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

Here’s our selection of the best short stories from the Polish master of horror and weird, Stefan Grabiński. Buckle up and prepare for sexual obsessions, fiery passions, plain madness and careening ...

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…).

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 ...

His short stories stand out for their incredible characterization ... but today we're looking at the best of them. Eventually, the curse on Duny is dispelled when Pavetta is slated to be wed ...

Mining that mountain of reading matter to find the “best” stories of 2024 is an editor’s Sisyphean task — enjoyable, exhausting and ultimately impossible to accomplish. There were just too ...

So it’s in this spirit that we’re recommending noteworthy stories from 2024 based on what you like to read about. The articles that follow are not necessarily our biggest viral hits of the year, or ...

Brand new stories, from today’s best writers written exclusively for Radio 4 – the home of the Short Story Radio 4 is the world’s leading commissioner of new short stories. Expect excellent ...

short but sweet main stories that bring everything together. Perhaps the best part of these shorter stories is that they leave the player craving more, maintaining momentum until the very end ...