short stories
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“A Landscape Painter,” one of his earliest short stories, follows the antiheroic Locksley, a painter with one foot in both of the neighborhood’s social worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The membership benefit is described as: “A living archive of lectures from the grave, letters never sent, and original short stories curated by Bob Dylan.”
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The short story made its way into Thomas' best-known collection of short stories, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, which was published in 1940.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Those close to Khong marvel at the long half-life of her short stories.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
“And there’s a kid in freshman AP English who writes these great fantasy short stories, and he submitted a few of them. I picked one of those, too.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
