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Story A Day (x 4): The Ketchup Edition

Back when I was in elementary school in Richlands, NC, our teacher would regularly have a “Catch-Up” Day. I was […]

Originally published in The Georgia Review and anthologized in both New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2005 and New Sudden

A quick post today, given an intensely busy schedule (a final meeting with an independent study student, another two dozen

Barb Goffman, a friend and fellow short story writer, has been a finalist for several of the top awards in

While checking off a few very short stories over the last couple of days (see previous posts), my wife, Tara,

Another piece of very short fiction here (after spending a day grading seemingly endless essays, it’s all I have time

Keeping up with my plans despite being exhausted by the long, fun weekend at Malice. Today’s story is actually five

Here’s a quick story, since I’ve got a busy day—and night!—ahead at Malice Domestic. Venita Blackburn’s “Chew” was published by

In her Washington Post review of Karen Russell’s story collection Vampires in the Lemon Grove, novelist and critic Elizabeth Hand

Second up in my promise to read a story a day in the month in the month of May is Sheila

May 1 kicks off the “first organized international Short Story Month,” inspired by the StoryADay in May writing challenge. There’s

Art Taylor / April 25, 2013

I’ll be part of several events at this year’s Malice Domestic Convention, May 3-5 at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda,