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Each monthly issue of The Short Review brings you original reviews of new, not-quite-so-new and classic collections and anthologies, written by reviewers many of whom are also short story writers themselves and who love short fiction.

To ensure some measure of objectivity, we ask that none of our reviewers review the work of an author or publisher that they have any connection to (at least at the time of writing the review).

But because reviewing is by its nature a subjective business, we want to give you more than one opinion, so every review will include links to reviews by other publications, where available. To whet your appetite further, every review has "If you liked this, you might also like..." recommendations.

Each author whose work is reviewed has an Author Page including, wherever possible, an interview with the author about the collection, about their writing and other short story-related topics we are curious about.

On the Links page are links to more sites where you can find book reviews, articles on the short story, and competitions for short story collections.

Find something to read by browsing the list of reviews, authors, author interviews or categories.

I love short stories. I love writing them and I love reading them. But it's not so easy to find reviews of short story collections, especially ones published by small presses. They just don't get the column inches that novels receive. It's no wonder they don't sell as well as novels - or that publishers think readers don't want to read short stories.

So I thought I would create a space just for short story collections and anthologies, to give them their turn in the spotlight.

Ok, I have to confess - my motives are not entirely pure. My own short story collection, The White Road and Other Stories, was published in Sept 2008 by Salt Publishing, and several other writer friends have also published collections recently. Looking around to see where collections get exposure, who takes notice when a new collection is published, was a sobering experience. The Short Review is my attempt to redress the balance. 

Stop by The Short Review blog and let us know what you like, what you don't like, suggestions welcome!

Tania Hershman, Editor

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