I first read a Pinckney Benedict story before I realized who Pinckney was, and before I realized I would be studying in a program where...

…because I haven’t written any reviews or critiques of the stuff I’ve been reading… So, in the meantime, let me ruminate about a couple...

This story kicks off American Short Fiction’s winter 2009 issue with a bang. Or a thwack. Or…some other word that deftly uses...

One of the original goals of starting this new blog was to read and review (and thereby, promote) short fiction appearing in American...

[su_note](Editor’s Note: You can find even more posts about Dorothy Parker’s story, You Were Perfectly Fine, by checking out the Dorothy...

Where I’m Calling From, originally appeared in The New Yorker and was later included in two of author Raymond Carver’s short story...

If you’ve read an American Fiction anthology printed in the last thirty years or so, you’ve likely read one of two stories by Flannery...