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Category Archives: Short-Story Month
Short-Story Month, Day 24. Anthologies I’m Looking Forward To
By Jeff Baker I submit stories to a lot of anthologies and I only get in a few (which is a pretty good average!) and I’m looking forward to one I didn’t get published in: “Schoolbooks and Sorcery,” an LGBT inclusive YA … Continue reading →
Short-Story Month, Day 23 (late!) Stuff I Don’t Usually Read
By Jeff Baker I don’t read a lot of Westerns and probably will never read a Western novel but I found a treasure trove of Western short-stories while back. Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg edited a series of paperbacks … Continue reading →
Side-Character Stories. Short-Story Month, Day # 22
By Jeff Baker “And then what happened?” The question which may indicate that a kid is going to try to become a writer, but writers ask it too. I’m actually thinking about the relationship (just friends) of two characters in a … Continue reading →
“Best-Of” Anthologies I Love. Short-Story Month Day #21
By Jeff Baker I read (and buy) tons of “Best Of The Year” anthologies. We are living in a golden age for Best-Ofs. Here are a few I love: Lethe Press’ fine “Wilde Stories” (Best Gay Speculative Fiction,) “Heiresses of … Continue reading →
More On the Same Theme; Day #20 of Short-Story Month.
By Jeff Baker What short-stories do I want more of? I’ve actually spoken (online) with Steve Berman, asking for more of his series set in the mysterious “Fallen Area,” a part of a city taken over by magic and shunted … Continue reading →
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“Not In Kansas Anymore” (Ahem!) Two Masters of the short story for Day #19 of Short-Story Month.
By Jeff Baker (in Wichita, Kansas) For Day # 19 of Short-Story Month, the theme is stories by an author from a country other than your own. I’ll recommend just about anything by two masters of the form. First; “The … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Jorge Luis Borges, Short-Stories, Short-Story Month, Uncategorized
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Historical Fiction for Day #18 of Short-Story Month.
By Jeff Baker I love historical fiction, and there are plenty of short-stories in the genre. Steven Saylor wrote a series of novels and short stories set in Ancient Rome featuring Gordianus the Finder, basically a private detective. The short … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Fiction, LGBT, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short-Stories, Short-Story Month, Steven Saylor, Uncategorized
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Prize Winning Stories for Day #17 of Short-Story Month
By Jeff Baker On the subject of prize winning short stories, while I read the Hugo and Nebula Award anthologies, I generally don’t look for an award as criteria when I’m scoping out fiction to read. But some of the … Continue reading →
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YA Short-Stories; Short-Story Month, Day #16
By Jeff Baker When I was a kid (I mean, really a kid) I had subscriptions to two magazines: “Jack and Jill” and “Golden Magazine.” (and I sent my first submission off to J & J about 1968, to one … Continue reading →
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Holiday Stories, Short-Story Month, Day # 15
By Jeff Baker I have a tradition involving reading short stories around Christmas. I re-read two stories by the great British author Margery Allingham. The first, “On Christmas Day In The Morning,” involves her detective Albert Campion (a man who … Continue reading →