It’s National Short Story Week! When I was in high school we didn’t really study short stories, but I remember reading a lot of Edgar Allan Poe on my own.
Several years ago one of my Rowdy Readers, Betty, was teaching a literature class at the local university and asked my opinion on a textbook she hoped to use – Fictions. I fell in love with short stories again and I’m a bit embarrassed to admit I never returned the book. Sorry Betty 🙂
So to celebrate the short story, here is what I’ll be reading this week, a list of collections I’ve read over the last year, a couple places to find some excellent collections and a journal that publishes short stories. Care to join me?
On my list
Accidental Birds of the Carolinas ~ Marjorie Hudson
The Naming of Ghosts ~ Steve Mitchell
One Last Good Time ~ Michael Kardos
Surrounded by Water ~ Stefanie Feele
Collections I’ve read over the last year
Come to Me ~ Amy Bloom
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You ~ Amy Bloom
The Bolero of Andi Rowe ~ Toni Margarita Plummer
Smothered, Scattered and Covered ~ Bob Strother
Swim Back to Me ~ Ann Packer
House on Belle Isle ~ Carrie Brown
Small presses for interesting collections
A journal of eclectic writing
A Writer's Window 