I must confess that I read very little “flash” fiction (short stories under a thousand words), so I don’t consider myself an expert on the subject. All I know is that I found Spidersong by Alex Shvartsman be satisfyingly creepy. The spiders are coming, but with the adults chattering endlessly, the children cannot hear the […]
Category Archives: Short Stories
Short Story Review and Three-Question Interview: Twelvers by Leah Cypess
If you’ve ever read “The Happiest Baby on the Block,” then you’ve probably heard of the first three months of a baby’s life being referred to as “the missing fourth trimester.” Some theorize that with greater intelligence and greater head size, our babies come out a little too early, compared to other animals whose babies […]
Short Story Review and Three-Question Interview: Movement by Nancy Fulda
If I were given only one word to describe “Movement” by Nancy Fulda, I would choose beautiful. I have more words, and will do my best to use them well, but I wonder if any can do as much justice to the story as the one. Hannah is an unusual character, suffering from what specialists […]
Short Story Review and Three-Question Interview: The Sighted Watchmaker by Vylar Kaftan
Science fiction, in its full glory, teases our imagination and asks us to question the very nature of ourselves and our universe. The Sighted Watchmaker, by Vylar Kaftan, is such a story. Umos isn’t a maker. Or at least, he doesn’t think he is. The makers abandoned him, and now he must fulfill their desires […]