short stories
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Wills now has a literary agent, and has a new collection of 13 short stories coming out across the world in April.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Kennedy describes her relationship with Róisín, as "unfinished business" as the lead character is the same unsympathetic teenager from her 2021 collections of short stories The End of the World is a Cul-de-sac.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The original lyrical idea for this came from me reading Damon Runyon books, short stories based in the ‘30s and ‘40s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Five authors—including “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” author Rufi Thorpe—have written and read short stories for the collection, which became available for free this morning on platforms including Spotify and the library app Libby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
English teachers assigned the composition of short stories and poems.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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