A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his short story Peppermint, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: "Walking through the town where my father grew up…'
Memory collides with the facts on the ground in this short story from Takiguchi Yūshō, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood:
www.fictionable.world/stories/pepp...
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A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her short story Ice Cream: 'You needed a story of woe…'
Everything is on hold when you're looking for a job and waiting for a flat. Diana Evans looks into the deep freeze in her short story Ice Cream:
www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-...
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The fantastic contributors to Fictionable Spring 2026. From top left to bottom right: Bruna Martini, Diana Evans, Holly Edwards, Joel Cox, Takiguchi Yūshō, Jesse Kirkwood and Lucy Caldwell
Here's #Spring with exclusive #ShortStories from Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yūshō translated by Jesse Kirkwood, Bruna Martini, Holly Edwards and Joel Cox, plus @lucycaldwell.bsky.social on the long and short of #ShortFiction
All at fictionable.world
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A taste of #Spring with Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yūshō translated by Jesse Kirkwood, Bruna Martini, Holly Edwards and Joel Cox
Catch them all at https:fictionable.world
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… and this broadminded chap is Joel Cox… not long now before their stories are live on the site…
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… fewer clues here, but this one is Holly Edwards…
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… a few clues here. Clearly an artist, and that cover of Patria onscreen is a bit of a giveaway… it's Bruna Martini, of course.
#Spring2026 #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A wide shot of a writer's room, with a bookshelf, comfy seating and a desk in front of a broad window
#Spring2026 is barrelling down the track, but it's not too late for a third #MysteryAuthor this time in widescreen.
Just look at those shelves, that window, that comfy chair. But which author gets to sit in it?
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A writer's desk, with laptop, notepad, fruit bowl and a bright picture on the wall featuring the word "GAY"
And here's our second #MysteryAuthor with laptop, notebook, healthy fruit and a cheerful picture on the wall.
But who is it?
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A writer's desk with two screens, a set of watercolours and some proper paper
Here's our first #MysteryAuthor for our #Spring issue, with two screens, a set of watercolours and some proper paper.
But who could it be?
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A host of red tulips surge up towards a blue sky
… #Spring is, um, springing, how about another issue?
Just a couple more days now…
Image: Esther Gorlee
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On Monday Bruna Martini will be speaking about her work at LDC and giving a glimpse of her #GraphicStory due in next week's #spring issue.
She'll be appearing online with Myfanwy Nixon and Fionnuala Doran.
Tickets are at:
ldcomics.com/product/ldco...
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A portrait of the writer Joanna Kavenna, with a quote from her blog: 'He's mired in a fatal paradox'
Everything around us in this digital century is unreliable and illogical – we can still build a life out of stories, says Joanna Kavenna:
www.fictionable.world/blogs/joanna...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'I'm interested in the places where styles mix'
Connections, disconnections – on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast @samuelrigg.bsky.social gets some perspective on the joys and sorrows of suburban life:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/sam...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Banham, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'I feel a freedom when I write'
On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast we walk the line between control and risk with Cynthia Banham:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Every artist is playing chess with herself'
Thoughts, feelings, laughs – on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast Tim Conley celebrates the extravagant variety of the short story:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/tim...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
"We were in bright early-flowering Madrid for my cousin’s wedding..."
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Reading and writing teach you to doubt reality'
Growing up in La Paz, Rodrigo Urquiola Flores found himself split down the middle. We talk to the author and the translator Shaina Brassard about charting a divided childhood in fiction:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rod...
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A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'You kind of write from the world you're living in'
A character pulled in two directions? Welcome to real life, says Cynthia Zarin.
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn...
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A bowl of ramen with the legend 'Broth: get your copy of Diana Evans's short story from your local bookshop of fictionable.world'
Three friends go out for dinner in this story by Diana Evans, but are they all ready to share?
You know where to get your Fictionable edition – at @fictionable.bsky.social
www.fictionable.world/pages/fictio...
Or from your local #bookshop
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A row of Hello Kitty figures with the legend 'Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch: get your copy of Samantha Harvey's short story from your local bookshop or fictionable.world'
Can we hope for redemption at the last? Samantha Harvey paints a portrait of a bitter life in Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch.
Get your Fictionable edition at, um, @fictionable.bsky.social
www.fictionable.world/pages/fictio...
Or from your local #bookshop
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A concrete building with graffiti reading 'Caution! Reality ahead' and a quote from Joanna Kavenna's blog: 'He's trying to proceed as if reality is reasonable'
Everything around us in this digital century is unreliable and illogical – we can still build a life out of stories, says Joanna Kavenna:
www.fictionable.world/blogs/joanna...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast
A row of hockey helmets, with a quote from Samuel Rigg's short story At the Rink: 'The physicality of the sport had been daunting at first…'
Thursday is hockey night, but Tristan's father isn't sure he wants to watch in At the Rink by @samuelrigg.bsky.social
www.fictionable.world/stories/at-t...
Image: Nicole Bartolotta
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A close-up of seedlings, with a quote from Cynthia Banham's short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'She had to get those seedlings in the ground…'
Is there something hiding at the bottom of the garden? Cynthia Banham surveys the ground in Swimming With Crocodiles:
www.fictionable.world/stories/swim...
Image: onehundredseventyfive
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A close-up of bins at a record shop, with a quote from Tim Conley's short story Records: 'I don't know why we hired you…'
When a ghost turns up at the record shop it puts Anna into a spin. Tim Conley pumps up the volume in Records:
www.fictionable.world/stories/reco...
Image: Valentino Funghi
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A man in a suit adjusts his tie, with a quote from Rodrigo Urquiola Flores's short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'Speaking English with a blond green-eyed man in a fine black suit…'
For a young boy from the edge of the city, the house where his grandmother works is like a magic kingdom. Rodrigo Urquiola Flores examines the geography in DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard:
www.fictionable.world/stories/dysn...
Image: Ruthson Zimmerman
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An astrological clock, with a quote from Cynthia Zarin's short story Housekeeping: 'The house has its own astrological weather…'
The drafty house broods by the park while the fairytale cottage basks beside the sea. But are we ever really at home, asks Cynthia Zarin in her short story, Housekeeping:
www.fictionable.world/stories/hous...
Image: Frédéric Barriol
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A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'You obviously need to find a way in that connects'
Connections, disconnections – on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast @samuelrigg.bsky.social gets some perspective on the joys and sorrows of suburban life:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/sam...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Banham, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'You don't really control what finds its way into your story'
On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast we walk the line between control and risk with Cynthia Banham:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'To record something is to have it by heart, again'
Thoughts, feelings, laughs – on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast Tim Conley celebrates the extravagant variety of the short story:
www.fictionable.world/podcasts/tim...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
