Story A Day: “Hiding” by Frances Badgett
Flash fiction obviously works on the less is more principle—relying on being suggestive rather than exhaustive in its descriptions of […]
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Story A Day: “The Adventure of the Illustrious Client”
In addition to reading the complete stories of Stanley Ellin, Tara and I have also been working out way—aloud—through the
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Story A Day: “Jhonathan and the Witchs” by Stephen King
Writer and editor Paul Mandelbaum gathered the childhood writings of 22 distinguished authors—including Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, Michael Crichton, Allan
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Story A Day: “Black” by Paul Cain
I picked up the Centipede Press edition of Paul Cain’s works, The Complete Slayers, after reading Michael Dirda’s review in
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Story A Day: “Molly’s Bed” by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Sandra Seamans’ “My Little Corner” is one of my favorite blogs—an invaluable resource for anyone interested in writing short stories
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Story A Day: “The Last Bottle in the World” by Stanley Ellin
Another Stanley Ellin story, one that originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in 1968 and was a finalist for
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Story A Day: “Five Stories From Flaubert” by Lydia Davis
Today, I happened upon “Five Stories From Flaubert” by Lydia Davis, in the November 2010 issue of Harper’s. The very brief stories
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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
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Story A Day: “Nap Time” by Tom Franklin
Originally published in The Georgia Review and anthologized in both New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2005 and New Sudden
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Story A Day: “The Devil You Know” by David Dean
A quick post today, given an intensely busy schedule (a final meeting with an independent study student, another two dozen
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Story A Day: “Evil Little Girl” by Barb Goffman
Barb Goffman, a friend and fellow short story writer, has been a finalist for several of the top awards in
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Story A Day: “The Twelfth Statue” by Stanley Ellin
While checking off a few very short stories over the last couple of days (see previous posts), my wife, Tara,