In his 3,000-word story, the writer imagines a world consisting of an enormous and possibly infinite number of hexagonal ...

But King's original short story, first published in the pages of ... King initially wrote the first few pages to serve as an ...

It might sound simple, but it’s another of those classic examples of King growing his tale beyond its premise, until it’s under your skin. This tale from the latest King short story ...

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 ...

“A short story, generally speaking, is about one thing, and one big thing needs to happen in it,” says Neil. “Which is not to say that you can’t have lots of different events. It’s just ...

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 ...

The CBC Short Story Prize is open between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET. (Ben Shannon/CBC) The CBC Short Story Prize is open between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET. Four finalists ...