Why Are Americans So Good At Short Stories?
(World News UK)

Look at the shortlist for this year`s Sunday Times EFG Short Story award, the world`s richest and most prestigious prize for a short story, and you`ll be struck by one thing: the number of Americans - four - on the shortlist of six. Kathleen Alcott, Bret Anthony Johnston, Victor Lodato are up against one writer from Ireland, Sally Rooney, and one from the UK, Richard Lambert for the