I have a blog now. I can’t decide if that’s good, bad, or potentially catastrophic, but I’m going to run with it. The third short story in my weekly/sort of weekly short story binge is one I’ve been eager to read for quite a while now. Not only is the author of this story a local Richmond writer, the story itself is set in Richmond. Big as it is, Richmond isn’t exactly at the level of the global cities you always see in books, movies, and television (I’m looking at you New Yo

I have a blog now. I can’t decide if that’s good, bad, or potentially catastrophic, but I’m going to run with it. To recap, I started this blog last week by documenting the beginning of my short story reading. As a writer who doesn’t read enough, I’ve decided to ease back into reading with a number of short stories that I can then talk about on this blog. Of course, this won’t be the only topic I’ll ever discuss. There are an infinite amount of short stories out there, but li

I have a blog now. I can’t decide if that’s good, bad, or potentially catastrophic, but I’m going to run with it. For this first blog post I’m writing about what I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit is a new venture of mine, reading short stories. I might be a writer, but I’m a terrible reader. I’ve been out of college for almost two years and I can probably count the number of books I’ve read to completion since then on one hand. Meanwhile, I would need an entire orchestra of h