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Announcing the winners of the 2013 Ghost Story Competition 1 Aug 2013 | 02:02 pm
In which we announce the winners and shortlist for our first ghost story competition.
James Benmore on writing Dodger #2: the voice of Dodger 16 May 2013 | 02:49 pm
James Benmore’s first novel, Dodger, features the return of the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist. Last month, he wrote for us about the appeal of the Dodger and why he chose to bring him back. This mon...
Colin Corrigan on ‘Wonders of the Universe’ 15 May 2013 | 02:25 pm
Colin Corrigan talks about science vs religion vs random fate in his new story, 'Wonders of the Universe'.
James Benmore on writing Dodger #1: the Artful Dodger and the first Dickensians 15 Apr 2013 | 02:40 pm
This month we’re celebrating the publication of the first novel from Fiction Desk favourite James Benmore. Dodger (published by Heron Books) revisits the character of the Artful Dodger from Charles Di...
Three new books on the way from Charles Lambert 22 Mar 2013 | 03:15 pm
I was delighted to hear that Fiction Desk favourite Charles Lambert has secured publishers for not one but three new books. It’s been almost three years since the publication of Lambert’s last novel, ...
Matthew Licht on ‘Across the Kinderhook’ 14 Mar 2013 | 02:38 pm
Here’s Matthew Licht on the origins of his story ‘Across the Kinderhook’, from our anthology Crying Just Like Anybody. Plans for a summer apartment/cat-sitter situation in Madrid went awry and I wound...
Die Booth on ‘Phantoms’ 13 Mar 2013 | 01:56 pm
In the latest of our ‘stories behind stories‘ series, author Die Booth talks about the inspiration behind her story ‘Phantoms’, which appears in our anthology Crying Just Like Anybody. I always wonder...
Our ghost story writing competition is open now! 1 Mar 2013 | 06:48 pm
We’ve just launched a new writing competition: while the last one was about finding shorter stories than we usually publish, this one is about looking for stories in a genre we don’t see much of here ...
Winners of our 2013 Flash Fiction Competition 28 Feb 2013 | 05:42 pm
Judging our first writing competition has been a real challenge. It’s a cliché to say that the standard of entries was high, but it was: there were some terrific stories in there. Finally, though, we ...
Announcing the Fiction Desk Writer’s Award for Crying Just Like Anybody. 19 Feb 2013 | 05:37 pm
It’s that time again, when I get to announce the winner of the Fiction Desk Writer’s Award for our latest volume. Up today is the winner for volume 4, Crying Just Like Anybody. The Writer’s Award is j...
