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“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”
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“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
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“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”
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“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”
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“Short fiction seems more targeted - hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When they work, they hit, they explode, and you never forget them. Long fiction feels more like atmosphere: it's a lot smokier and less defined.”
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Abigail’s 2025 Year in Books
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