Fiction – MIR Online

May 26, 2010

The Cock Thief

Short fiction by Parselelo Kantai.

November 17, 2014

Burnt Oak

A new short story by Frances Gow about family, loss and pyromania.

February 2, 2015

The Longest Fight: Excerpt

An excerpt from Emily Bullock’s debut novel The Longest Fight, an exploration of love and family loyalty set in the gritty, ambitious world of boxing in 1950s London.

August 20, 2015

Switzerland

A short story by Dave Wakely, first published in MIR11. Dave’s stories have appeared in MIR10, MIR11 and MIR12.

August 20, 2015

Our First Lesbians

A short story by Rebecca Rouillard, first published in MIR11. Rebecca’s story ‘The Window’ is featured in MIR12.

August 20, 2015

People Watching

A short story by Julia Gray, which was first published in MIR11.

August 20, 2015

Olivia in 4 Parts

A short story by Jacquelyn Shreeves-Lee, first published in MIR11.

August 20, 2015

The Authenticity of Ash Creek

A short story by James Mitchell, first published in MIR11.

February 1, 2016

Paddy and Agatha

A short story from Toby Litt’s new book, Life-Like, published by Seagull Books.

February 29, 2016

A Jailor

A new short story by James Wise.

March 7, 2016

See Emily Play

Short fiction by Jamie West.

March 14, 2016

Roundabout

Short fiction by Federica Lugaresi, shortlisted for the 2015 Fish Publishing Short Story Prize.

March 22, 2016

Broken Promises

Short Fiction by Kate Nkanza.

March 29, 2016

The Night Shift

Short fiction by Jo Holloway

April 4, 2016

The Don

Short Fiction by Paul Goodman

April 11, 2016

Murmurations

Short fiction by 2013 Bristol Short Story Award Winner, Paul McMichael.

April 18, 2016

When We Say Goodnight

Short Fiction by Aliyah Keshani

April 26, 2016

We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire

An extract from Chapter One of We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant, out on 28th April with Myriad Editions.

May 16, 2016

Sarah Alexander’s debut novel, The Art of Not Breathing was released on April 1st and is available to purchase here. She shares her first chapter with us as part of our published alumni series. Sarah talks about the novel and her writing experiences in interview which you can read on the Birkbeck Website.

May 23, 2016

They Are Trying To Break Your Heart

David Savill’s novel They Are Trying To Break Your Heart came out last month with Bloomsbury Publishing and is available here. David shares an extract with us and talks about the novel and his writing process on the Birkbeck blog.