The New Platform Luring Readers Into Short Fiction

It remains one of the paradoxes of publishing that while the popularity of essays and shortform writing (or longform journalism) multiplies online, short stories - as books or ebooks - remain one of the hardest sells around. Everyone seems to have time for the latest political thinkpiece or tech industry encomium, but few people spend a comparable time with short fiction.

Manchester-based Comma Press specialises in short stories, so this paradox is something it's interested in addressing. Comma has always been experimental, starting as an artists' group