News and insights on our favorite niche form – linked short stories
… a.k.a. short story cycles a.k.a. novels-in-stories a.k.a. many more …
REVIEWS AND NEW COLLECTIONS
The History of Sound: Stories – “This tender collection of stories gives us a unique look at humanity and the way we’re all connected. This sits nicely with North Woods by Daniel Mason …”
Book Review: The Greater Massapequas – “Eccentric, funny, and real—explore Massapequa in this wide-ranging collection of linked short stories … “
Vigil, by Susie Taylor – “When I found out that Susie Taylor, author of the wonderful Even Weirder Than Before, had a new book coming out, I was naturally excited … “
Cool Water: Book Review – “I love when a book surprises me; when I open the pages and fall into a story that swallows up time and takes me some place I have not been before; when I meet characters who touch my heart and teach me something about life … “
Highway Thirteen: Stories – “A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer’s crimes in the lives of everyday people … “
We Have Always Been Who We Are – “From Pushcart Prize–nominated author Sofia T. Romero comes a breathtaking debut collection of interrelated stories suffused with magical realism … “
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
Mrs. Spring Fragrance and other writings – “A rediscovered classic of linked short stories set in San Francisco’s Chinatown, portraying Chinese Americans as they fall in love, encounter racism, and wrestle with their new, hyphenated identities – a century before writers like Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan … “
ARTICLES, THESES AND OTHER RESEARCH
Fixing the Future: Examining Social Cycles in Cold War Science Fiction Fix-Up Novels