Archive - Short stories once a month

Ben Sims's debut novel available now

The Long Let, £12.99, Conduit Books, released 12 November

Jun 11 • Ben Sims

May 2026

The Life of Liam Cromwell, Personal Trainer

Only years later, after some dubious therapy, did he allow himself to remember how it’d happened.

May 19 • Ben Sims

April 2026

They were up in the gardens, ready to monetise the sunset.

Apr 5 • Ben Sims

March 2026

Short Story in Dialogue, III

“Not gonna lie Alfred Nobel actually had a really good immortality hack.

Mar 16 • Ben Sims

February 2026

Taking Your Daughter to the Furry Convention

Philip did, he’d admit, feel an all-suffusing wonder while holding hands with a 59-inch-tall bipedal wolf.

Feb 9 • Ben Sims

January 2026

Elizabeth Audureau, The Art of Fiction No. 86

Reprinted by permission of The Paris Review. Issue No. 96, Spring 1985.

Jan 1 • Ben Sims

December 2025

One year of short stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald was paid $3,000 per short story (c. $50,000 in 2025).

Dec 20, 2025 • Ben Sims

November 2025

Nothing Unmediated

Admittedly for a man in his forties his approach to black tie is fastidious and archaic.

Nov 24, 2025 • Ben Sims

October 2025

Short Story in Dialogue, I

“This is not me criticising you, okay?

Oct 17, 2025 • Ben Sims

September 2025

Sep 1, 2025 • Ben Sims

August 2025

The Last Will and Testament of Kyle Gloucester, 1989-2026.

At first, I was impressed with the way AI reproduced my style.

Aug 1, 2025 • Ben Sims

July 2025

An epic poem on my own philistinism

Jul 6, 2025 • Ben Sims