Craft Matters

A FEW ESSAYS:

Every Night a Little Death

Athena Sees Good Things for You

Grand Mal

On Holiday with James Lord

The Last Book My Father Read

Democracy Was

A FEW SHORT STORIES:

You Need Not Be Present to Win

Fountain of Youth

Tidings of the Apocalypse

A FEW ESSAYS ON CRAFT:

On the Secrets of the Omniscient Narrator

How to Write a Short Story with Clarity and Economy

How to Begin

A SELF-GUIDED ONLINE COURSE:

As part of One Story’s educational programming, BUILDING YOUR COLLECTION is an online, self-guided course designed by Patrick Ryan to help short story writers build and refine a cohesive collection of their own work. All proceeds from this class go directly to One Story, a Brooklyn-based, non-profit literary magazine. Find out more here.