Short Story Month 2012 Roundup

Alas, it’s May 31, so this concludes your Short Story Month 2012 coverage here at Fiction Writers Review! Miss a post—or need something to carry you over until we do it again next year? Here’s a mini-index:

Reviews:

• This Will Be Difficult to Explain, by Johanna Skibsrud: “Although the book feels light in the hand, the stories pack a concentrated, emotional punch.”
• This Isn’t the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You, by John McGregor: “This collection takes the reader in hand, big, sometimes-inexplicable things happen and you may not make it out alive. McGregor’s stories are anything but safe.”
• Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain, by Lucia Perillo: “A collection of wonders that readers will devour with immediacy.”
• A Vacation on the Island of Ex-Boyfriends, by Stacy Bierlein: “In Bierlein’s world, revenge is a dish that tastes even better with a little self-deprecating humor.”
• Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events, by Kevin Moffett: “Uncannily dreamlike while remaining rooted in real life.”
• I am an Executioner: Love Stories, by Rajesh Parameswaran: “The truth about these stories: they’ll break your heart.”
• Aerogrammes and Other Stories, by Tania James: “Feats of emotional range and inventiveness.”

Interviews:

• From Story to Novel: An Interview with Ben Fountain
• Even When I Was Gone, I Was Here: An Interview with Lysley Tenorio
• Serving the Story: An Interview with Richard Bausch
• It’s That Longing to Go Home Again: An Interview with Laura Maylene Walter

Essays:

• Metaphysical Description, Or How Many Potatoes Make How Much Vodka?
• The Movie and the Screen

And on the blog:

• Short story recommendations in our popular series “Stories We Love“
• “Get Writing” prompts to kickstart your own short fiction
• Thoughts on shorts from accomplished masters of the craft

Only 335 more days until Short Story Month 2013… but we’ll be back tomorrow (and every day until then) with more reviews, interviews, essays, and blog posts. Stay tuned!