Guy Ware is the author of two novels and many stories. His collection, You Have 24 Hours to Love Us (Comma, 2012) included the story ‘Hostage’, subsequently anthologised in the Best British Short Stories 2013 (Salt). His first novel, The Fat of Fed Beasts (Salt, 2015), was…
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Daisy Johnson was born in 1990. Her debut short story collection, Fen, was published by Cape and in the US by Graywolf. Her novel is due in 2018 in the UK, US and France. She was the winner of the…
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Recommendation by Joesphine Greenland The Itch by Don DeLillo After the divorce he felt an odd numbness, mental and physical. He looked in the mirror, studying the face that looked back. At night he kept to his half of the bed…
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Article by Professor Charles E. May Clare Wigfall, “The Numbers” 2008 BBC National Short Story Award *** Martha Kearney, chair of the judges of the BBC National Short Story Award in 2008, has been quoted as calling Clare Wigfall’s winning…
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Alan Beard writes stories and flash fiction. He has two collections out: Taking Doreen out of the Sky (Picador, 1999) and You Don’t Have to Say (Tindal Street Press, 2010). He won the Tom-Gallon award for best short story, and…
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Article by Professor Charles E. May Alex Linklater, associate editor of Prospect and founder of the National Short Story Prize (now the BBC National Short Story Award), has been quoted as asserting that short stories are “fundamentally distinct…
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K J Orr is the author of the short story collection Light Box, and was the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2016. Her work has appeared in publications including the Guardian, the Irish Times, the Dublin Review,…
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Scott D. Pomfret is author of three recent novels (The Second Half: A Gay American Football Story; The Hunger Man; and Only Say the Word) and a collection of short stories You Are the One. Past published works include Since…
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