Posts Tagged ‘short stories’
Kindle version of Foreign & Far Away anthology now available
You may remember that I announced when the Foreign & Far Away anthology was launched back in October. I’d now like to let readers know that the Kindle version is now available, at the following Amazon link. This anthology is released each year by the organization Writer’s Abroad, following a call for contribution from expat…
Read MoreHappy National Short Story Week 2013!
This is a good year for the short story. Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the (well-deserved) Nobel Prize for Literature last month. Plenty of online journals and e-readers provide possibilities for short story writers to get their stories out there to a reading public. In the words of the talented author, Lorrie Moore:…
Read MoreMy short story, Balinese Traditions, is now online at Anak Sastra Magazine
A short story of mine set in Bali has just been published and made available online in Issue 13 of Anak Sastra Magazine, a literary magazine dedicated to publishing works by Southeast Asian writers or writers who set their work in this region. I enjoy reading this online magazine with stories, poems, and essays set…
Read MoreMy short story, Stari most, is now online at Milk Sugar Literary journal
One of my short stories, Stari most, had been accepted in the online literary journal, Milk Sugar, and is now available online in the October/November 2013 issue. I always enjoy reading Milk Sugar, so I’m pleased to have my story included here. My story title is the Bosnian word for Old Bridge, the name for…
Read MoreRead international short stories and poems for a good cause…
I am very pleased to have, for the second year in a row, one of my short stories, Amica del cuore, included in the Writers Abroad annual anthology. One of the things I love about this anthology is that writers and Writers Abroad members who put together the annual publication are not paid for their…
Read MoreToday’s the book launch of Catherine McNamara’s Pelt and Other Stories
I am very excited to announce today’s launch of a short story collection spanning continents, Pelt and Other Stories, by my friend, the author Catherine McNamara. I’ve already had Catherine on this blog when her novel The Divorced Lady’s Companion to Living in Italy came out. In an author interview, Catherine shared information and advice…
Read MoreMy story, Amica del cuore, will be published in the Far Flung and Foreign anthology
Recently I got the news that my short story, Amica del cuore, will be published in the annual anthology of Writers Abroad. I wrote about the call for contributions in an earlier post. The title of this year’s anthology is Far Flung and Foreign, and contributors to this year’s anthology were asked to contribute a…
Read MoreHappy retirement, Alice Munro!
I know that many admirers – like me – of Canadian short story writer Alice Munro were saddened to know that the talented author has announced her retirement from writing. I love Ms Munro’s stories, always based in the same Canadian regions and following the lives of every day men and women. Although the stories…
Read MoreCall for submissions at Writers Abroad
Writers, sharpen your pencils. The submission period is open for the Writers Abroad annual anthology. Each year, the writers group Writers Abroad publishes an anthology, organized around a particular theme. This year’s theme is Far Flung and Foreign. They seek submissions of short stories (up to 1700 words), flash fiction (up to 500 words), non-fiction (up to 1000…
Read MoreMy story, Stari most, has been accepted in an online journal
I just received the good news that one of my short stories, Stari most, has been accepted by Milk Sugar: A Literary Journal. I enjoy reading the stories in this online journal, so I was very pleased to learn that my story was accepted for publication in its October/November 2013 edition. Much of my inspiration…
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