For Takiguchi Yūshō and the translator Jesse Kirkwood, fiction is a matter of listening to what the story has to say: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/tak... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

With the backlash against trans people in full swing, fiction can play an important part in helping us understand each other, says Holly Edwards: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/hol... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

The American dream is fracturing under the pressure of social media and AI. But Joel Cox tells the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast that doesn’t mean we can’t have a laugh: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/joe... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

Giving birth is like being run over by a bus, Bruna Martini says on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast But framing the experience in a comic can give a sense of perspective: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/bru... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast we talk graduation, jobs and holding on to hope in the face of accelerating crisis with Diana Evans: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/dia... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #bookstodon

For Takiguchi Yūshō and the translator Jesse Kirkwood, fiction is a matter of listening to what the story has to say: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/tak... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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-... Image: Agustin Fernandez #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

With the backlash against trans people in full swing, fiction can play an important part in helping us understand each other, says Holly Edwards: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/hol... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

What's the reality of motherhood? In this graphic short story, Bruna Martini takes it one day at a time: www.fictionable.world/stories/one-... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

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... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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-... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

The American dream is fracturing under the pressure of social media and AI. But Joel Cox tells the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast that doesn’t mean we can’t have a laugh: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/joe... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

Rose hasn't spoken to her father for eight years. But, in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? by Holly Edwards, the call of home is strong: www.fictionable.world/stories/litt... Image: Xavier Castelli #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

What's the reality of motherhood? In this graphic short story, Bruna Martini takes it one day at a time: www.fictionable.world/stories/one-... Image: Josh Bean #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

Memory collides with the facts on the ground in Takiguchi Yūshō's short story Peppermint, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood: www.fictionable.world/stories/pepp... Image: Henry Lai #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #translation #ShortStories #blog #podcast

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-... Image: jesus arango #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

Giving birth is like being run over by a bus, Bruna Martini says on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast But framing the experience in a comic can give a sense of perspective: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/bru... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

The future looms over Massachusetts, but can we stick the landing, asks Joel Cox in his short story Variable Rewards: www.fictionable.world/stories/vari... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

Rose hasn’t spoken to her father for eight years. But, in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? by Holly Edwards, the call of home is strong: www.fictionable.world/stories/litt... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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-... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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 #books #reading #writing #comics #translation #blog

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 #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

#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? #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

And here's our second #MysteryAuthor with laptop, notebook, healthy fruit and a cheerful picture on the wall. But who is it? #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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? #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast #bookstodon

… #Spring is, um, springing, how about another issue? Just a couple more days now… Image: Esther Gorlee #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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... #books #comics #reading #writing #events

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

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

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

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

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... #books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #podcast

A character pulled in two directions? Welcome to real life, says Cynthia Zarin. www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast #bookstodon

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 #books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories

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 #books #reading #ShortStories #bookstodon

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

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 #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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 #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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 #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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 #books #reading #translation

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 #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #blog #podcast

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

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

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

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... #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #blog #podcast

A character pulled in two directions? Welcome to real life, says Cynthia Zarin. www.fictionable.world/podcasts/cyn... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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

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: Skyler Smith #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast #bookstodon

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: Ante Samarzija #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast