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I’ve read about 40 short stories over the last 3 weeks. On the one hand, I’m glad to see a thread about them in here — that is awesome! On the other, a lot of m
by barbariangrunge 4y ago
I’ve read about 40 short stories over the last 3 weeks. On the one hand, I’m glad to see a thread about them in here — that is awesome! On the other, a lot of my favourite stories have been from lesser known authors and it feels bad thinking of how hard it would be for one of them to get a lot of upvotes like a famous person would
For those who don’t know, indie publishing is extremely arduous, yet a lot of the work is excellent. Some time, go out and pick a short story collection by a group of authors you have never heard of and check it out! You might be surprised by what you find (provided the editor was good).
Note: there are often 10-100 submissions for every one that gets accepted too, so you are already having the less interesting ones filtered out for you, if you ever worry about that
- alexdig 4y agoAre there any stories that stuck with you and would like to share? I also had a period of time when i was reading many short stories but lost steam after trying a few which I didn't like. A side-effect of reading short stories is that I forgot their title/author, including the 2-3 stories I enjoyed the most. Or maybe I'm just forgetful. One which I do remember is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Vision_(novella) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Vision_(nov...
- barbariangrunge 4y agoI’m really enjoying “howls from the dark ages” right now!