Category: Short Stories
One Horn to Rule Them All
by Shannon Fox
One Horn to Rule Them All: A Purple Unicorn Anthology Unicorns, with their single ivory horn, are elusive and magical creatures of myth. Yet even more elusive are the purple unicorns. First sighted at the Superstars Writing Seminar, their legend has grown year after year until it could only be contained in this anthology. Nineteen storytellers, including Peter S. Beagle, Todd McCaffrey, and Jody … Read More One Horn to Rule Them All
African Folktales
by Shannon Fox
By Roger D. Abrahams Nearly 100 stories from over 40 tribe-related myths of creation, tales of epic deeds, ghost stories and tales set in both the animal and human realms. My goodness this was a long, hard slog! This was my second attempt at reading more mythology, fairy tales, and folk tales in my effort to increase my awareness of storytelling archetypes. I started … Read More African Folktales
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
by Shannon Fox
Edited by Dave Eggers The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field, making the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. I’m not sure where I picked this book up, but I’ve had it for quite … Read More The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
Bodies
by Shannon Fox
Bodies by Osmond Arnesto The first printed collection of the author’s poetry and prose. Also featured is a short story on the joys of accounting. For the lonely, the lost, and everyone who has ever known the feeling. I met Osmond in a few of my writing classes at UCSD. He always impressed me with his comic and heartfelt way of dealing with deeply … Read More Bodies
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me
by Shannon Fox
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me by Kate Bernheimer Michael Cunningham, Francine Prose, Aimee Bender, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, and more than thirty other extraordinary writers celebrate fairy tales in this thrilling new volume. Inspire by everything from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” and “The Little Match Girl” to Charles Perrault’s “Bluebeard” and “Cinderella” to the Brothers Grimm’s “Hansel … Read More My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me
Reading of The Unicorn’s Girl
by Shannon Fox
I posted this short story a few months ago, but a couple weeks ago, I got the chance to read it in front of an audience.
Short Fiction: The Christmas Village
by Shannon Fox
I wrote this story a few days ago, on the plane to Colorado. The idea actually came to me back in November, when I visited the display at Seattle’s Armory Center, but I just now got around to writing it. Hope you enjoy it and Merry Christmas to you and yours! Joseph really didn’t want to be at the Christmas Village on the 23rd … Read More Short Fiction: The Christmas Village
Short Fiction: The Caretaker
by Shannon Fox
Hi guys. This is a short writing exercise I did the other day. I used the prompt for October 17th from A Writer’s Book of Days by Judy Reeves. Kind of quickly thrown together, but in the spirit of Halloween, enjoy! The Caretaker by Shannon Fox The caretaker had lived alone on the hill for more than half a century. His hair had grown … Read More Short Fiction: The Caretaker
Under A Glass Bell
by Shannon Fox
Under A Glass Bell by Anais Nin Under a Glass Bell was self-published by Anaïs Nin in 1944, using a manual press. This collection of thirteen short stories, beautifully crafted in a style influenced by French surrealism, but uniquely Nin’s, brought her national attention when Edmund Wilson of The New Yorker reviewed it. Considered one of Nin’s most successful works of fiction, the tales … Read More Under A Glass Bell
Fragile Things
by Shannon Fox
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night . . Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams—and nightmares . . . In a Hugo Award–winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England . . . These … Read More Fragile Things
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