Very short stories existed long before we used the name “flash fiction”. For a while, they were called Cosmopolitan shorts, … More
Tag: you ought to read
Girl by Jamaica Kincaid you ought to read
Chances are, you’ve already read Jamaica Kincaid’s Girl, first published in The New Yorker here, and later the opening story … More
Two stories by Lydia Davis you ought to read
Lydia Davis is in a league of her own, and The Outing (printed here, at Conjunctions, alongside four more pieces) … More
Jars and more jars you ought to read
Sheila Heti’s Mermaid in the Jar (printed here at the Short Story project) is maybe my favourite flash, and I … More
An office chain email by Charles Yu and a very short piece about monks by Clemens Setz you ought to read
Poetry’s nice, and these poets, they know a thing or two about language. But does it make them happy? I … More
Two stories by Grace Paley you ought to read
Wants The truth is, I don’t have much of a memory for stories. I’ve read Grace Paley’s Wants, printed here, … More
The Sunday Octopus 