August again and another bout of a short story a day, with the usual proviso, some days none, some days two or more to catch up.
It's a great way of trying new authors or re-visiting old favourites and there are plenty of great sources of stories around the web........ Spelk Fiction, Shotgun Honey, Close 2 the Bone, All Due Respect, Bristol Noir, Tough, Yellow Mama Webzine, Strand Magazine, Fairlight Shorts, Punk Noir Magazine, Mystery Tribune - to mention a few.
Author websites can be great sources as well.
2nd - Pamela Ebel - Love and Death at the Red Onion (Shotgun Honey)
3rd - Preston Lang - The Woman from Florence (All Due Respect)
4th - Steven Berry - The Gangster's Game (All Due Respect)
5th - Beau Johnson - Making the World Livable Again (Punk Noir Magazine)
8th - Liam Sweeny - Beggar's Brunch (Spelk Fiction)
9th - Mark J. Newman - Long Time Coming (Bristol Noir)
10th - Maura Yzmore - Pixie Dust (Spelk Fiction)
11th - Mark J. Newman - The Homecoming (Bristol Noir)
12th - Tom Leins - Recalibration (Pulp Modern)
14th - Jason Beech - Loose Words (Spelk Fiction)
15th - Bill Baber - Going to Find Her (Spelk Fiction)
16th - Todd Morr - Love or Money (Shotgun Honey)
17th - Margot Kinberg - Silence is Golden (Crime and Mystery Writer Margot Kinberg)
18th - Tom Leins - Splatterproof is Not a Challenge (Shotgun Honey)
19th - Cindy Rosmus - Homicidal Hubby (Yellow Mama Webzine)
22nd - Bill Pronzini - Possibilities (Strand Magazine)
23rd - Jason Jawando - How Lucky You Are (Fairlight Shorts)
24th - Michael Pool - Everything's Coming Up Duane (All Due Respect)
25th - John Patrick Robbins - Indiana Cold (Punk Noir Magazine)
26th - L A Sykes - Rollerblades (Spelk Fiction)
27th - Gary Lovisi - Dry Run (Yellow Mama Webzine)
28th - Tom Leins - Oozy Rat in a Sanitary Zoo (Spelk Fiction)
29th - M.E. Purfield - Bumper (Tough)
30th - Paul D. Brazill - A Tissue of Webs (Paul D. Brazill)
31st - N.B. Turner - Old-Fashioned (Shotgun Honey)
Previous outings.......
AUGUST, 2016 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
AUGUST, 2017 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
AUGUST, 2018 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
AUGUST, 2019 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
FEBRUARY, 2020 - 29 DAYS, 29 SHORTS!
AUGUST, 2016 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
AUGUST, 2017 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
AUGUST, 2018 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
AUGUST, 2019 - 31 DAYS, 31 SHORTS!
FEBRUARY, 2020 - 29 DAYS, 29 SHORTS!
These are great resources, Col - thanks. I think short stories are a great alternative to novels, especially if you want to 'meet' an author for the first time without investing too much time into it. And for the author, it's an interesting medium that stretches the writing muscles.
ReplyDeleteMargot, I have to agree with you.
DeleteI did not realize you had been doing this 31 days of short stories for so long. I read a good number of short stories in August, but they were all science fiction or fantasy.
ReplyDeleteTracy, it's been a while. I'm trying to do it every quarter now, so I'll see how that goes.
DeleteHi Col, thanks for including a handful of my stories in your August reading list!
ReplyDeleteTom, you're very welcome. I'm hoping to read some of your collection soon!
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