My story from St. Petersburg in the early 1990s is up on @ScoundrelTime! Thank you, @Karen_E_Bender and @paulawhyman for your thoughtful questions that helped to get the turns of this story just right. This is from my upcoming book Like Water w @WTAWPress! https://t.co/5pA3Czs3U9
— Olga Zilberbourg (@bowlga) February 19, 2019
Category: Fiction
Granta: A new short story by Caoilinn Hughes
I have a new story, ‘My Biggest Insecurity About the Garden’ in @GrantaMag.
It’s about freaky infrastructure, sociability, slippery footholds in one’s life + environment. Or: A Finnish UN systems engineer goes on a business trip to Singapore. 🙏 @lukeneima— Caoilinn Hughes (@CaoilinnHughes) February 4, 2019
BBC Radio 3: A subjunctive story by Toby Litt
‘If only I were a different person, I would find it easy to tell you what I feel about you. But I can’t. I live in the subjunctive – the lonely, ghostly silence of if only…’
So my subjunctive story begins. Hear the rest at 10pm this evening https://t.co/cmmLwl2hpv @R3TheVerb pic.twitter.com/91fXSGqegB
— Toby Litt (@tobylitt) February 1, 2019
“Ian McMillan gets into the subjunctive mood with brand new writing from Toby Litt, a new poetry commission from Holly Pester, on the subjunctive in welsh with Menna Elfyn and Rob Drummond explains why the subjunctive is dying out amongst the young…” (The Verb, BBC Radio 3, 1 Feb. 2019)
The New Yorker: “Cream” by Haruki Murakami
Masterly storytelling that keeps you reading, in the hope that you’re going to get somewhere. Link: “Cream” by Haruki Murakami
— The Willesden Herald (@storyofthemonth) January 23, 2019
But do you – get anywhere?
“Ten Months with Octopus” by Angela Readman
Multiple award-winning writer, Angela Readman, has won the New Flash Fiction Review “Anton Chekov prize for very short fiction” with this little gem.
Bustle: “10 storytelling podcasts you need to listen to”
“Whether you’re hitting the road, heading to the gym, or just trying to brighten up your daily commute, here are 10 storytelling podcasts you’ll love listening to if you love short stories. Featuring fiction and non-fiction narratives alike, these shows will scratch that narrative itch when reading a book just isn’t an option.” (Sadie Trombetta, Bustle.com)
Litro: “The Fitting” by Angelina Taylor
In today’s #flashfriday a young woman goes for a bra fitting. Should she trust the shop assistant? Read The Fitting https://t.co/vkr3ycupzF by Angelina Taylor via @LitroMagazine pic.twitter.com/zA0DjMcTV3
— Litro Magazine (@LitroMagazine) January 18, 2019
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TSS Publishing: “God’s Fingers” by Josie Turner
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‘God’s Fingers’ – a short story by Josie Turner!
‘He kept a large glass vase half-filled with golf balls that had crashed into his property – a sort of calendar, measuring the time elapsed since his wife’s death.’https://t.co/KRCQ4iRXY9 pic.twitter.com/bq3nbLxKjw
— TSS Publishing (@TSSPublishing) January 16, 2019
Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018: “Plunder” by Deirdre Shanahan
‘It’s warm in the shop, the window so wide the whole of the street is beside me’. New #fiction on Wasafiri https://t.co/yexANk7TlO
— Wasafiri (@WasafiriMag) January 7, 2019
From Wasafiri: Deirdre Shanahan’s work was included in ‘The Best of British Short Stories 2017’. Her novel The Night Breathing is forthcoming from Bluemoose Books.
Orhan Pamuk reads and discusses a J. L. Borges short story
On the January New Yorker Fiction Podcast, Orhan Pamuk reads and discusses “Ibn Hakkan Al-Bokhari, Dead in His Labyrinth,” by Jorge Luis Borges. https://t.co/ARQrO0pnw6
— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) January 2, 2019
Podcast: Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk joins the fiction editor of The New Yorker, Deborah Treisman, to read and discuss “Ibn Hakkan Al-Bokhari, Dead in his Labyrinth,” by Jorge Luis Borges, from a 1970 issue of the magazine.
