Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Short Story Recommendations at io9

    I’ve recommended three of my favorite summer 2015 short stories over at io9, with additional recommendations by K. Tempest Bradford, Charles Payseur, and Terry Weyna. Head on over there to check out which stories I chose. (One of them will make you look at pumpkins in a whole new, unsettling light.) http://io9.com/what-are-the-best-stories-of-the-year-so-far-septembe-1733798080

  • Best Short Fiction of 2014

    Best Short Fiction of 2014

    Brand new magazine Mothership Zeta aims to publish fun stories, and they released their Issue 0 today, which includes my article on my favorite short fiction from 2014. Fairy tales, magic staircases, uncomfortable airplane conversations, and geometric shapes are all represented, and most you can read online for free. Check out my recommendations here.

  • Short Story Interview: Rachel Swirsky

    Rachel Swirsky’s “All That Fairy Tale Crap” is one of my favorite short stories; if I had read it when I compiled my list of Top 10 Fairy Tale Short Stories, I would have included it. Her story “If You Were a Dinosaur My Love,” which appeared in the March 2013 issue of Apex, has…

  • Short Story Interview: Zachary Jernigan

    News The stories, poems, and visual works for the 2014 Art & Words Show have been chosen, and I’m excited to see what everyone comes up with for the final show; view the selected visual works and the authors involved here. Here’s a sneak peak of some of the previously published written works: “The Rumination…

  • Short Story Interview: Rachael Acks

    News I admit it: I have not been reading many short stories lately. I am in the process of reading Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude, writing a longer work, and choosing the participants for the 2014 Art & Words Show. Thus, I bring you another Short Story Interview. This series will likely continue for…