern homage to the action-packed storytelling of the interwar period. Set in Istanbul in...

Each time I’ve prepared a new edition of Writing Short Stories, I’ve referred to some different texts from writers I haven’t mentioned before.

Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.

This short story collection by A. J. Ashworth is a rewarding read, each story like a piece of mysterious treasure from a dug-up pirates’ che...

The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces for our annual volume produced each November to celebrate Global Academic Writing Month. We pu…

Maybe the Birds: Women’s instincts and memories are alchemical in A. J. Ashworth’s unnerving speculative collection "Maybe the Birds". In one tale, a school shooting survivor carves mementos mori for ...

Maybe the Birds: Women’s instincts and memories are alchemical in A. J. Ashworth’s unnerving speculative collection "Maybe the Birds". In one tale, a school shooting survivor carves mementos mori for ...

Across millennia, a cave painter and a son confront the shadows of creation and loss. A story from A.J. Ashworth’s new collection “Maybe the Birds.”

Exclusive Interview: "Maybe The Birds" Author A.J. Ashworth \ In which she talks about her second collection of speculative fiction stories.

Judged by Maggie O’Farrell, Ben Miles and Chigozie Obioma, the Hilary Mantel prize will recognise emerging talent, and pay tribute to the Wolf Hall author’s legacy

This article closely analyses four stories of Ghassan Kanafani from his collection of short stories titled Palestine’s Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories (2000), translated by Barbara Harl...

A free writers event hosted by Comma Press. Explore horror literature with writers Andy Murray, Bronte Schiltz and Nicholas Royle.

Children’s Book Submission Guidelines We are currently accepting submissions for children’s books, both fiction and graphic scripts, across a variety of subjects and age ranges (5 – 12 year olds).  Pl...

With the teaching over for another (academic) year, we’ve got time to take a breather and look at what is coming up for the Fiction Writer’s Network in the next few months. Ailsa Cox’s story ‘Polterge...

How to submit your play for the International Audio Drama Competition 2026

Turn your great idea into a short story on this fun practical course. You'll be introduced to some key fiction writing techniques and encouraged to draft a short story from beginning to end. Suitable ...