Taber wrote a short story about the shocking results. The event—known as The Judgment of Paris—brought international recognition to the winery, its pioneers and to Napa Valley, helping it ...

The preceding paragraph is a short origin story of about 100 words. It contains four elements that origin stories should offer: structure, characters, conflict, and resolution. Featured Video ...

Each year the hast American short stories are hand-picked by a distinguished jury. The O. Henry Memorial Awards are conferred on the best. and the finalists, a group of some twenty, are then ...

Lydia Millet's characters in Atavists interact and have little dramas of their own — the author's talent is on full display here. Not every story is strong, but they work well together.

Short Stories for the competition: Send in a story stating the element of inspiration (the element does not need to be in the title, but, if not, then please state it separately.) The story can be ...

Runaway, Alice Munro (2004) It would be easy to make an argument for Alice Munro as the world’s finest living writer. She’s certainly the best practitioner of the short-story form at present ...

The Art of the Short Story Dana Gioa, R. S. Gwynn. Longman Publishing Group, $18.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-321-33722-1 ...