I love short stories. I believe that as an art form it can be greatly under-appreciated. (That’s clumsy, but you know what I mean.) There is a skill to creating a short story that hooks you –holds you – and then, the toughest of all, lingers in your memory as a great novel would. I… Continue reading The Short Story Problem…
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All good things must come to an end, I guess…
It is with some sadness that the news is seeping out that Gabriel García Márquez has more than likely written his last story. It seems that the unwarranted side effect of the treatment for his lymphatic cancer is the increased onset of dementia. I guess when you are 85 there some high prices to pay.… Continue reading All good things must come to an end, I guess…
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