Long-term readers will recognise Sittenfeld’s voice, and for fans of her bestselling Prep, there’s an added bonus.

You can finally read this Ernest Hemingway story about Paris after WWII In 1956, Ernest Hemingway wrote to his publisher about five short stories he had written: “You can always publish them ...

Kentucky-born Blanche Taylor Dickinson was another figure of the Harlem Renaissance and published journalism, short stories and poems while working as a teacher in segregated schools. And builds a ...

though of course you can base your story on something that has really happened. Is a short story the same as a novel? A short story is not a cut-down novel. In a novel the author has time to ...