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The First Two Pages: Graveyard Shift by Melissa Yi
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
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SleuthSayers: Anthony Finalists for Best Short Story
Thanks to Barb Goffman for hosting this year’s Anthony Award finalists for Best Short Story at SleuthSayers this week. Barb…
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The First Two Pages: “Pentecost” by Eve Fisher
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
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SleuthSayers: On Subplots & Multiple Points of View in the Short Story
SleuthSayers allowed me to step back in the rotation for a guest post on short stories—sparked by a couple of…
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SleuthSayers: Revolutions, Resolutions
As an erstwhile SleuthSayer (not hardly emeritus and with columns still ahead too), I was pleased when Robert Lopresti nudged…
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SleuthSayers: My Latest Column (and last…for now…)
At SleuthSayers today, I talk about my horrendously inefficient writing process, hint toward a longer project, and bit adieu to…
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SleuthSayers: Story & Structure
At SleuthSayers today, I discuss my sometimes overriding interest in the structures of short fiction—often on the same level as…
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SleuthSayers: Crafting Suspense—and Finding It Where It’s Hiding
In my SleuthSayers post this week, I talk about suspense in fiction that wouldn’t be classified as suspense fiction—a bit…
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The First Two Pages: “The Case of the Vanishing Professor” by Tara Laskowski
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
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