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Short Stories Quotes: "Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row."

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.



Short Stories Quotes: "and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood."

and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.




Short Stories Quotes: "A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."

A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.



Short Stories Quotes: "For me, the short story is not a character sketch, a mouse trap, an epiphany, a slice of suburban life. It is the flowering of a symbol center. It is a poem grafted onto sturdier stock."

For me, the short story is not a character sketch, a mouse trap, an epiphany, a slice of suburban life. It is the flowering of a symbol center. It is a poem grafted onto sturdier stock.




Short Stories Quotes: "A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit."

A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.




Short Stories Quotes: "When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads."

When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.




Short Stories Quotes: "I watch people sometimes, wonder how they can walk around with the weight of what they know."

I watch people sometimes, wonder how they can walk around with the weight of what they know.



Short Stories Quotes: "So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence."

So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.



Short Stories Quotes: "Homo-Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns."

Homo-Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.



Short Stories Quotes: "Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read, ’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels."

Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read, ’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels.



Short Stories Quotes: "I live in a house over there on the Island, and in that house there is a man waiting for me. When he drove up at the door I drove out of the dock because he says I’m his ideal."

I live in a house over there on the Island, and in that house there is a man waiting for me. When he drove up at the door I drove out of the dock because he says I’m his ideal.




Short Stories Quotes: "At least a hospital stay will give him an excuse to halt the job hunt."

At least a hospital stay will give him an excuse to halt the job hunt.



Short Stories Quotes: "Paoletta turned to him with a dark face.“You’d better watch out, Chase. He’s passed over to the evil side."

Paoletta turned to him with a dark face.“You’d better watch out, Chase. He’s passed over to the evil side.



Short Stories Quotes: "Just tell yourself they're only stories. Pamela K. Kinney (Spectre Nightmares and Visitations)"

Just tell yourself they're only stories. Pamela K. Kinney (Spectre Nightmares and Visitations)



Short Stories Quotes: "It’s a case of mistaken identity. It’s one big mistake. You weren’t even in the country when it happened.”Maja in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup"

It’s a case of mistaken identity. It’s one big mistake. You weren’t even in the country when it happened.”Maja in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup



Short Stories Quotes: "The day had begun like any other ordinary day for Barnabas Crackle. That is to say, as extra-ordinarily as his days typically began, which were the usual for our faithful protagonist."

The day had begun like any other ordinary day for Barnabas Crackle. That is to say, as extra-ordinarily as his days typically began, which were the usual for our faithful protagonist.



Short Stories Quotes: "He'd wanted to mend her just like his mother had mended his favorite teddy bear when his arm had come loose after too much play. He offered her his pudding cup instead."

He'd wanted to mend her just like his mother had mended his favorite teddy bear when his arm had come loose after too much play. He offered her his pudding cup instead.



Short Stories Quotes: "I live in different worlds. One world where I perform my duty as a part of society. My favorite is my world. The writing's world."

I live in different worlds. One world where I perform my duty as a part of society. My favorite is my world. The writing's world.



Short Stories Quotes: "Will Cato's alien buddies come en masse and invade Earth? He's not sure but he'll try to keep humanity in the loop."

Will Cato's alien buddies come en masse and invade Earth? He's not sure but he'll try to keep humanity in the loop.



Short Stories Quotes: "Lost Cactus is a cornucopia of sights, sounds and inhabitants completely foreign to a little squirrel like Sammy, but attempting to set him straight will only complicate matters."

Lost Cactus is a cornucopia of sights, sounds and inhabitants completely foreign to a little squirrel like Sammy, but attempting to set him straight will only complicate matters.



Short Stories Quotes: "Ty is green but never with envy. Best of all, he's usually available to help move a heavy piece of furniture."

Ty is green but never with envy. Best of all, he's usually available to help move a heavy piece of furniture.



Short Stories Quotes: "Bentley is a good bee with a shaky sense of direction and an appetite for mayhem. Just don't call him a drone. He hates that."

Bentley is a good bee with a shaky sense of direction and an appetite for mayhem. Just don't call him a drone. He hates that.



Short Stories Quotes: "Lost Cactus is simply an urban myth."

Lost Cactus is simply an urban myth.



Short Stories Quotes: "Death, is a beautiful conclusion to these short stories, that which we have so interestingly entitled, lives."

Death, is a beautiful conclusion to these short stories, that which we have so interestingly entitled, lives.



Short Stories Quotes: "Once when I asked you if you still loved your wife, you said, Love leaves the back door open. Later, you said, Love like a hospital gown opens at the back. And you slipped out."

Once when I asked you if you still loved your wife, you said, Love leaves the back door open. Later, you said, Love like a hospital gown opens at the back. And you slipped out.



