by Editor | Sep 19, 2017 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Process
By Lenore Gay Flannery O’Connor in Mystery and Manners wrote: “The longer you look at one object, the more of the world you see in it; and it is well to remember that the serious fiction writer always writes about the whole world, no matter how limited his particular...
by Editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Articles, Short Stories
By David Finkle The weird little man standing next to me had been muttering to himself since the play began. The sound effect was that of a storm gathering in the far distance, but since the rumbling-like mumbling didn’t suggest a storm traveling all that quickly, I...
by Editor | May 17, 2017 | Articles, Writer to Writer
By Michael Laser Recently, I learned, to my great surprise, that a story I wrote has become an international bestseller. Nearly three million copies have been sold, and translations are forthcoming in dozens of languages. A movie version opened in the U.S. a few...
by Editor | Apr 20, 2017 | Interviews, Written
By Tina Jasperson This project began with a film, and you felt wasn’t finished, which prompted the book. At the end of the book, you say your greatest revelation is accepting that there is no end, just a new path. What’s next on your path? After...
by Editor | Mar 28, 2017 | Articles, Short Stories
By David Finkle | davidfinkle.com FOREWORD In presenting the following manuscript, I’m asking you, the reader, to recognize as true a series of (almost entirely) serendipitous incidents that will strain credulity to the breaking point and possibly far beyond...
