We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

The Heterogeneity of Story Writing’ (2015), edited by Dr P V Laxmiprasad, is an exquisite compilation of forty-three articles ...

There is something special about works I can read in full on a rainy Sunday afternoon or in the lamplight hours between ...

the known and unknown are all explored in this year’s shortlist – a list that shows how unique the short story form is in allowing the writer true freedom to experiment. Layered and diverse in ...