Time for short stories to come down off the shelf

The sheer volume of Irish short story collections arriving into bookshops has been astonishing Picture: iStock

Something curious is afoot in the Irish and international publishing industry, a resurgence of a particular kind. It’s hard to say when exactly it began to happen, but a quick glance over the publishing lists of the past year confirms it: the short story is back with a bang.

In recent months, the sheer volume of Irish short story collections arriving into bookshops has been astonishing to behold. There are anthologies such as ...