FAQ
Who chooses what stories I read?
You do. You can read whatever story you’d like.
What happens if I miss a day?
The challenge of reading a story a day for an entire year is hard. It’s meant to be. But life happens. If you miss a day you aren’t knocked out of the challenge because the real goal is to spread the word about as many short stories as possible. So if you miss a day or there is a longer timeframe where you don’t read any stories that’s ok, just come on back when you do read on. We’ll leave the light on.
Where can I find stories to read?
There are lot’s of single author collections and multi-author anthologies released each year. There are also a lot of online places that publish fiction on a regular basis. We hope to build a community here so if you really can’t find a story to read just ask…or wait until the posts start 🙂
Are there any genre limitations?
None at all. Read whatever short story you would like.
What if I read more than one story a day? Can I bank stories ahead.
That’s great. Yes you can bank stories ahead. If you are participating in the challenge you either come back to the site each day and make a post for each story or you can schedule posts ahead.
Got a question? Let me know in the comments and I’ll add it to the FAQ.
A short story a day review 
A mixup of tales.
Thank you very much for including my story “The Dog Who Wished He’d Never Heard of Lovecraft”. The link, however, is to the marvelous Jane Yolen and her wonderful tale, “The Traveler and the Tale”. Indeed, “The Dog” seems to be hiding somewhere, possibly fleeing from publicity.
This note gives me a chance, however, to say that this is a great project you’re working on, beautifully carried out. I would like to recommend a brilliant story that I thought had possibly the worst title I’d ever read, until I read the story: “It Walks in Beauty” by Chandler Davis, in the collection of the same name published by Aqueduct Press (2012), edited and with an introduction by Josh Lukin.