Short-story

Short-story writers are often told that if they don't grab the attention of an editor immediately with a hot hook in the opening sentence or opening paragraph, the editor will reject the story.

Writing Question: Strong Openings odysseyworkshop 2009

Short-story collection of the decade if not the century - Boing Boing

Boing Boing 2009

Short-story collection by the prizewinning author.

This Week's Acquisitions 2006

Short-story collection by the prizewinning author.

The Little Professor: 2006

The Short-story is of very great importance to the

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

Short-story which fails from sheer deficiency of style: here is one of the very finest Short-story ideas ever given to mortal man, but the handling is at best barely sufficient.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

The Short-story is nothing if there is no story to tell.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

Short story is a difference of kind, A true Short-story is something other and something more than a mere story which is short.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

States, The conditions which have killed the Short-story in England do not obtain elsewhere; and elsewhere there are not a few good writers of

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

Although as a form of fiction the Short-story is not inferior to the Novel, and although it is not easier, all things considered, yet its brevity makes its composition simpler for the 'prentice hand.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various