Libby B Bushell’s story viscerally captures the fishing industry’s grim reality in her native Alaska
Short Stories
Jan approached the meat counter. I wouldn’t hold out much hope, the butcher said. Did she detect a smirk?
Read this moving story awarded second prize by Ottessa Moshfesgh in The Moth Short Story Prize
The winner of the £3,000 Moth Short Story competition 2023, chosen by author Ottessa Moshfegh
A middle-aged writer on holiday with his younger wife has more than the threat of jellyfish troubling him
Summer fiction: End of the Line by Michael J Farrell
‘The kooky space-time continuum … known as the Troubles must be given the definition of having been a time spent at the height of the Troubles’
Summer fiction: I counted it as a lucky escape, a remission of sorts.
A land transaction takes an awkward turn when a chance reference creates an embarrassing association
An extract from Ragairne, a Weave story, by Deirdre O'Sullivan
Fifteen stories show Atwood’s range as a writer, her ingenuity, the ease with which she switches mode
Jazz was almost 15 and wanted more from life than a mattress on the floor of his box room
Internet dating can be challenging anyway but a first date during the pandemic adds a new layer
'Was it bad parenting, I wondered, to send your ten-year old down then back up three flights of stairs to bring you a top-up of spiked mulled wine?'
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