Editor's Pick, Fiction, short story, Writing Fuel

Tomato

It was two perhaps three hours before she straightened up to get her breath back and started back with a yelp – a large fox was crouching on the roof ...

by sarahdavies • May 13, 2024May 13, 2024

Arts & Culture, Fiction, short story

Oxnardiando

An El Camino car and a time-travelling stereo takes you on a tour of Oxnard’s history: Native Americans, the Zoot Suit Riots, French Colonialists, and more. Continue Reading ...

by Enrique Varela • November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: 19 CLAWS AND A BLACK BIRD: STORIES

Written in her deliciously dark tone, Bazterrica’s claws puncture polite society’s fragile membrane, revealing the darkness writhing beneath. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: 19 CLAWS AND A BLACK BIRD: ...

by Jennifer Brough • June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Baci a Tutti

“This time scribbled across the front, reads, ‘Baci a Tutti Tua Rosa.’” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Baci a Tutti” by Gabrielle Dufrene. Continue Reading Baci a Tutti

by Gabrielle Dufrene • March 12, 2023March 13, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Dinner Party Exit Strategy

A married couple attend a business party and get more than they bargained for. Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Dinner Party Exit Strategy” by Max Talley. Continue Reading Dinner ...

by Max Talley • February 26, 2023February 27, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Good Humor Man

“Before last night, the only cops who wore helmets rode motorcycles.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Good Humor Man” by Roy Lowenstein. Continue Reading Good Humor Man

by ROY LOWENSTEIN • February 19, 2023April 4, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

The Last Time He Bowed

“He felt completely alone in that car, under that man’s hateful gaze.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “The Last Time He Bowed” by Thomas Lee. Continue Reading The Last ...

by Thomas Lee • February 12, 2023February 12, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Amsterdam

“But what to do with wild desire, which careens from bloom to bloom?” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Amsterdam” by Andrew Bertaina. Continue Reading Amsterdam

by Andrew Bertaina • February 5, 2023February 5, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, On Writing

Read our Five Best Small Fictions nominees!

By turns surreal, familiar, inventive and astonishingly written – immerse yourself in these five stories that we are delighted to nominate for Best Small Fictions 2023! Congratulations to all – ...

by Farhana Khalique • February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

Cosmonaut Olga Returns from Space

“Problems begin on the flight to Frankfurt.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Cosmonaut Olga Returns from Space” by Maxim Matusevich. Continue Reading Cosmonaut Olga Returns from Space

by Maxim Matusevich • January 29, 2023January 29, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, On Writing

READ OUR SIX PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES!

Dive into these spellbinding stories from our writers who have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize! Continue Reading READ OUR SIX PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES!

by Litro • January 25, 2023January 26, 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday

Fox in the Snow

“I feel like a character in a fantasy novel living in some snowy village. Trading our goods, listening to stories. .” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Fox in the Snow” by ...

by Yurina Yoshikawa • January 22, 2023February 6, 2023

Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

Black Crescent

“Estelle saw the birthmark on the bride’s left shoulder.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Black Crescent” by Townsend Walker. Continue Reading Black Crescent

by Townsend Walker • January 15, 2023January 15, 2023

Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

A Solarium

“He was a famous musician, about to travel. I’d be taking care of his house.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “A Solarium”, by Rebecca Pyle. Continue Reading A ...

by Rebecca Pyle • January 8, 2023January 6, 2023

Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

Younger Men

“Rachel knew that Drew must have felt Patsy’s judgment and he would not look up.” In today’s #StorySunday USA, a new mother considers sliding doors of possibilities. Continue ...

by Heather Whited • January 1, 2023December 31, 2022

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: LIBERATION DAY

Saunders has made a name for himself as both a writers’ writer and a readers’ writer and this collection is full of everything you’d expect from his author. ...

by Katy Carr • December 22, 2022December 27, 2022

Fiction, StorySunday

The Smell of Penance

In search of witch doctors in today’s Story Sunday USA, a man tries to outrun his past. Continue Reading The Smell of Penance

by Mayookh Barua • December 11, 2022December 11, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

The Dark Room

Lucy knows all these things about him, and more. She keeps them filed away in a special part of her brain, the part of her brain that deals with difficult ...

by Joanna Acevedo • November 20, 2022October 19, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Slumming It

There are moments, situations, that define relationships, when there is a rightness between two people – the way that a society host and hostess, cold-shouldering each other for months, would ...

by Sam Kahn • October 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Between the Ground and Sky

Toward the end, Ben had taken to carrying a photo of himself in his wallet. On the surface, he knew it seemed an act of extreme and unfounded vanity but, ...

by Andie Weber • October 9, 2022October 14, 2022