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Stories I Love: June 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
So, the 2018 is halfway over, how did that happen? Somehow spring always seems to be that way, gone in a flash of lengthening days, a warming sun, and fresh air. I'm well over half way to my goal of reading 365 stories this year and haven't missed a day yet (thanks to the abundan...

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Stories I Love: May 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
Artists should get paid. Woops, I probably just lost a bunch of people there, but bear with me. A lot of the short stories I list in this series are "free," but I encourage you to find a way to support the publications you love.

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Followup #2: Short Story Marathon, One Year Later

by Robert J. McCarter on in story-marathon, writing
Well, busy, but I bet you guessed that. And thirty stories with a total of over 118,000 words is a lot to wrangle. But more than that, I had some good news to share (which I still can't share) and that led to so much procrastination. I didn't want to come talk about these stories...

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