No Apologies: An Interview with Amber Sparks by Curtis Smith
I wanted to offer a version of transformation, of disappearing, that didn’t equate those things with weakness, but with power.
Tag Archives: Short stories
Review: Wake in the Night by Laura Krughoff (reviewed by Emily Webber)
Krughoff is no stranger to stories that highlight unique and under-heard voices.
Getting It Straight: An Interview with Jesse Waters (by Curtis Smith)
Like many of the entities and structures in the stories, I, too, am trying to figure something out or get something straight.
Every Single Bone: An Interview with Aaron Tillman (by Ryan Tackett)
“We live in an uncertain and mysterious world, yet we face so many pressures to act with incredible certainty. That tension, and the tension between urges and expectations, societal norms and personal passions, are where many stories are born, for me.”
Good People: An Interview with David Jauss (by Curtis Smith)
I’m with Grace Paley, who said “Write from what you know into what you don’t know.”
Review: Unruly Creatures by Jennifer Caloyeras (reviewed by Coty Poynter)
The stories themselves maneuver stylistically from realism to magical realism to social satire, yet the feeling of being trapped is always present, and Caloyeras sets out to ensure that the readers feel just as trapped as the characters do.
Review: Dead Girls and Other Stories by Emily Geminder (reviewed by Sean L. Corbin)
This is not a collection of stories overly dependent on plot; these are stories that attain their power through description, through syntax.
Review: So Many True Believers by Tyrone Jaeger (reviewed by Jared Lemus)
The nine stories in So Many True Believers explore topics that are often left unexamined for fear of discovering what lies behind the thin, almost translucent, veil of the human psyche
Review: Deer Michigan by Jack C. Buck (reviewed by Amelia White)
Deer Michigan by Jack C. Buck 98 Pages Truth Serum Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1925536256 Deer Michigan by Jack Buck is a collection of flash fiction that draws its […]
Review: Massive Cleansing Fire by Dave Housley (Reviewed by Marnie Silverman)
Massive Cleansing Fire by Dave Houlsey 120 Pages Outpost 19 (2017) ISBN: 978-1944853143 Like most short story collections, there is a thematic through line that runs through Dave Housley’s stories […]
