Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (Journal)

An interdisciplinary journal celebrating the current resurgence in short-story writing and research. Looking at short fiction from a practice-based perspective.

[IntellectBooks @IntellectBooks]

Intellect is pleased to present Short Fiction in Theory & Practice 16.1!

Special Issue: ‘Alice Munro and Materiality’
Including ‘‘That is my torment’: The provenance of ‘Bardon Bus’ by Robert Thacker
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We hope to see you tonight at 6pm for the Special Issue Launch of Materiality in the Short Fiction of Alice Munro - see you there!
https://t.co/gjE5gVADe6

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Our principal editor Ailsa Cox has chosen twelve of her favourite short stories for A Personal Anthology - one for each of the twelve days of Christmas perhaps? https://t.co/Ze7x4HsfNu

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Unearthing Gaia’s fury in Africanfuturist short fictions: ‘Eclipse Our Sins’ and ‘Oduduwa: The Return’ by Pramanik and Rai - now available online: https://t.co/rOp9oe0ra4 @IntellectBooks

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Remember, we'd love to read your submissions for our Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives special issue - deadline 15th September!

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We’d love to read your submissions for our special issue on Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives - deadline 15th September! https://t.co/X26577PxnD

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Available exclusively online: Andrew Plowman discusses Swiss writer Peter Stamm and the relationship between city space and the short story form
https://t.co/mCuvrPnN9p

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We’d love to read your submissions for our special issue on Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives - deadline 15th September! https://t.co/X26577PxnD

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Please see our call for contributions for our special issue on Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives: https://t.co/0s4Ukl6UpW

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Landscape and Temporality Part 1 - thanks to our guest editors and contributors! https://t.co/uRPhLJo3i8

[Ailsa Cox @ailsacox]

Happy publication day to our joint effort. Thanks @EdinburghUP for doing such a great job. https://t.co/C4E2cLJCtX.

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Our latest issue is now out - including our special section on ‘The short story and ecology’ guest edited by @AJAshworth and Aleix Tura Vecino @IntellectBooks @ailsacox Full details here: https://t.co/GNXgymAeiy

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CFP: The Journal of the Short Story in English is inviting contributions on blue short stories, i.e. short stories dealing with marine matters and, more largely, aquatic and terraqueous beings. More here: https://t.co/ePYesjWlPH

[Ailsa Cox @ailsacox]

It wasn't me misspelt Aleix Tura Vecino. It was the machine.

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Special Issue Call for Papers: ‘Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives’

Submission deadline: 15 September 2025

For more information click here https://t.co/8KIpA1VZoy

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[Ailsa Cox @ailsacox]

Marta also has a great article on Zoe Wicomb in @SFITAPJournal 13.2 @IntellectBooks

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Congratulations to Marta Fossati for the publication of her book, The South African Short Story in English, 1920-2010!
https://t.co/46cKJQCre3

[Jon McGregor @jon_mcgregor]

I wrote some stories where absolutely literally nothing happens, mostly to stick it to all the Dramatic Arc Dudes. It'll probably be just a bit too quiet for you. Starting tonight at 10.45pm on @BBCRadio4, dragging on all week.
https://t.co/RY1aE3DrqD

[Ailsa Cox @ailsacox]

Cfp extended to November 15th for the special issue of @SFITAPJournal on materiality in the fiction of Alice Munro @IntellectBooks. More details on our website https://t.co/8rCu2gkrUO.

[Ailsa Cox @ailsacox]

Tomorrow! @SamsSaba winner of @EHUShortStory reading with me, @KKWiltshire @JDPRutter and the Fiction Writers' Network @writing_EHU. 6.30 Arts Centre @edgehill .