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 7, 2008

>Has anyone seen Antietam Review lately?

>Is Antietam Review dead? For months, writers have been reporting that submissions sent to the address posted on the website for Antietam Review have…
August 6, 2008

>Wasted Days

>I already knew on Monday night that I had a problem, but I didn’t want to think about. Sure enough, on Tuesday morning my…
August 4, 2008

>The Micro Award

>I don’t know anything about this other than what the Micro Award Website says: it’s a contest for the best short-short (under 1,000 words)…
August 4, 2008

>The Blurb Hunt

>First, write the book. Then comes the hard part: getting someone to blurb it: the blurb hunt H/T Susan W.
August 4, 2008

>Solzhenitsyn Dies

>The New York Times reports that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has died. He was one of those writers whose work I admired but often found unbearable….
August 4, 2008

>New Issue: 34th Parallel

>Issue 3 of 34th Parallel is available, in print and online. You can read the online version with the handy issuu tool . ….
August 4, 2008

>New Reviews at NewPages.com

>I think I failed to mention the latest round of Literary Magazine Reviews at NewPages.com because I was on my way out the door…
August 4, 2008

>My Half of the Sky by Jana McBurney-Lin

>My Half of the Sky Jana McBurney-Lin Komenar Publishing My Half of the Sky by Jana McBurney-Lin was published two years ago (the paperback…
August 3, 2008

>A Slow Day

>What do pets do when their people are away?
August 2, 2008

>Get the Word Out!

>I am often asked why I maintain this blog. The answer is complicated. It’s part reading journal (The New Yorker Story reviews) and part…