Besty Dornbusch & “The Silver Scar” Betsy Dornbusch writes epic fantasy. She has also dabbled in science fiction and she has written and published short stories that have appeared in over a dozen magazines and anthologies. Her first fantasy novel came out in 2012 and her latest trilogy is wrapping up, after Exile and Emissary, with…
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Returning to the Horror of it All … by F. P. Dorchak
After I released Voice last year, my thoughts once again turned to something I’d been considering for a while… Short stories. Now, I’m not an award-winning anything (I’d always wanted to be some kind of a William F. Nolan— who at one point claimed to have published everything he’d ever written—but I’m not…), rarely known…
Short Story Anthologies with Class (for my homework)
By Patricia Stoltey I just finished reading the complete Crossing Colfax anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, then headed off to Goodreads and Amazon to post my comments and rate the book a big beautiful five stars. Writers who can produce quality stories with unique ideas, imaginative twists, and great characters, and fit all of…
I Hate Writing to Prompts, But Just This One Time….
By Patricia Stoltey I hate writing to prompts. And I’ve been writing short stories for years without much luck getting published. So when I had an opportunity to submit to an anthology of retold folk tales, in a genre I never write, I almost passed up the chance. Then my sense of adventure kicked in…not…
George Saunders on Writing
By Mark Stevens One of the most highly-decorated writers of the last few years stopped by The Tattered Cover a couple weeks ago. The man was George Saunders, who wrote the short-story collection Tenth of December. Saunders has been showered in praise and critical acclaim. Shower? More like Niagara Falls. The list of awards and…