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Ever since she published her debut novel Prep in 2005, Curtis Sittenfeld has become one of America’s most beloved authors.

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

Each summer, we commission nine of Aotearoa’s finest writers to tell us a short tale. This year’s theme is distraction. The car door closes with the gentlest of clicks, the vacuum-like silence ...

Apparently, there's nothing that author Stephen King can't do. From writing bestselling novels to making cameos in TV and movies, King is now narrating an audiobook of a classic Grimm fairytale that ...

Great journalism is more than turning up compelling information. It's also about how the story is told. Over time, we've noticed that sometimes, when an NPR news story falls short, it's because the ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. The Witcher originated as short stories, defining Geralt's character ...

In another recent Halloween-themed post here, I discussed the psychology behind the nature of ghost stories and, to a degree, horror stories more generally. In response to a comment about what I ...

The short story is a type of fiction that tells a poignant narrative on a smaller scale. It is important that the characters and the plot of a short story are established and developed properly within ...