A literary magazine with daily-updated content about the world of fiction, from book reviews to horrible theorizing and fiction-related news. http://fictioncircus.com The creator of <a href="http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/09/pirate-bay-co-f.html">"The Pirate Bay" has called for a Kindle from across the waters</a>, and is speculating already on how to undermine, subvert, and destroy this new media market before it rises from "fledgling" to "promising." <img src="http://www.wolfstad.com/wp-content/2006/lechuck.jpg"> Books are gonna go fast. Books are gonna go so much faster than mov... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=234&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=234&mode=one One of the guest lecturers in my MFA program in 2005 was a <i>literary agent</i>. Her lecture began with the following question and answer pairing: <b>Q: Short story, novella, novel: what do these terms mean? A: A short story is any piece of fiction writing that runs from 1,000 to 8,000 words. A novella runs from 8,000 to 25,000 words. A novel runs from 25,000 to 100,000 words.</b> I don't remember the rest of what she said, because I spent the rest of the lec... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=233&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=233&mode=one The fun part about this game is not that it is set inside a sanitarium where a man with amnesia has just awakened and is trying to put the pieces of his life back together in order to stop the "Machinations of the Evil and Unethical Dr. Morgan." All that stuff is not only boring: it is old reconstituted vomit from the early days of comic books, and the tepid days of ... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=232&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=232&mode=one I cannot name one single Swedish fiction writer. Not one single person from the country of Sweden has penned a book of lies that I have read or enjoyed and that has also stuck with me in my brain. Hold on here, hold on... Did the person who wrote "Pippi Longstocking" come from Sweden? She had pigtails. I also think she had magic powers; I don't really remember. Maybe I am thinking of "Anne of Green Gables." ... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=231&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=231&mode=one Dear Sherry Jones, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/28/muhammad.book.attack">Your UK publisher just got firebombed</a>. We want to help publish your book. One Jones to another: you are a target now, and you are not only a target yourself, but everyone around you is now a target. Why? No reason at all. The power of politics, ignorance, and illiteracy. Also, the power of stubborn opposition to the future of publishing: which is online, free, market... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=230&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=230&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/stories.php http://fictioncircus.com/stories.php A story about a fun thing to do with your boyfriend or girlfriend on a Ferris wheel. http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=carnival http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=carnival A story about the problems of new media and about trying your best. http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=swingforthefences http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=swingforthefences A story where the important piece doesn't fit. http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=thesmallestactions http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=thesmallestactions