Mark Pleiss & April Warnings The first novel from Mark Pleiss is called April Warnings and it’s a series of interconnected stories set in and around Baxter County in Nebraska as a twister bears down. The narratives are connected by the Midwestern ritual of going into an underground tornado shelter, the disappearance of a young…
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Six Short Story Traps and Quick Escapes, Plus a Giveaway
Henry David Thoreau once wrote: “Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” Henry nailed it; writing short is more challenging than writing long. There is promise and magic inherent in the short story, but there are common common traps that waylay unwary writers.