Short Stories Quotes: "You know, the world is all about balance. You lose something here... maybe somebody else picks it up over there."

You know, the world is all about balance. You lose something here... maybe somebody else picks it up over there.



Short Stories Quotes: "I am content when writing short stories."

I am content when writing short stories.



Short Stories Quotes: "Though this child came in with nothing but excess baby fat, chemical brain waves, and mother and son bodily toxins on his legs, he had a fate fit for a modern day demigod."

Though this child came in with nothing but excess baby fat, chemical brain waves, and mother and son bodily toxins on his legs, he had a fate fit for a modern day demigod.



Short Stories Quotes: "You can take the barbarian out of the tavern, but he can take the blood out of your body."

You can take the barbarian out of the tavern, but he can take the blood out of your body.



Short Stories Quotes: "It was as if my sould had left my body, floated up to the ceiling, and was watching me destroy my own career with one deliberately assaultive punch. (Dark City Lights)"

It was as if my sould had left my body, floated up to the ceiling, and was watching me destroy my own career with one deliberately assaultive punch. (Dark City Lights)



Short Stories Quotes: "I never sleep well when I'm on call."

I never sleep well when I'm on call.



Short Stories Quotes: "What we are about to have here is a holy water smack down!"

What we are about to have here is a holy water smack down!



Short Stories Quotes: "But I want to assure you, if it’s your last day on earth, even after 2, 000 years, I strongly suggest you go for the Versace leaf halter dress."

But I want to assure you, if it’s your last day on earth, even after 2, 000 years, I strongly suggest you go for the Versace leaf halter dress.



Short Stories Quotes: "Remove the computer chipslodged in your brain before they convince youthat you’ve gone insane…Take a bite out of realityinstead of becominga reality byte."

Remove the computer chipslodged in your brain before they convince youthat you’ve gone insane…Take a bite out of realityinstead of becominga reality byte.



Short Stories Quotes: "Only criminals and madmen walk into Central Park after midnight...or, occasionally, an actor. (Dark City Lights)"

Only criminals and madmen walk into Central Park after midnight...or, occasionally, an actor. (Dark City Lights)



Short Stories Quotes: "This isn't where I intended to be. Killing a person has a funny way of getting your life off-track."

This isn't where I intended to be. Killing a person has a funny way of getting your life off-track.



Short Stories Quotes: "The cell door opened. My hands went to my eyes. Why was the door opened? I wasn’t dead yet. I think."

The cell door opened. My hands went to my eyes. Why was the door opened? I wasn’t dead yet. I think.



Short Stories Quotes: "This isn't where I intended to be. Killing a person has a funny way of getting your life off-track. (Dark City Lights)"

This isn't where I intended to be. Killing a person has a funny way of getting your life off-track. (Dark City Lights)



Short Stories Quotes: "The dimple in his left cheek was ironic-it gave the impression that he was sweet as a cupcake. (Dark City Lights)"

The dimple in his left cheek was ironic-it gave the impression that he was sweet as a cupcake. (Dark City Lights)



Short Stories Quotes: "We skipped right over Walmart on the ladder down."

We skipped right over Walmart on the ladder down.



Short Stories Quotes: "Flora went to the cinema every day that week. She saw the same movie each day, and wore the same dress."

Flora went to the cinema every day that week. She saw the same movie each day, and wore the same dress.



Short Stories Quotes: "Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely."

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely.



Short Stories Quotes: "The city was a hive from this height, the people and the yellow cabs moving about in the street below like pre-programmed insects. (Dark City Lights)"

The city was a hive from this height, the people and the yellow cabs moving about in the street below like pre-programmed insects. (Dark City Lights)



Short Stories Quotes: "I like to see you in a sari, with your long hair dressed in a single plait. Don't forget that I married a girl from India because I like my wife to be conservative and feminine."

I like to see you in a sari, with your long hair dressed in a single plait. Don't forget that I married a girl from India because I like my wife to be conservative and feminine.



Short Stories Quotes: "I just want to always be here. In this place. Right here, right now."

I just want to always be here. In this place. Right here, right now.



Short Stories Quotes: "That woman must have been a husky in a previous life."

That woman must have been a husky in a previous life.



Short Stories Quotes: "All that sweetness makes me feel weird. My sister was never the loving type."

All that sweetness makes me feel weird. My sister was never the loving type.



Short Stories Quotes: "The dollar bills attached to her hips fluttered to the rug of the small square stage, like the first flakes of winter in the Bronx. (Dark City Lights)"

The dollar bills attached to her hips fluttered to the rug of the small square stage, like the first flakes of winter in the Bronx. (Dark City Lights)