Gertrude’s Favourite Pfeffernüsse by Melanie McGee Bianchi
The third-placed story in this year’s The Moth Short Story Prize, chosen by Louise Kennedy
The third-placed story in this year’s The Moth Short Story Prize, chosen by Louise Kennedy
The runner-up in this year’s The Moth Short Story Prize, chosen by Louise Kennedy
This story, which won The Moth Short Story Prize, is chosen by Louise Kennedy
We got work in the fish factory in Lerwick. We could stay in the row of broken-down wooden prefabs behind it
Silvia had always said she would like to write. ‘This is your chance,’ her husband had said. ‘Write a bestseller. Make me a millionaire’
Summer Fiction: Griffin had successfully presented the calling-in of another man’s labour as a thing responsible fathers did
An Irish couple’s encounter with another pair on holiday proves awkward
Life, even on a glorious day, did not stretch out enticingly before Holly. It seemed instead a grey corridor, strewn with dangers
Libby B Bushell’s story viscerally captures the fishing industry’s grim reality in her native Alaska
Jan approached the meat counter. I wouldn’t hold out much hope, the butcher said. Did she detect a smirk?
Read this moving story awarded second prize by Ottessa Moshfesgh in The Moth Short Story Prize
The winner of the £3,000 Moth Short Story competition 2023, chosen by author Ottessa Moshfegh
A middle-aged writer on holiday with his younger wife has more than the threat of jellyfish troubling him
Summer fiction: End of the Line by Michael J Farrell
‘The kooky space-time continuum … known as the Troubles must be given the definition of having been a time spent at the height of the Troubles’
Summer fiction: I counted it as a lucky escape, a remission of sorts.
A land transaction takes an awkward turn when a chance reference creates an embarrassing association
An extract from Ragairne, a Weave story, by Deirdre O'Sullivan
Fifteen stories show Atwood’s range as a writer, her ingenuity, the ease with which she switches mode
Jazz was almost 15 and wanted more from life than a mattress on the floor of his box room
Internet dating can be challenging anyway but a first date during the pandemic adds a new layer
'Was it bad parenting, I wondered, to send your ten-year old down then back up three flights of stairs to bring you a top-up of spiked mulled wine?'
Sparks fly when three old school friends, one home from the US for the holidays, meet in the pub
Emer always knew motorbike racing was dangerous. But a death and a baby change things
Read Cock’s Eye Moon, a ‘clear winner’ chosen by judge Sarah Hall
Six years in New York have not stopped Gráinne loving the man she left behind in Dublin
By the author of Spies in Canaan and Travelling in a Strange Land, winner of the Irish Novel of the Year Award
A young girl’s illness at the end of summer puts a strain on an already stressed family
Swords are being sharpened on set, and battle is nigh
‘If she steps back now, pushes the door closed and says, thank you but I think I’ll walk, it’ll seem rude’
A substitute teacher arrives and young Hywel falls a little in love with her
A short story from the new collection This Train Is For published by No Alibis Press
Two couples form a friendship over regular games of bridge but suspicion clouds it
The late Moroccan author’s Something Strange, Like Hunger is now out in English
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices