I’ve been getting back into fiction. The short story, to be precise.
In the last 20 years, we’ve switched our story gobbling habits to over-index on movies, tv series, audiobooks, and podcasts. However, the short story is a remarkable medium, and one that—in my humble opinion—deserves more attention.
Why? Well, in a few short pages, the short story author must make us feel all the emotions that a movie or novel has many hours to accomplish.
I recently came across the excellent story, The Harvest, by acclaimed author, Amy Hempel.
It takes about 5 minutes to read it, but in that short period of time you’ll marvel at the twists and turns, you may discover a new way to tell a story, and you’ll likely question the line between truth and fiction many times over.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!