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

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

Reading fiction can make you an avid student of human experience, honing the wisdom and empathy every leader needs. Here are three very short stories that can take your leadership from good to great.

short stories couldn’t even get away with this sentence. That’s a good thing. Recently we’ve seen headlines about how children aren’t reading, with a 2024 National Literacy Trust report ...

But where to start? The good news is that 2023 is looking great for short story collections. Here’s our roundup of the best out now to add to your summer reading list. Heads up: Ling Ma is the ...

They also strive to be good ... Short Story Award, a couple with young children tries to spice up their marriage by making a sex tape. In an abundance of caution, the man pauses the action to read ...