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.
January 5, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Limner" by Julian Barnes

>Didn’t you think this was a little too predictable? It was a nicely told tale, skillfully using archaic language and syntax, as if Barnes…
January 5, 2009

>New Issue: Per Contra

>The Winter issue of Per Contra went live today. I’m especially pleased about that because my story In the Palace of Cortés is in…
January 4, 2009

>Sunday Miscellany

>1. Give Blood. Yesterday, I gave blood for the first time in a long time. They made it easy by setting up a mobile…
January 4, 2009

>7 Things

>Ryan Call tagged me for the 7 Things About Me meme, and since I haven’t posted anything for a couple of days, I’ll play:…
January 1, 2009

>Happy Bloggiversary to Me!

>Perpetual Folly came into being on January 1, 2005, so we are four years old today. Readership has steadily grown, although we’re still small…
January 1, 2009

>2008 New Yorker Story of the Year

>Congratulations to Joshua Ferris! Perpetual Folly readers have spoken and Ferris’s story, The Dinner Party, has been chosen as the New Yorker Story of…
January 1, 2009

>See You in a Hundred Years by Logan Ward

>The paperback edition of Logan Ward‘s terrific book, See You in a Hundred Years, has just come out. If you didn’t read the original…
December 31, 2008

>New Year’s Resolution #1: Help the American Shakespeare Center

>I moved to the Staunton area in 2001. One reason I chose to move here instead of several other cities I was considering was…
December 31, 2008

>New Issue: 34th Parallel

>Check out the new issue of 34th Parallel, which uses ISSUU technology. It’s cool.
December 31, 2008

>Arts Stimulus Plan

>I’m sure you’ve noticed, or realized, that funding for the arts is endangered in the current economic crisis. Clearly, this is short-sighted, and many…