celebrate short fiction

I noticed that Poets & Writers magazine is making a case for the concept of May being National Short Story Month.

Well, as someone who writes and reads short fiction I think it’s a fine idea. The Emerging Writers Network is behind the campaign, and is blogging all month with reviews of short fiction to lend momentum to the movement.

There are a multitude of online sources for short speculative fiction, and here is just a small sample:

E-Zines

• Abyss & Apex
• Arkham Tales
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Brain Harvest
• ChiZine
• Clarkesworld Magazine
• Fantasy Magazine
• Farrago’s Wainscot
• Hub Magazine
• Ideomancer
• Jim Baen’s Universe
• Lone Star Stories
• Strange Horizons

Podcast Magazines

• EscapePod
• PodCastle
• Pseudopod
• Star Ship Sofa
• Transmissions From Beyond

Don’t forget to give some love to the print magazines, and the many excellent print collections in your brick and mortar bookshops too.

So why not read and/or download some short stories during May?