Quotes about Short fiction

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Each day Marda gets closer. The sub circles coral reefs off the coasts, where mermaids are said to like the colors of th — Holly Walrath, Pulp Literature Summer 2015: Issue 7
Boney freckled knees pressed into bits of bark and stone, refusing to feel any more pain.Her faded t-shirt hugged her pr — Kim Bongiorno, Part of My World: Short Stories
Coming home seemed to have started the healing process. No longer vivid and garish, the memories seemed to be covered in — Karen Fowler, Memories For Sale
The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure — grief did not obliterate joy.
The viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that — Francis M. Nevins Jr., Night and Fear: A Centenary Collection of Stories by Cornell Woolrich
The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little econ — Lawrence Block, Manhattan Noir
Violet carved her hate into her flesh one name at a time. — Damien Angelica Walters, Fireside Magazine, Summer 2012
When I am perfect, I will be allowed to leave. — Damien Angelica Walters, Electric Velocipede 25
They’ve made her something else now. — Damien Angelica Walters, They Make of You a Monster
A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are fin — Jonathan Carroll
CONGRATULATIONS DL Havlin! Your entry, "There are No Lights in Naples", an unpublished short fiction - flash fiction gen — Jeanelle Cooley
It's sad to see the devil cry. — Aubrey Brooks Esquire
Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful a — Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
The dictator’s black hand hadmade China a birdcage wrapped in red flags.--From "Balloons — Zoë S. Roy, Butterfly Tears