by Christine | Aug 9, 2015 | Front page, Reviews
I believe that lying is one of the noblest of human endeavours. I won’t justify this position (at least not here) but will state that Family Heirlooms, a 1990 novella by Brazilian author Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares, translated last year by Daniel Hahn and published by...
by Euan | Aug 4, 2015 | Front page, Uncategorized
We publish 5–10% of the submissions we receive here at Structo. This means for each five-week submission window we are reading hundreds and hundreds of stories and poems. Happily, this quantity is tied to an ever-increasing quality of work sent in, but it does mean...
by Euan | Jul 30, 2015 | Front page, Issues
Issue 14 is now available! In a happy coincidence of symmetry, this latest issue features 14 short stories, 14 poems, and two interviews—with authors David Gaffney and Ursula K. Le Guin. All of this means that our 14th issue is our longest issue yet, by quite a way,...
by Christine | Jul 18, 2015 | Front page, Interviews
Another post in our ongoing series: an interview with author Susmita Bhattacharya. Read her short story ‘Comfort Food’ online in Structo magazine issue eleven. Can you say a little about where ‘Comfort Food’ came from? ‘Comfort...
by Euan | Jul 4, 2015 | Events, Front page
The issue 14 launch will take place on the 25th of July, at London’s Society Club in Soho from 7–9pm.As usual it’s free to attend, and there will be plenty of magazines and readings and cocktails to make for an excellent evening, so find some lit-friendly...
by Christine | Jun 23, 2015 | Front page, Reviews
The Window My dad’s a window cleaner, so I’m looking forward to telling him about a story in which the hero is someone from his own world. In Alex Christofi’s novel Glass we’re offered a window into the life and death of one Gunther Glass, who, following the loss of...