The Long Story Short, Literary Journal is the brainchild of writer and poet Jennifer Matthews. It’s an online magazine that caters for the longer short story (4,000 words plus) which is often outside the word limit set by many editors and competition administrators. When you are writing stories regularly you can sometimes find yourself automatically producing stories that come in somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 words because subconsciously you know that it will be hard to place a longer story. In recent times the opportunities for writing and publishing short short stories or flash fiction have greatly improved, but not so for the longer story.
Hats off to Jennifer for doing something to right this imbalance. And so far the quality of each story has been excellent. This month sees the third publication, a story called The Underground by Dave Lordan. The first story published was Misbegotten by Julia Van Middlesworth former Sean O’Faolain competition winner, and the second, The Rainy Season by Charles Boyle. These are all well worth reading – and free which is a bonus!
Jennifer Matthews is an accomplished writer and poet in her own right and was recently shortlisted in the 2012 Bridport Prize.
Certainly one to keep in mind. Some impressive writers there.
Sure are Valerie!