Dance Move
Wendy Erskine's second short story collection conjures an achingly beautiful topography of the everyday, writes Aimée Walsh. After her critically...
9th February 2022
Tagged as: Short stories
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The Astronaut
A short story from Benjamin Myers’ ‘Male Tears’, as read down the phone by the author, and mixed by arch Sheffield bleepsters...20th July 2021
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The Last Apple Picker
A short story from Benjamin Myers’ 'Male Tears', as read down the phone by the author, and mixed by arch...11th June 2021
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Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
Kyoko Nakajima's short story collection 'Things Remembered and Things Forgotten' — which examines the lives of people unconsciously haunted by...10th June 2021
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10 reasons to love Yes Yes More More
10 reasons to love Anna Wood's 'Yes Yes More More', as put to you by short story aficionado Wendy Erskine. 1....1st June 2021
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Male Tears
Benjamin Myers takes on the male psyche in all its fragility, complexity and failure, its hubris and forbidden tenderness, in...27th April 2021
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Saxophone Solos
An extract from Benjamin Myers’ forthcoming short story collection 'Male Tears', published next week by Bloomsbury. The transition from reader-cum-fan...24th April 2021
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The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies
In her debut short story collection, published earlier this month by Swift Press, Jo Lloyd's characters ask how we should treat...19th February 2021
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That Old Country Music
Published last month by Canongate, 'That Old Country Music' — by 'Night Boat to Tangier' author Kevin Barry — is...7th November 2020
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Bleach and Bone, Stone and Skin
Wendy Erskine's debut, Sweet Home - a collection of short stories set in contemporary Belfast - was originally published by...30th June 2019
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Wireless
A short story by Lauren C. Maltas I heard a man on the radio talking about tree protection orders. He...28th April 2019
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Loops
A short story by Joe Devlin. With illustrations by David Mackintosh. Freshly cut, close to the collar, pumpkin orange discs, of assorted sizes...5th April 2019
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Dishcloth Hills
A short story by Joe Devlin. With illustrations by David Mackintosh. Underfoot, the path a consistency of thick pulped paper, each stride...17th February 2019
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Pike Stones
A short story by Joe Devlin. With illustrations by David Mackintosh. At the lake edge, two distinct, inky, cruciform shapes perched on...9th October 2018
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Intersecting Pathways
A new short story from Joe Devlin. With illustrations by David Mackintosh. From this lofty spot both absorbed in thought, the...11th August 2018
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Fissured Stones
A short story by Joe Devlin, with pictures by David Mackintosh. The recent rain left soft edged shapes on the...16th June 2018
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May Day
A timely new short story by Joe Devlin, with pictures, as ever, by David Mackintosh. Mewing sounds emitted from within...1st May 2018
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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
Ian Preece reviews the legendary Denis Johnson's short story collection The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, posthumously published by Penguin Random House...25th March 2018