5 Top Tips for Writing Short Fiction Stories

There is no shortage of short fiction out there, which means there is a fair amount of competition in the world of publishing. Therefore, your work as an author needs to stand out. Here are five top tips for writing short fiction stories. 1) Understand What Makes a Short Fiction...

Machines of Another Era

Machines of Another Era by Bess Winter Opening these pages is like stepping through a secret doorway to discover a menagerie of wonders, impossibly beautiful. There are sentences here so fine, so perfectly worded, they made me gasp. Unsettling, mysterious, slightly subversive, deeply moving, these stories are small punches to...

The Rock Eaters: Stories

  The Rock Eaters: Stories by Brenda Peynado  A story collection, in the vein of Carmen Maria Machado, Kelly Link, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, spanning worlds and dimensions, using strange and speculative elements to tackle issues ranging from class differences to immigration to first-generation experiences to xenophobia What does it...