Did you know it’s the Year of the Short Story? Me neither, but now we both know and our lives are richer for it.
What does this mean?
Basically, read, write, buy, and talking about short stories more!
I really am surprised that in this day and age the short story format isn’t more popular. I mean, we all have pretty short attention spans these days (I know I sure do). The short story is the perfect fiction format for the more noncommittal reader (myself included). It seems like everyone laments that the short story is dying, but no one really does anything about it or offers a solution to this problem.
So, buy a short story collection, read some online short fiction, and talk short fiction up. The next time someone says the short story is dying, start running and screaming, and claim that you are being chased by an undead short story because 2011 is the year the short story is being resurrected.
