“Forgetting” by Lucy A. Snyder has been the ultimate Story of the Month for me. I read it several years ago either as a link from her web site or a story on her site. It’s the melancholy tone that’s stayed with me. The story has five characters – daughter, mom, dad, dog and chicken. It’s… Continue reading Story of the Month – “Forgetting”
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Story of the Month – “Alice After the Mall”
I came across “Alice After the Mall” by John Jasper Owens shortly after it was published in Every Day Fiction. There are many good things about it but it’s the ending I keep thinking about. The first paragraph lets the reader know where Alice is and why she’s at the mall. It sets up the… Continue reading Story of the Month – “Alice After the Mall”
Story of the Month – “Salvation’s Children” by Christopher Hivner
This is a special story of the month because it fits in with Father’s Day.  Over a year ago I reviewed The Spaces Between Your Screams by Christopher Hivner for Niteblade. One of the standout stories for me was “Salvation’s Children” in which a father confronts a vampire for exacting revenge upon his family. Owen is… Continue reading Story of the Month – “Salvation’s Children” by Christopher Hivner
Story of the Month – “Dragon Snot and Chosen Ones”
This month’s highlighted story is “Dragon Snot and Chosen Ones” by Therese Arkenberg. It’s in the first issue of Untied Shoelaces of the Mind. Arkenberg’s story is one I read a few weeks ago. I knew it was a story worth sharing when I found myself telling my husband about it. It’s humor with a… Continue reading Story of the Month – “Dragon Snot and Chosen Ones”
Poem of the Month – Gravy
In a twist to the Story of the Month feature, I’d like to highlight a poem for National Poetry Month. My husband introduced me to it while the first Resident Corgi was going through chemotherapy. Except for the first six or seven weeks of his life, Zilla was with us for an unforgettable eleven years. The… Continue reading Poem of the Month – Gravy
Story of the Month – “Beluga, Beluga”
“Beluga, Beluga” was published in the Fall 2008 edition of Sotto Voce. Nothing happens as expected in this story by Mark Leahy. The first sentence immediately grabs the reader.  “I wake up on the foam mattress on my sister’s floor and for an hour the cat and I watch squirrels dart across the living room… Continue reading Story of the Month – “Beluga, Beluga”
Story of the Month – “Body At The Beach”
Christine A. Kirchoff’s “Body At The Beach” in Short Story Library is a prime example of flash fiction with a twist. Not all flash fiction will contain a twist at the end but the twist can make the piece memorable. This twist (and especially so in “A Girls Pleasure“) is the equivalent of watching two characters in a… Continue reading Story of the Month – “Body At The Beach”
Return of Story of the Month
The Story of the Month feature has been missing the last few months. Either I didn’t read much short fiction or nothing I read stuck. In November, I even had a story ready to post. It was something I read shortly before the end of October and I wasn’t sure if it really fit the… Continue reading Return of Story of the Month
No Short Story This Month
I usually highlight a short story on the 7th of every month. Really the only short stories I got to read were in the September issue of The First Line and the double issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There isn’t anything that keeps coming back to me so I’m going to skip one for… Continue reading No Short Story This Month
Story of the Month – “The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates”
It’s easy to pigeonhole some authors by the genre or format of their work. Stephen King is not one of them. His work has been published in print, e-book, comic book and multimedia forms. He can write horror, mystery, non-fiction, short stories and novels. And yes… he’s even working on a musical with John Mellencamp. … Continue reading Story of the Month – “The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates”