TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Chris Bennett, author of Windslash – The Last Elemental
Come and meet Chris Bennett, author of Windslash – The Last Elemental
Tag: short fiction
A Foreign Country is the Past by Fernando Sdrigotti
a great collection of short stories that aren’t pretending to not be a collection of short stories
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Sheila Muckle, author of Roses and Redemption
come and meet Sheila Muckle, author of Roses and Redemption
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN BONUS MATERIAL – WHAT MAKES A GOOD SHORT STORY? – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 4
bonus material with fictioneer and comedian Matt Nagin discussing what makes a good short story
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Sam Ayertey, author of Transformation of a Village
an interview with Sam Ayertey, author of Transformation of a Village
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN ON THE BOOK OF OUTCASTS – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 3
Fictioneer & comedian Matt Nagin joins smh to chat writing, reading, AI, travel, and all sorts of other fun
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
a chat with Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
a chat with Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
a chat with Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Harry Legge, author of Friend or Suspect
a conversation with Harry Legge, author of Friend or Suspect
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
a conversation with Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Duncan Heenan, author of Lead Us Not
a chat with Duncan Heenan, author of Lead Us Not
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Louise McLaughlin, author of Discovery
a chat with Louise McLaughlin, author of Discovery
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Jessica Aike, author of This Thing in My Head
a chat with Jessica Aike, author of This Thing in My Head
Provincial Squinting At The Mercury Orgy by Jai Knight
an intriguing prose and poetry collection that is deceptively simple or simply deceptive
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: George Carter, author of Beyond Boundaries
George Carter, author of Beyond Boundaries, answers some questions
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Jai Knight, author of Provincial Squinting at the Mercury Orgy
a chat with Jai Knight, author of Provincial Squinting at the Mercury Orgy
A Man & Two Women by Doris Lessing
i read a brilliant, flawless, collection of stories
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Matt Nagin, author of The Book of Outcasts
Matt Nagin answers some questions in ten words or fewer
A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf
there’s a reason Woolf didn’t collate this story collection in her own lifetime…
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #14)
a heartbreaking misfire from the world of Sookie Stackhouse
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin
some of the best fiction you’re likely to find… plus some stories that aren’t
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
stream of consciousness response to reading an illustrated short story
Sevastopol by Emilio Fraia
three excellent short stories about memorialising and regret
You Ruin It When You Talk by Sarah Manvel
very funny novelette from hipstertopia’s Open Pen
Variations on the Body by María Ospina
a supposedly transgressive thing i’ll probably do again
Bloodchild by Octavia E Butler
exceptionally good short story collection
James Baldwin Threeway
baldwin, baldwin, baldwin
Winter in July by Doris Lessing
short stories about non-monogamous colonial types
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom by Sylvia Plath
terrible plath juvenilia published nicely for profit
Love, Pan-Fried by Gray Crosbie
great queer flash fiction from scotland
Till September Petronella by Jean Rhys
unprecedented: i enjoy a book of short stories cover to cover
Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
mediocre prose and a child bride: time to cancel Poe
Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady by Clarice Lispector
finally seeing what the fuss is about
Remembering Oluwale: An Anthology edited by SJ Bradley
a powerful anthology of poetry and prose
The Automaton by David Wheldon
i remember that i don’t like reading about magic
The Numbers by Christopher Burns
“ok mr burns, what’s ur first name” “i dont know”
Jackdaws by Neil Campbell
a return to prose and a whine about violence
Paymon’s Trio by Colette de Curzon
a short story chapbook that’s fine, no more, no less
50 Euro by Karina Bush
if sex sells who’s buying
Blue Self-Portrait by Noémi Lefebvre
Some newly-translated cracking French fiction
Gross In Feather, Loud In Voice by Judson Hamilton
Emotive, bizarre, inventive, stories.
Triumph of the Now TV
home of the lo-fi magazine web series
The Night Visitors by Jenn Ashworth & Richard V. Hirst
Great book, plus lots about why I didn’t win the award I was shortlisted for.
Homunculus by Aleksandar Prokopiev
Contemporary fairy tales from Macedonia
Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed by Liam Hogan
My latest review over at Open Pen discusses the point of fiction…
In the Company of Ghosts: The Poetics of the Motorway edited by Alan Corkish
driving myself crazy / reading books about the motorway
Dysfunctional Males by Fernando Sdrigotti
Men are disgusting.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
an accurate depiction of the lust and boredom that threatens to overwhelm all of us who aren’t pious, delusional, fuckheads
Triumph Of The Now 