wetasphalt.com - 2/8/2009
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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.
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pyrsf.blogspot.com - 2/10/2009
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Over at Boing-Boing they've just called wraps on
their 'Undying love in ≤150 characters' competition (the challenge
was to write a love poem in no more than 150 characters: "this is a contest where speed and cleverness beat diligence ... remember that ...
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February 9, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
Just reminding people about the Shirley Jackson Awards Lottery. Victoria Blake on eBooks. Michele Lee on The Best Short Fiction You're Missing Out On. Carl Brandon's Feb. Recommended Reading List. Humans Are Among Us ad. Shaun Farrel asks various personalities on the state of Spec Fic Magazines (also read the comments!). JF Quackenbush on Why I Hate Short Stories. Bookslut interviews Benjamin Parzybok. Greg van Eekhout has a soundtrack-deprived video on How to ...
SF Tidbits for 2/9/09
SF Signal —
... At Wet Asphalt: Why I Hate Short Stories: A Short Article on Why Short Fiction is Short on Interest by J F Quackenbush: "Because short stories are nothing more than a vehicle for recognition by most writers, they don't matter." [via ...
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