Tag Archives: short-story

What Ails the Short Story

From Stephen King’s essay, What Ails the Short Story: “‘The American short story is alive and well.’ Do you like the sound of that? Me too. I only wish it were actually true. The art form is still alive — that I can testify to. As editor of ‘The Best American Short Stories 2007,’ I [...]

Untitled 1978

I knew from class that her last name was Stagger-Lee. It took me until about a week ago to discover that it was a hyphenated name. I originally thought her last name was Staggerly, like an adverb. But it’s not. It’s hyphenated. One of her parents is named Stagger, and the other, Lee. As their [...]

A Quick Story

I want to tell a quick story, a little this is how this happened, and this is why it was interesting, and because of this, that happened, and why that is interesting, and actually come to a conclusion after the that happens, before it can lead to a the other thing, which inevitably will lead [...]

Dear Ms. Numenor

Ms. Elizabeth Numenor
Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School
1602 Lucretia Avenue
San Jose, CA 95122
Dear Ms. Numenor,
First, let me thank you for sending the note regarding my son, Joseph. In the four years that Joseph went to RFK Elementary, this was the first time I’d ever received a note from his teacher; unfortunately, I have the feeling that [...]

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