The Telegraph’s Sam Baker says that the short story is experiencing a resurgence, both in the United States and Great Britain, thanks to technology.
Suddenly, after years out in the cold, the short story finds itself a perfect fit for our attention spans and our mobile devices.
Baker also compares the manner in which we read now—in short bursts—to that of the mid-nineteenth century, when readers processed novels, like those by Dickens, serialized in magazines.
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