ONE STORY publishes one great short story at a time. We bring people together through reading, writing, and learning about short fiction.
In our new issue, a retired Vietnamese general welcomes the daughter of one of his soldiers into his home. As wine is poured and a rainy afternoon stretches into evening, formality evaporates, and long-kept secrets are revealed. Watch the past and the present sit down for a drink in Phuong Anh Le’s “The General.”
A lonely, introverted designer steps back into life post-Covid by gate-crashing parties with her free-spirited uncle.
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This month-long, asynchronous class will look in-depth at different methods for ending a short story and will explain how to choose the kind of ending that suits your story best.
October 5th-26th
Get one great story in the mail each month, each by a new author.
It’s like a story of the month club.
Try it risk-free.
This generative fiction class is designed to help you create first drafts and build out works in progress through a series of guided exercises, craft lectures, and readings.
In Person
September 21st-October 26th
In the first of the three winning stories in our 2023 Teen Writing Contest, Saskia de Leeuw Kyle writes of two ex-best friends who find themselves partnered up for a school project. Will their troubled past overshadow their present? Find out in “The Dangers of Pitying the Devil.”
“The reasons I like One Story so much are the following: it fits in my purse, the stories are short enough to finish and not drag on when I am short on time, and—last but not least—it inspires me to write! “
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Share stories in 2023. They’ll get a story each month. You’ll get year-round gratitude.
Learn about the craft of fiction through seven virtual lectures. Join live through July 30th or watch the lectures on your own time.