The stories are available in their original language, and, partially, in Spanish, German and Hebrew. There are stories by classics like Edgar Allen Poe and Anton Chekhov, or by contemporary writers like Jennifer Egan or Miranda July. In his opinion, they suit the pace of our time: “I believe, life can be better explored and investigated through short stories rather than novels.” The wish to draw more people to a (wrongly) neglected genre was part of his motivation to start the project.īy now, readers can find over 1000 short stories on the website, written by authors from over 52 countries. Short stories, Alony says, always have been his passion. We talked with the initiator, the Israeli author Iftach Alony, about it.
Just recently, the platform launched a short story competition. The Short Story Project is a digital platform for curated and hand-picked short stories, most of which are available in multiple languages and as audio versions.
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