There are 203 of these scary stories, so a triple-dare would be to read them all, at night, all alone, by candlelight that’s ...

essayist and critic and her debut collection of short stories, Her Body and Other Parties, received great acclaim. For fans of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood, Machado’s stories combine ...

The best way to understand what is required in short story writing is to read short stories by different authors. There are many good anthologies of short stories available in libraries or bookshops.