Tuesday, July 8, 2008     Volume: 22, Issue: 48
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A very bad joke?

John Denver, Sisyphus, and a survivor Twinkie. This assortment of characters has all the makings of the worst joke ever told. Or the best assortment of short stories ever published. You’ll have to be the judge. I can’t believe that the cold, clinical measurements and algorithms of science and math could ever be applied to literature. Which is why each fresh batch of 55 Fiction entries is no less daunting or thrilling than the last. There is no formula to determine that a story is good or identify which eager autho... [ Read Article ]