Hey, everyone, remember this contest? Well, it’s over. And there’s a winner.
Carol Ezovski, you have won a copy of Springtime on Mars! I will be emailing you momentarily.
To everyone else, thanks for participating, and better luck next time. And if you’d like some short stories to read — even though you can’t get the giveaway book — here are all those that were listed as people’s favourites. Where I’ve been able to find the text online, I’ve linked to it. Go nuts!
Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman
The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
Survivor Type, by Stephen King
Strange Pilgrims, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (collection)
Down to a Sunless Sea, by Matthias B. Freese (collection)
The Loons, by Margaret Laurence
While the Auto Waits, by O. Henry
Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?, by Joyce Carol Oates
The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson
Can Such Things Be?, by Ambrose Bierce (collection)
Arranged Marriage, by Chithra Banerjee Divakaruni (collection)
Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri (collection)
Rocking Horse Winner, by D. H. Lawrence
The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe
Mars: A Traveler’s Guide, by Ruth Nestvold
Two Weeks After, by M. Ramsey Chapman
Who Brought Tulips to the Moon?, by S. L. Gilbow
If you’re looking for a collection of short stories, I have recently become familiar with The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction on account of the summer class I’m taking. It’s a bit pricey but it’s excellently put together and, like all Norton Anthologies, stuffed to the brim with text. I’m sure that I will keep coming back to it.
I enjoyed your writing style and I’ve added you to my Reader. Keep these posts coming.
Thanks to whoever put me on the list. I humbled by appearing on the same list with some of my all time favorite authors. Long live the short story.
S. L. Gilbow