Because I'm wriggling my way into a couple of anthologies, I've had my eyes peeled lately for short stories, particularly YA and sci fi/dystopian short stories.
Short stories are a whole different structure from novels. A short story is no more a little novel than a child is a little adult. Short stories include different elements from novels, different tropes, different styles.
If you're like me, looking for more short stories and soaking them up, then here are a few good places to go:
Lightspeed Magazine is
a digital magazine that only costs about $3 per issue. Since it's online, it doesn't shy away from longer stories (
the issue I'm currently reading has a short story by Geroge R.R. Martin and while it is technically a
short story, you guys know the size of his novels, right?) and it actively explores current and past writers, with stories varying from steampunk (
an excellent one by Cassie Clare shares the same issue as an interview they did with me), sci fi, and more. It also--and this is what I find even more appealing--includes interviews and non-fiction articles.
You can read
Lightspeed Magazine on an e-reader, but it's also available on, for example, your Kindle app on your computer. Since everything inside is short, even if you don't have an e-reader, the content is still digestible on your computer.
Of course, when I think of short stories, I tend to think of anthologies. For a current anthology focusing on paranormal, may I suggest
Enthralled, edited by Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr (available in print or e-book)? This anthology is
huge, full of stories from some of the hottest authors right now--Kami Garcia, Carrie Ryan, Jerri Smith-Ready, and more. With sixteen stories in all, you'll be sure to find something you love.
So: I want to know--where are you getting your short story fix?
2 comments:
Two places, actually: Evenir Ecletia and Daily Science Fiction ezine. The stories are unique... and free. (Woot!) I actually wrote a blog on where I get my "short story fix" (although I didn't call it that - nice turn of phrase) recently, and you can get a tiny bit more information.
http://kathrineroid.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/reading-and-writing-every-day/
The best part? Between these two sources you can get a short story every day. Very inspiring.
Oh, great post! Love Lightspeed and, like Katherineroid suggested, Daily SF. You might check out Strange Horizons (www.strangehorizons.com), too. They're kickass.
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