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Short Stories for Kids is a new app by Internet Design Zone featuring five classic fables. The first story, The Ant and the Grasshopper, is free, while the remaining four are available as a one-time in-app purchase of $1.99. these stories feature colorful illustrations and a moral at the end of each. There are two [...]
By Ellen Ma Staff Writer REVIEWGarth Ennis brings you this series that consists of eight standalone short stories taken place during World War II, with one set in the Spanish Civil War. Although Ennis is the main writer, each story is taken on by a different artist. The unique quality about this series is the [...]
It takes great skill to step into the shoes of short story writers. This is because short story writers are required to weave an enthralling spell of magic in a very short duration, and with the use of a very limited number of words. Composing short stories is among the most challenging, most satisfying, yet, [...]
I would like to share a story a friend sent to me: A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour [...]
Hopefully this will be a regular column once a month about notable upcoming books in the month to come. These books will be available for pre-order onl. *Disclaimer* there are many more fantasy/sci-fi books to come out in August, but I’ve picked and chose more notable ones. Wards of Faerie: the Dark Legacy of Shannara by [...]
AS Byatt, Melvyn Bragg, Daisy Waugh and Andrew Holgate discuss the range of stories examine, the pleasures and irritations of judging and the future for short fiction as studying gadgets prosper and the way we talk adjustments rapidly. From fantasy tales to reality stories and every thing in in between – all publications can be [...]
When I was a teenager, newly fixated on becoming a writer, I came across a piece of advice from Kurt Vonnegut that affected me like an ice cube down the back of my shirt. “Do not use semicolons,” he said. “They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to [...]
Athens author Terry Kay was named a 2012 Author of the Year by the Georgia Writers Association in ceremonies conducted at Kennesaw State University on June 16. Kay’s “The Greats of Cuttercane” was selected in the Short story category. It is the fourth time Kay has been honored by the Georgia Writers Association. Previous titles [...]
In an effort to increase youth readership, Kentucky first Lady Jane Beshear today announced her top 10 Summer Reading List as a part of the first Lady’s Reading Recommendations Initiative. “Educators have long known that reading over summer vacation leads to improved performance when school resumes, and fosters a lifelong love of reading,” said Mrs. [...]