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photo: Ken Hawkins, creative commons license<\/p><\/div>\n

Catching up with two back issues of Glimmer Train<\/em>\u2014one of the premiere U.S. venues for short story writers\u2014with thoughts about writers to watch, based on these pages. The winter 2015 issue (#92, 13 stories) and fall 2016 issue (#97, 14 stories) are culled from a vast sea of literary output\u2014some 32,000 stories submitted to the GT<\/em> editors each year.<\/p>\n

Most GT<\/em> writers appear (from their bios) both youngish and frightfully accomplished. Their work and how the editors\u2019 tastes have reacted over the years suggest an evolution in concepts of narrative and characterization, plot and story. Some stories in these recent issue push the envelope of narrative, depending less on scene and dialog. Others deliver their message in short bursts, perhaps thematically linked but otherwise superficially disconnected from what comes before or after. Some require a bit of figuring out. I like the challenge!<\/p>\n

Among the stories I enjoyed most from Issue 92 were:<\/p>\n