The Best Of The First Line: Editors' Picks: 2002-2006

by David LaBounty, John Vanderslice (Contributor)

The Best of The First Line Editors Picks: 2002-2006 contains twenty-three of our favorite stories from Spring 2002 (our first perfect bound issue) to Winter 2006 (Jeff s last issue with the journal).

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

David LaBounty's plays have been performed in classrooms, cafeterias, and on main stages across the country. His fiction and essays have appeared in numerous children's and general interest magazines, and he has reviewed books for national and daily newspapers. He also is the author of two perzines: The Vellum Underground and Bookstores and Baseball. David runs Blue Cubicle Press, where he publishes the award-winning and internationally recognized literary journals Workers Write! and The First Line.

Reviews

[Hugh Atkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this literary journal of short stories. It comes out quarterly and has 20-22 stories. The journal provides the opening line, and the writers go from there. The stories are sharp and have a strong beginning, middle, and end, with every story having its plot resolved. I tire of short stories that I suppose are trying to be literary, but do not seem to have a clear ending. I highly recommend this journal.