If books are exhausting (but still rewarding) marathons, then short stories are exhilarating sprints, not burdened by the ...

A new book emphasizes the life, rather than the death, of Elizabeth Short, whose 1947 murder reflected a nation on edge.

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There definitely is an art to writing short stories, and even more so for short-short stories. As the following tales prove, ...

Stephen King listed off five stories of his he considers his favorites, including Lisey's Story and Billy Summers, but which of them is the best?

The story never reveals the nasty rumor about P., and this is just one of several bits of withheld information in the story. Disclosure, or its lack, both shapes the story and is the subject of this ...

Revolutions throughout history have often had a charismatic central figure at their core, such as Lenin, Mao or Castro. But beginning in the late 20th century, a wave of protests and revolutions ...

On Election Day, Peter Hubbard was one of two Democratic candidates who took a decisive—and surprising—victory in Georgia. Hubbard was elected to the Georgia Public Service Commission, the body that ...

The Big Ten is considering a $2.4 billion private capital deal to address short-term financial pressures. Key members like Michigan and USC, along with some lawmakers, have raised objections to the ...

It is that time of year again, and The Royal Gazette is reaching out to all wordsmiths, young and old, to embrace the season by entering the Stanley Ratteray Memorial Christmas Short Story Contest.

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...

There’s plenty of horror-related media out there for this time of year. Whether it’s slasher films, YouTube videos or video games, you can always count on a digital screen to whisk you into some ...