I love the idea that more people would read short fiction…

When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you.…

— George Saunders

I am really excited by the form of short fiction.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower.

— Lorde

We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us enjoying writing…

— Junot Diaz

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the…

— Ron Rash

If you read my short stories, there's a lot of sex in those in all different ways. To me, it's a really good, useful…

— Miranda July

“Read a short story every day.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“She begin to read. And read. And in short order, she became dangerous.”

— Jason Porath

Do three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay.

— Ray Bradbury

The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.

— Tobias Wolff

Science fiction is a weird category, because it's the only area of fiction I can think of where the story is not of primary…

— Donald E. Westlake

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

— Walter Mosley

There are certain kinds of people who write science fiction. I think a lot of us married late. A lot of us are mama's…

— Ray Bradbury

Short fiction isn't my natural form. It's taken a lot of work over the years to finally feel more comfortable writing stories under 80,000 words!

— Kameron Hurley

“ … The best pieces in [Queeries] - such as … Raymond John Woolfrey’s “Pages from My Window: Red Geraniums” - are more traditional…

— John Woolfrey