Skip to content

That Shakespearean Rag

A Blog About Books and Reading

  • Home
  • About
  • Account
  • Log In
  • Newsletter
  • Contact

That Shakespearean Rag

A Blog About Books and Reading

  • Home
  • About
  • Account
  • Log In
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Short Fiction
  • 31 Days of Stories 2021: Why read short stories?
Brief EncountersShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2021: Why read short stories?

April 30, 2021June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

Stories require attention and concentration and often yield their meanings only over time, or in retrospect. But the best stories reward vigilance and repeated reading.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
31 Days of Stories 2021Andrew HoodFlannery O'ConnorJoyce Carol OatesJulie RoordaRebecca Rosenblum

Share this post

Post navigation

Previous article

“I try to avoid labels”: Jeff VanderMeer on his new novel, ecological disaster, and why he won’t run for public office

Next article

31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 1: “Helping” by Robert Stone

Steven Beattie

Related posts

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 31: “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin

May 31, 2023June 3, 2023

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 30: “Ancestral Links” by Yvonne Vera

May 30, 2023June 2, 2023

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 29: “Clytie” by Eudora Welty

May 29, 2023June 1, 2023
Powered by the Elsie WordPress theme