Hunger Humor Humanity: And Other Stories

<p>I feel that the short story is as distinct from the novel as poetry is and that the finest tales are closer in spirit to poetry than to novels.</p><p>Short fiction appears to be more focused - hand grenades of ideas if you will. They hit they erupt and you never forget them when they work. Long fiction has a different vibe than short fiction: it's a lot smokier and less defined.</p><p>A short narrative is a splinter a sliver a vignette. It's a biopsy of the human condition but it lacks the ability to think for itself.</p><p>A short story is a love affair; a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>