Short Fiction Daily

Today I am talking about 'How' by Lorrie Moore. This is the second story in Moore's collection 'Self-Help' that I will ...

Lorrie Moore's 'How to Become a Writer' is narrated in the second person by a character named Francine. The story is told in th...

Anthony Doerr is a writer of short stories and novels. Given his tremendous talent as a writer, it is surprising that Doerr is not more wel...

And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved ...

I have read many of George Saunders' stories over the past few years. It's surprising that I have yet to write about 'Sea Oak...

Here is every photo ever taken of Earnest Hemingway wearing glasses. Hard at work. Pondering the nature of the universe. ...

Lydia Davis is known for her experimental stories that are often quite compact. She experiments with form more than any other contemporary ...