Short Story

The Stories in My Life: On Thomas Mann’s Little Lizzy, a haunting story of classic pity and terror

Thomas Mann’s Little Lizzy deals with an uncategorised specie of victimhood, one of the denied, the deprived and socially damned, though never with a capital ‘D’ to dignify the situation.

The Stories In My Life: In A Christmas Letter, Rosie Jackson subverts stereotypes with a tale of flawed, fallible lives

Rosie Jackson's A Christmas Letter does not indulge in familiar fantastications of Christmases Past, Present or Future, nor overflow with Christmassy stereotypes but, subverting it all, rises to a different level, ringing true to some elemental and beneficent grace that indwells our flawed, fallible lives.

From the same species that built airplanes comes the deathtrap that is 'packaging'

Have you ever managed to open a tin can without losing your temper, spouse or a good amount of blood?

Swing low, sweet chariot: A satire of man, cars & AI in a driverless world

A world where automobiles & artificial intelligence meet halfway... what might that look like?

Dhamayanthi on adapting her short story Thadayam for the big screen: 'Wanted to explore women's choices'

With six short story collections and a novel to her credit, Dhamayanthi is a well-known name in Tamil literature. Now, she forays into cinema with an adaptation of her short story Thadayam.

Kristen Roupenian, author of New Yorker viral short story Cat Person, lands million-dollar book deal

Kristen Roupenian's debut story collection You Know You Want This is scheduled for the spring of 2019.

The Diva's Last Bow: Arjun Raj Gaind brings Firstpost readers an original 'Maharaja Mystery'

In 'The Diva's Bow', an original short story penned by Arjun Raj Gaind for Firstpost, detective Maharaja Sikander Singh solves a mystery that begins with a dead body, and ends with... read on to find out.