The Long And The Short Of It

I subbed my first short story in October 2008, and for the four years afterwards I wrote one a month, minimum – which amounts to a lot of shorts. Sometime last year, I found myself in the fortunate position of having so many novels and novellas to write that the shorter pieces had to take a holiday. I hope they enjoyed it, because this month a combination of circumstances has found me writing four of the things. Back to work, shorts!

I must admit, I feel more than a little rusty. I feel more n...