Why The Short Story? Lawrence Sargent Hall Reads “The Ledge”
I’ve been surveying my friends (Facebook and otherwise) to find out what short stories they have found important, influential, inspiring, or just plain entertaining. The list is long and varied and...
View ArticleWhy The Short Story? “Goosebumps,” says Dennis McFadden
Photo Credit: Heidi Brown Dennis McFadden lives and writes in an old farmhouse called Mountjoy on Bliss Road, just up Peaceable Street from Harmony Corners in upstate New York. “Diamond Alley,” from...
View ArticleSince we’ve started this conversation…
Our short story conversationalists have had a few rather lovely things happen in their writing lives since we started chatting about writing. Dennis McFadden, up next with his response to the question...
View ArticleDennis McFadden’s Working Man’s Quarters ~ Another View From the Keyboard
As promised, here is the writing space of Dennis McFadden, author of the very fine short story collection Hart’s Grove, and participant in this blog’s “Why The Short Story?” A Conversation Among...
View Article“When It’s Miller Time” ~ Dennis McFadden on Short Story Endings
As we come to the last questions of the series “Why The Short Story? A Conversation Among Writers,” we dig into the ideas and possibilities set forth by endings. Seems appropriate, doesn’t it? Dennis...
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