For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

“A short story, generally speaking, is about one thing, and one big thing needs to happen in it,” says Neil. “Which is not to say that you can’t have lots of different events. It’s just ...

Here's Munro on how she first started writing short fiction: So why do I like to write short stories? Well, I certainly didn't intend to. I was going to write a novel. And still! I still come up ...