Both of these stories take around 10 ten minutes to read (coming from a slow reader) and are the perfect quick picks you can start and finish all in one sitting to get your day moving. “Venus Buried” ...

Vivacious illustrations combine with colorful word placement to encourage the reading aloud of these short, snappy poems intended for two voices. Each year the Association for Library Service to ...

I recently read and loved Lonesome Dove ... ways in which words on a page (or a screen – there’s a load of free short stories online) can transform your life. You never know; you might ...

I recently read and loved Lonesome Dove ... ways in which words on a page (or a screen – there’s a load of free short stories online) can transform your life. You never know; you might ...

Unmissable super short stories by brilliant women. Here is Stylist’s guide to the flash fiction female writers you need to read (plus you could probably do it all in the next hour…).

The best way to understand what is required in short story writing is to read short stories by different authors. There are many good anthologies of short stories available in libraries or bookshops.