The Short Story Grind

<p><strong>The Short Story Grind</strong></p><p></p><p><em>A Mimetic Sequence - Volume I: Pressure</em></p><p></p><p>by C.P. Koch</p><p></p><p>Once literature could shake the ground. Now it's softened streamlined and forgotten before the cover closes. <em>The Short Story Grind</em> resists that erosion.</p><p>Seven stories. All pressure. No padding.</p><p>From Depression-era barbershops to ghost-riddled bookshops from mountain hostels to digital mainframes-these stories haunt the margins of memory and system. Quietly disruptive structurally subversive they hold their ground without asking permission.</p><p>This isn't a protest. It's a <strong>pulse</strong>.</p><p>The first volume in Koch's <em>Mimetic Sequence</em> <em>The Short Story Grind</em> sets the tone:</p><p>Low-signal. High-pressure. Built to endure.</p><p>Perfect for readers of Borges Carver Ligotti and anyone who believes short fiction should still leave bruises.</p>