Short Story Roundup

I found two essay written in praise of the short story. The first popped up yesterday over at Murderati and written by Angela Savage http://www.murderati.com/blog/2011/12/8/the-allure-of-the-short-story.html And Terri Farley Moran writes about why we should read short stories http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/12/the-mysterious-short-story-why-read-it/

Brian Lindenmuth passed along a link to a new zine called Conjectural Figments http://www.conjecturalfigs.blogspot.com/ They're looking for short stories up to 5000 words in all the genres. The theme for the first issue is Transhumanism, deadline is December 23 with publication on January 3, 2012. This is a non-paying market.

Schlock Magazine has published its Apocalypse issue http://schlockmagazine.net/ Congrats to friends of the blog Manuel Royal, Ron Scheer, and Thomas Pluck who all have stories in this issue!!

And if you're having a bit of trouble tapping into that Christmas Spirit ( that's spirit, not liquid spirits, guys!) drop on over to the Drowning Machine for a real Christmas treat. Naomi Johnson's newest short story, and it's loads of fun! http://drowningmachine.blogspot.com/2011/12/dashers-version-by-naomi-johnson.html