To those of you who visit us often, I do apologize for not doing a good job of updating the website and giving you new material.  This summer has been difficult, and Nicolette and I have begun full-time jobs now, so time does not come so easily or quickly.  Adam is bombarded with work, too, and for that reason, he has stepped down as full-fledged editor and is now in a more supporting rose as Assistant Editor.  So, for now, it’s just Nic and I, plus our two readers John and Mack.  And speaking of the former, I hope you’ll get a chance to read the couple e-views he posted, as I find them heartening and enlightening.  There’s some great fiction being written out there, and we will make more of an effort to bring that fiction to you in the form of our e-views.

I want to talk about 25 Cities, though.

I just got back into the swing of reading our 25 Cities submissions, and I am thoroughly enjoying myself.  And reading these stories has made me wonder:  might we not end up publishing flash fiction in this book?  It seems weird because each city only gets one story and you’d think that it isn’t fair to only give that story and hence that city one page (or, less than one page).

But I just read a wonderful and captivating piece that’s about 150 words, submitted to our New York category.  The story really captures the spirit of New Yorkers and New York, itself.  But I’m torn.  After all, we’ve got over 60 submissions to that category already, and might our readers not prefer to read a longer piece about one of the greatest cities in the U.S.?  And so I ask you:  does size really matter?