American Short Fiction's Long To-Do List

Contests, classes, and Ben Marcus at BookPeople

"...American Short Fiction editor Jill Meyers recently dropped us a..."

Jan. 5, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Get Your Hot, Fresh Short Fiction Right Here

American Short Fiction hits newsstands

"...Looking for a short fiction fix? Look no further than the aptly titled..."

May 12, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction

"...well-trimmed suburban lawn where the bisected carcass of Elizabeth Short -- The Black Dahlia -- was discovered, setting off..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Follow That Fiction

American Short Fiction launches a new issue and a new craft series

"...juices, which makes House Wine the perfect venue for American Short Fiction's upcoming craft talk...."

Aug. 4, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...you're in luck. This weekend, the fourth annual New Fiction Confab is bringing a quintet of contemporary authors to..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

15th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The winners, the judges, and the reasons why

"...Whatever you think a short story is – our judges' decision dinner at El..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The One About Erotic 'Harry Potter' Fan Fiction

Filmmaker Clay Liford on fan fiction from '50 Shades' to 'Star Trek'

"...My name is Clay, and my short film at Fantastic Fest this year is the one..."

Sept. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Clay Liford

The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

The lowdown on the 2017 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories

"...been a big part of the 25th Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest, too...."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...Fantastic Fest has just announced its tall stack of short films for 2013...."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Big Short

The financial meltdown of 2008 is treated with terrific comic spin

"...actors deepen the bench.) Adapting with Charles Randolph the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis, McKay is all sleight of..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

AFF Review: American Fiction

Uproarious erudite comedy gives the Black middle class a voice

"...American Fiction deals with a quaint notion, the idea of..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Rod Machen

13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The theme wasn't "stripper girlfriends and homo love," as one judge speculated (there was no theme), but gender, class, and orientation were more deeply considerable issues among this year's finalists than ever before. Here's a look inside the process.

"...to "Romeo," a finalist in the 2004 Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest whose merits she and her fellow judges..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

American Fiction

Cord Jefferson's literary comedy lets the Black middle class shine

"...American Fiction deals with a quaint notion, the idea of..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Rod Machen

Sundance Short Film Tour 2021

Best of the fest in these perfect miniatures

"...With their tight running times and limited scopes, short films tend to elicit equally succinct responses. Think: hmmm,..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rob Thomas' Unlikely Route to Young Adult Fiction

'Veronica Mars' creator dishes on teens, fans, and the movie

"...club (the Grace Order of Dadaists, or GOD for short). Both, however, grapple with the host of betrayals, major..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Science-Fiction Cinema

Water wars

"...eco-drama The Well screens at the Other Worlds Austin science-fiction film festival, it will be a homecoming of sorts...."

Dec. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

"...Oct. 21, the AFS continues its Survey of the American Avant Garde Cinema at 7pm in the Union Theatre...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

17th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

From 500 hopefuls to five winning short stories

"...my strength.) The number of submissions to our annual short-story contest doubled in a year's time –from 256 to..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Short Third-Degree Sessions

Jesse Sublett gets personal with four of Bouchercon 2002's featured authors.

"...historically real Mexican revolutionary and a mysterious and wild-hearted American mother; and it deals chiefly with his coming to..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Short Cuts

"...sent to prison in 1947 by the witch-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee. Even more fatefully, Dmytryk is destined to..."

July 9, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...dumper. Daniel describes the film as blurring "fact and fiction to create a haunting psychological landscape made poisonous by..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

All the Ladies in the House

Texas authors Sarah Bird and Diane Wilson win Dobie Paisano fellowships

"...We Studied Women) and Philipp Meyer (whose debut novel American Rust earned great reviews this spring)...."

May 15, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Write of Passage

As Austin upstart Badgerdog Literary Publishing prepares to relaunch 'American Short Fiction,' it's preparing high-needs students to express themselves on the printed page

"...to repopulate the world with those brilliant but often short-lived and rarely solvent vertebrae that make up the backbone..."

May 13, 2005 Books Feature by Nora Ankrum

And Then Some

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

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June 25, 1999 Books Feature

Full Hearts Can't Lose

The 21st annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...Each of the 410 submissions to this year's Short Story Contest was read twice (blind) and ranked before..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Monica Riese

A Perfect Day for Talking About Bananafish

Austin's hip lit gathers to pay tribute to J.D. Salinger

"...at an upcoming tribute presented by the HRC and American Short Fiction...."

Feb. 16, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

ASF Celebrates Its Fall Issue With a Free and Cozy-Sounding Event

American Short Fiction will host a house party with reading and music Friday night

"...The cover of the new American Short Fiction is swathed in a budded tree and..."

Sept. 17, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet

Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines

"...Domy and BookWoman struggling, and Austin's flagship literary journal, American Short Fiction, on hold due to financial problems, it's..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...Michener-funded graduate writing program, Laura Furman has been publishing fiction since 1976. With seven books under her belt (as..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Reader's Field Guide to Michael Noll

The Austin writer behind The Writer's Field Guide

"...book, The Writer’s Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction, Noll phrases it best himself: “This book wouldn’t exist..."

April 4, 2018 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

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