This week is National Short Story week, something I hadn’t heard of – though it’s in its fifth year – until I read about it on Kimberly Sullivan’s blog. I really enjoy short stories but haven’t read any for a while and so loved the idea of promoting them (now that I’m aware of it!) if I could.
You can find out more about the week here but, in a nutshell, the idea is to promote short stories, and short story writers, publishers and events. It runs from today, Monday 16th through Sunday, 22nd November. Kimberly is taking part by trying her hand at flash fiction. I’m nowhere near as creative but I thought I could do my part by reading and doing mini-reviews of short stories every day.
The reading will start tonight with The Memory Man by Helen Smith, which has been on my Kindle for a few months now.
Two women become friends in an abandoned post-apocalyptic building. A psychic makes contact with a lost soul. His apprentice tries to find news of a man he has lost touch with. Fragments of memories are traded and twisted. Friendship provides comfort, but the recovery of memories brings torment rather than reassurance – until truth becomes secondary to survival.
It feels like a fun thing to do and I’m also hoping it might get me out of my reading funk and inspire me to read some new authors. Are you a short story reader – any recommendations for the rest of the week?
Emma
One Readers Thoughts 
It starts here: http://mikefullerauthor.com/2015/03/29/all-alone-a-short-story-in-three-parts-part-1/
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Thanks Mike – will check out 😀
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Sometimes I find a short story can kick start my reading if I’m in a slump. This sounds like a good one, enjoy!
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It is definitely easier than trying to make it through more than a few chapters…or was. I managed to make it through most of my book today, maybe the break I needed?
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