Author: Cliff

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.
August 23, 2010

>Prime Number Magazine — update 2.3

> The latest update (Prime Decimals 2.3) to Prime Number Magazine is up. It features flash fiction by Paul Griner, flash non-fiction by Rebecca K….
August 23, 2010

>Writing the Literary Short Story — begins August 30

> The class I’m teaching at Writers.com was supposed to begin tomorrow, August 23, but we’re going to delay the kickoff by one week. If…
August 21, 2010

>Emily Dickinson :: The Belle of Amherst, BRCC November 12

> Emily Dickinson :: The Belle of Amherst – Pam Chabora in Live Theatre, Private Acting Coaching Classes, Fargo, ND, Beckley, WV There are…
August 17, 2010

>Awards for In an Uncharted Country

> This isn’t new news anymore, but the local paper just ran a short piece about the Maria Thomas Award that my book, In an…
August 17, 2010

>SWAG Hosts Self-Publishing Workshop

> Earlier this year I started an organization called SWAG: the Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta Group of Writers, a sub-group of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the…
August 16, 2010

>Writing the Literary Short Story

> My course “Writing the Literary Short Story” begins 8/23 on Writers.com/Writers on the Net. Past participants have found the class very helpful. Have…
August 16, 2010

>Anis Shivani: Anis Shivani: 17 Literary Journals That Might Survive the Internet (PHOTOS)

> Last week, Anis Shivani created some controversy with his list of overrated American writers. His new list is going to draw less fire,…
August 16, 2010

>The New Yorker: "Second Lives" by Daniel Alarcón

> According to the Q&A with Daniel Alarcón, this is an outtake from a novel the author is working on, but it seems to work…
August 13, 2010

>Bread Loaf

>In case anyone wonders, I’m not at Bread Loaf, which got underway yesterday.
August 12, 2010

>The New Yorker: "The Train of Their Departure" by David Bezmozgis

> Begrudgingly, I have to admit that this excerpt from Bezmozgis’s novel in progress, The Free World, works pretty well as a short story….