A deft analysis and appreciation of fiction -- what makes it work and what can make it fail. Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page -- whether the reader is a beginner, a seasoned w...
The World's Best Short-Short Fictions in a Big, Little Book that you could probably carry in your Pocket.
Ten years ago, Jerome Stern, director of the writing program at Florida State, initiated the World's Best Short Short Story Contest. Stor...An eventful train ride. A fatefully timed snowstorm. Late night confessions, half-baked schemes, and bumbling sexual interludes leading nowhere. An endless string of office temp jobs, basement apartments, and crushing heartache. Relive the era at the...