m. c. de marco

I keep remembering, googling, and recommending this story, but I don’t seem to have ever blogged the link. So, for the record, “I don’t know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility” by Sam Hughes is a great story about simulism.

The New York Times Sunday Book Review has an article by Stephen King on What Ails the Short Story:

I walk past the best sellers, past trade paperbacks with titles like “Who Stole My Chicken?,” “The Get-Rich Secret” and “Be a Big Cheese Now,” past the mysteries, past the auto-repair manuals, past the remaindered coffee-table books (looking sad and thumbed-through with their red discount stickers). I arrive at the Wall of Magazines, which is next door to the children’s section, where story time is in full swing. I stare at the racks of magazines, and the magazines stare eagerly back.