Tiny Windows

"Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds."

A curated collection of classic and original short fiction delivered by newsletter and podcast.

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Escape into the world of short fiction with Tiny Windows!

Discover classic & original stories from yesterday's legends and tomorrow's rising stars.

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“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

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“When seriously explored, the short story seems to me the most difficult and disciplining form of prose writing extant. Whatever control and technique I may have I owe entirely to my training in this medium.”
– Truman Capote

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“A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick – a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.” – Neil Gaiman

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“Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.”
― Joseph Campbell

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

Understand prose and you can sell a thousand books.

Understand people and you can sell a million books.

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“My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly where I set down each and every one of them, and how I felt when I did. Short stories are like guideposts to my heart...”
― Haruki Murakami

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

Writing is like working out.

It's hard.

But if you skip a day?

It gets harder.

And every day you skip after that just makes it worse.

So never skip a day.

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“Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.”
― Joseph Campbell

Have you read THE HEROES JOURNEY?

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This is also true of good writing. Don't think about the audience - just execute your vision of your creation.

Think of FIELD OF DREAMS: "If you build it they will come."

Create first. Write first.

If you create it, the audience will come. The right audience.

[Naval @naval]

Social approval is the enemy of clear thinking.

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“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.”
― Lorrie Moore

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Any fiction writers out there fighting the good fight and putting pen to paper should reach out to us. We’d love to connect!

[Andrew Van Wyk @AndrewVanWyk]

Love seeing writers create and share their works. As a huge champion of short fiction, I wanted to share this for others to see and subscribe as well.

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We couldn’t agree more.

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We love seeing initiatives like this. Writers - check it out:

[Infinite Loops 🎙 @InfiniteL88ps]

“Despite the rise of AI, we are not nearing the end of the written word, but merely the end of the beginning.”

Last year, we funded 15 Scholarships to @David_Perell’s Write of Passage. This year, we're funding 10 more.

Inside, @DylanoA4 explains why ↓
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[Ray Bradbury @raybradbury]

“Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.”
-Ray Bradbury
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#RayBradbury #QOTD #Libraries

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“Any carefully planned thing destroys the creativity. You can't think your way through a story; you have to live it. So, you don't build a story; you allow it to explode.”
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#RayBradbury #QuotesOnCreativity

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Cannot wait!

[Andrew Van Wyk @AndrewVanWyk]

#DreaminWild is based on the incredible true story of Donnie & Joe Emerson.

Starring Casey Affleck, @ZooeyDeschanel, Chris Messina, Noah Jupe, Jack Dylan Grazer with Beau Bridges and Walton Goggins.

See it August 4 only in theaters. @roadsidetweets

[Andrew Van Wyk @AndrewVanWyk]

#DreaminWild is based on the incredible true story of Donnie & Joe Emerson.

Starring Casey Affleck, @ZooeyDeschanel, Chris Messina, Noah Jupe, Jack Dylan Grazer with Beau Bridges and Walton Goggins.

See it August 4 only in theaters. @roadsidetweets

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Excellent advice from a wonderful author ~

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

Lincoln in the Bardo author George Saunders on how he approaches writing a book:

“Have a plan, but be willing to abandon it.”

He goes on to say that his best ideas come to him not from planning, but from action.

[Andrew Van Wyk @AndrewVanWyk]

Creative encouragement for the day:

"Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning."
~Gloria Steinem

Embrace your flights of fancy.

Take the leap.

Imagine. Dream.

Believe.

Create.