Interview | 2018 Short Story Prize Judges!
With only a few weeks remaining for our Short Story Prize for this year, we thought we would catch up…
The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2018
Submissions are now open for The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2018!
The London Magazine has published short stories by some of the most well-respected literary figures over the course of long history, from Jean Rhys to V. S. Pritchett. Our annual Short Story Competition seeks out new voices to join them.
Archive | Fiction | Silvio by Arturo Vivante
First published in the June 1970 edition of The London Magazine (Vol. 10, No. 3) Like a statue too…
Fiction | On His Own Ground by Vis Nathan
First published in the December 1976/January 1977 of The London Magazine (Volume 16, No.5) Gopal entered his cubby-hole surrounded…
Fiction | Just for Five Minutes by Alla Melenteva
It was an early May day. The war was considered over, though it had not yet been officially declared. A…
Fiction | The Old Men Who Row Boats by David Joseph
In Madrid, not far from the great museums that line the streets, old men row boats in the morning hours…
Fiction | About You by Marjorie Main
Early on a Saturday morning in October I met Vivian at Liverpool Street Station. Stevie had a painting in an…
Fiction | Sylvia Plath Watches Us Sleep, But We Don’t Mind by Victoria Richards
‘Sylvia Plath Watches Us Sleep, But We Don’t Mind’ was the third prize winner in our Short Story Competition 2017.…
Fiction | Crete by Cameron Stewart
‘So. What do we want today?’ I’m sitting in my local barbers chair, caped up like a clown – my…
Fiction | An Actor in the Wings: Notes (1980 – 2009) by Andre van Loon
Charles I could see him from beside the door. He was surrounded by men in suits, pointing at the ceiling,…
The London Magazine Short Story Competition 2016 | Winners
Thank you so much to everyone who entered The London Magazine‘s Short Story Competition 2016. We were delighted to see such a large…
Short Story Competition 2016 | An interview with Max Porter
With just over a month until our Short Story Competition 2016 closes, we spoke to judge Max Porter and found out about…
A Discovery in the Woods by Graham Greene
I The village lay among the great red rocks about a thousand feet up and five miles from the sea,…
They Who Surround
The story my grandfather told of how he and my grandmother would walk further and further into the woods,…
The Rain Horse
From our archives – this short story was first published by The London Magazine in February 1960. As the young…
Next Boat from Douala by William Boyd
From The London Magazine Stories 11, 1979 Then the brothel was raided. Christ, he’d only gone down to Spinoza’s to confront Patience…
The Wheelbarrow by V. S. Pritchett
In August 1960 The London Magazine published V. S. Pritchett’s short story ‘The Wheelbarrow’ alongside four poems by Derek Walcott…
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