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Short Fiction, Long Shadows
Friday August 16, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Fireside
Common publishing wisdom is that there's no money in short fiction, but is the nugget true? Is art defined by the size of the frame? Examine some examples of short fiction that grew after publication, morphing into a variety of projects. Why short fiction persists, examples of ideas spilling the boundaries, why you should consider wrestling that story to the story page regardless of what common publishing wisdom suggests.
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avatar for Shannon Allen

Shannon Allen

Shannon Allen is one of those rare breeds, a third generation Calgarian. Her journalism pieces appeared in Calgary Community Publications before turning to fiction. Her first work, Confession, was published in Enigma Front: Now Everything Changes. Her work has also appeared in Enigma... Read More →
avatar for Jeff Campbell

Jeff Campbell

J.R. Campbell is a Calgary based writer and anthologist. With co-editor Charles Prepolec, his anthologies include ‘Professor Challenger: New Worlds, Lost Places' and five volumes of the Sherlock Holmes 'Gaslight' anthologies, thrusting the master rationalist into fantastic... Read More →
Friday August 16, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Fireside
  Interactive Seminar, Creative Process

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