Sarah Burt Howell
The Art of the Novelette
Welcome. If you’ve been looking for fiction with the depth of a novel and the focus of a short story, you’ve come to the right place.
I write literary novelettes — long-form fiction with strong plots and satisfying endings, perfect for readers who want the sweep of a novel in the time it takes to watch a movie. The stories often begin in realism and turn on one impossible idea, or else heighten the ordinary until it feels just as strange.
From speculative realism and near-future surveillance to fable, surreal disaster, and straight-up realism, they explore how partnerships endure — or break — under pressure.

WHAT READERS SAY
"The Hole is one of the most impactful stories I have ever read."
Megan R.
WHAT READERS SAY
"I keep thinking about The Hole, and want to read it to my mother."
Liz H.
WHAT READERS SAY
"I would read anything by this author."
Jen D.