Equal parts surreal and sharp, devastating and delightful, Daniel Chacón’s “The Last Philosopher in Texas” has something for everyone.
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All articles filed in Short Stories
Julia Ridley Smith’s “Sex Romp Gone Wrong” Doesn’t Just Tease; It Delivers
A favorite writing teacher, one particularly enamored with short stories, once told me never to approach a collection with the expectation that all, or even most, will be good. He’d said one, two tops, is all you can reasonably ask for. Not every story in “Sex Romp Gone Wrong” carries emotional heft or grace, but a surprising number of them come close and are destined to be read again and again.
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Puzzles, Trust, and Mystery: An Interview with Ellen Birkett Morris and Abby Lipscomb
An author-on-author interview with Ellen Birkett Morris and Abby Lipscomb.
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Trauma, Loss, and the Fantastical: An Author-on-Author Interview with Bradley Sides and Clifford Garstang
An author-on-author interview with Bradley Sides and Clifford Garstang.
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Genre-Bending “House Gone Quiet” Probes What It Means to Belong
A review of the short story collection, “House Gone Quiet,” by Kelsey Norris.
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Haunting Realities in “Human Sacrifices”
“Human Sacrifices,” Ecuadorian writer María Fernanda Ampuero’s short story collection translated by Frances Riddle, explores issues of social inequality through her gripping horror collection centered on Latina womanhood.
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Grateful for Grit Lit
This season, I’m particularly grateful for grit lit, which I dared to revisit this summer after a years-long hiatus.
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Capturing “what it is like to live beside, beneath, above, near, and among others”: Lydia Davis’ “Our Strangers”
A review of Lydia Davis’ new collection, “Our Strangers.”
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Risk, Rebellion, and Growth in “Good Women”
Halle Hill’s story collection, “Good Women,” features women on the precipice of change.
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LaToya Watkins Explores the Sweat, Love, and Lies of Texas in “Holler, Child: Stories”
A masterful and deeply heartful look into the lives of a diverse set of emotionally complicated characters in this short story collection set in Texas.
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