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.
May 5, 2007

>Short Story Month (continued)

>Short Story Month continues, despite the rain. I began this effort (begun by Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers Network) with a plan to discuss…
May 5, 2007

>the hub

>Check out the hub, a new online literary quarterly associated with the Boston Fiction Festival.
May 4, 2007

>SIBA Book Award Finalists

>Congratulations to the finalists for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Awards, especially my friend Susan Meyers, whose book Keep and Give Away is…
May 3, 2007

>The Imaginary Lives of Mechanical Men, by Randy F. Nelson

>Today’s Short Story Month selection is Randy F. Nelson’s collection, The Imaginary Lives of Mechanical Men, which won the Flannery O’Connor Award last year…
May 3, 2007

>Here and Somewhere Else, by Grace Paley and Robert Nichols

>Today’s selection is quite different from yesterday’s. This is no debut, for one thing. In fact most (if not all) of the content (mostly…
May 2, 2007

>National Magazine Award Winners

>McSweeney’s won the National Magazine Award in the Fiction category yesterday, The Paris Review won in the Photojournalism category, and Georgia Review won in…
May 2, 2007

>Male of the Species, by Alex Mindt

>If in any sense Short Story Month is viewed as a competition (American Idol? Dancing with the Stars?), then my pick for the first…
May 1, 2007

>May is Short Story Month

>As I mentioned not long ago, I am happy about Dan Wickett’s (over at Emerging Writers Network> declaration of May as Short Story Month…
May 1, 2007

>Storyglossia Issue 19

>If you haven’t seen it already, be sure and check out the latest issue of Storyglossia
May 1, 2007

>LitMag Wave: The Journal

>I think the Autumn/Winter 2006 issue of The Journal is the first I’ve seen. They didn’t ask my opinion, but I think they should…