We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

Unmissable super short stories by brilliant women. Here is Stylist’s guide to the flash fiction female writers you need to read (plus you could probably do it all in the next hour…).

where whimsical filmmaker Wes Anderson executes four strange stories from his adult fiction collection with a stellar cast comprising of Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes and Dev Patel.

Reading fiction can make you an avid student of human experience, honing the wisdom and empathy every leader needs. Here are three very short stories that can take your leadership from good to great.