I stopped feeling any particular charm in the phrase "tomorrow." When I was a child, saying "see you tomorrow" and waving goodbye to friends, I used to look forward to meeting them again the next day.

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You're sitting at your desk, writing a short story. You remain focused, but after several hours, you still can't see how to end it. So you go for a run, allowing your thoughts to run with you. Instead ...

The Commonwealth Foundation dismissed accusations that the short stories which won its literary prize this year were ...

One"Sugino Tea Shop" had been quietly standing in a corner of a shopping district in Shizuoka City for sixty years since its founding. Chiyoko Sugino, the third-generation owner, is sixty-two years ...

Pranoy Phukan is a gynaecologist, writer and social contributor, all rolled into one. While on duty, he dedicates his time to ...

Calling an author’s work ambitious is often a polite way to say someone has tried and failed, but “Devotions,” the new short ...

The short stories and essays from students and adults that took the top prizes in our annual writing competition.

The Berkshire Athenaeum is accepting entries through Aug. 1 for its annual short story contests for children and young adults, inviting writers ages 6 to 18 to submit original fiction.

May brought a great deal of cultural conversation about AI’s encroachment—or value, depending on one’s convictions—in the creative process. Writers across the world have either embraced AI—reluctantly ...

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Granta cuts ties with a major short story prize after an AI row sparks fresh questions over trust, authorship and literary ...