Showing results for "The Interview" in Short Stories

Acclaimed author of The Adults Alison Espach’s short story "In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People" is an at-once hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a dead woman’s marriage and the Volvo that stood in the middle of it all.

In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque.

This poignant and haunting tale begins with the narrator's journey of placing his mother in a rural nursing home—a sanctuary that feels more like a retreat. As he adjusts to this new chapter in their lives, he encounters peculiar events, including an old man conversing with an unseen companion over tea. This eerie experience fades into the background as the narrator becomes consumed by the demands of life, gradually visiting his mother less frequently.

The apocalypse is coming. There's only one way off Earth. When a small-moon-sized asteroid is discovered hurtling toward Earth, billionaire scientist Darien Trass must deal with the hardships of finding the select few who will join him on his voyage to escape the apocalypse and rekindle civilization on another world.

நகரமும் பெருநகரமும் ஆதவனின் கதைகளங்கள். மத்தியதர வர்க்க மனிதர்களே அவரது கதை மாந்தர்கள். இந்தக் களத்தில் அந்த மனிதர்கள் வாழ்வின் பொருட்டு மேற்கொள்ளும் செயல்களை சமரசமற்ற விமர்சனத்துடனும் அதேசமயம் பரிவுடனும் வெளிப்படுத்துபவை அவரது கதைகள். உண்மைகளுக்குள் மறைக்கப்படும் போலித்தனங்களையும் பொய்மைகளுக்குள் ஒளிந்திருக்கும் நிஜங்களையும் பகிரங்கப்படுத்தும் கலைப்பார்வை அவருடையது.

In this satirical short story, we will learn about Peter and Ursula’s experience as vampires, their unique risks as the climate continues to change, and how they plan to use their celebrity to influence public policy and help the climate insecure. This story presents itself as an interview where the listener will go through the well-documented challenges of vampires among us and new issues arising from climate chaos.

Julia Larsen is a young writer struggling to be successful, but faces many challenges. She sees herself as a serious writer, but finds that the world does not want what she writes. When she is given an assignment that no one else wants, she has to come to grips with an interview subject that she at first considers mad.

After becoming a famous reporter at the magazine he works for, young Nick Spencer hits the road for another one of his audacious, supernatural-themed interviews. On the way to the new interview, he has a strange thought, but it makes him laugh. But due to a setback, he stops in the middle of the road, and everything becomes really interesting.