There’s an interesting essay by Laura Miller of Salon, about the plight of the short story, here:
http://www.salon.com/2013/02/21/sorry_the_short_story_boom_is_bogus/
Laura Miller misses one point though. The general public doesn’t want “finer” short stories. Give them stories that are fun and exciting and they’ll come back to them. Slow-paced, overwritten literary stories have killed the art, and the market for the art. In its heyday, the short story was a popular art form—THE popular American art form, from O. Henry through Scott Fitzgerald. It’s a gateway to the novel for readers—a gateway to reading in general. The short story needs to be as readable and entertaining as possible.
Which is what this blog is about and what my ebook Ten Pop Stories is about. Buy it and find out!
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