We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

Writers have always had the ... extend beyond novels to essays, poetry and short stories. His books can be found at Penguin Random House. Famous quote: “If you don’t like someone’s story ...

If you enjoy reading all of these fantastic stories and would like to get creative, why not head down to the Blue Peter Fan Club to talk to other book lovers and have a go at writing a short story!

Here are 26 authors' favorite reads ... It included a few of the same books above, plus two short stories by Stephen Crane. In an interview with The Paris Review in 2006, novelist and creative ...

Unmissable super short stories by brilliant women. Here is Stylist’s guide to the flash fiction female writers you need to read (plus you could probably do it all in the next hour…).