Short Thought on Short Fiction
bscreview.com 9/1/2009 — Keith Rawson makes his official debut as a contributor at BSC by reviving the Short Thoughts on Short Fiction column. This edition takes a look at stories by Kieran Shea, Liam Sweeny and Sandra Seamans. Give Keith a shout out (or put the boots to him) in the comments. Check out his column ...

Why I Hate Short Stories: A Short Article on Why Short Fiction is Short on Interest
wetasphalt.com 2/8/2009 — I don't like short stories. I have never made this a secret. There is the occasional writer like Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges or Gabriel Garcia Marquez who writes short stories that I like. But these writers are few and far between.  ...

Short Fiction Beat: Long Live the Short Story
blackgate.com 9/27/2009 — The short story is dead. The short story is where aspiring writers hone their craft. Markets for short stories are dwindling. We’re in a golden age of short story creativity and innovation. Print is dead. And so on and so forth. We’ve ...

The State of Short Fiction
jimhines.livejournal.com 1/29/2009 — I have too many friends writing too many books. davidjwilliams just saw the mass market release of his novel Mirrored Heavens [ Amazon | Mysterious Galaxy ] . His cat Spartacus introduces the book over on Dave's blog , mentioning that "Iron Man ...

Free Short Short Story: Scarlett
mikebrotherton.com 8/1/2009 — I’ve been updating some old files and thinking about getting back to some short story writing. I came across this short short I wrote back in the late 1990s. Got a few nibbles on this one but it never sold, although I still like it quite a ...

Free Short Story by Neil Gaiman and More!
scifichick.com 1/12/2009 — Free Download: Neil Gaiman’s A Study In Emerald Audible.com is offering a free download of the audio book Neil Gaiman’s A Study In Emerald. A wonderful short story from Harper Collins and available FREE (NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED). Click here for the ...

Short Thoughts on Short Fiction Vol. 12: Give it up for the ladies!
bscreview.com 9/22/2009 — Following yesterday's mention of cliché busting female characters in the small crime presses Keith Rawson focuses this weeks Short Thought on Short Fiction on the tough women of short crime fiction. Check out what he has to say.... Related posts: Short Thoughts on Short Fiction Vol. 10: ...

Short fiction news
angryrobotbooks.com 10/20/2009 — A recent issue of Interzone Even though we don’t have any short fiction titles on our list, we’re huge fans of the short form, here at Angry Robot, which is why we’re absolutely delighted to be able to inform you of a few short stories by Angry Robot authors in some of our ...

Assorted new LibriVox Science Fiction short stories
sffaudio.com 9/11/2009 — Here are three short Science Fiction stories with a humorous bent. They’re taken from a new LibriVox audiobook called Coffee Break Collection 001 . Book coordinator Bellona Times sez: “This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee ...

Clarke 'wants Doctor Who return'
digitalspy.co.uk 1/28/2009 — Noel Clarke wants to return to Doctor Who to reprise his role as Mickey Smith.