Huffington Magazine Issue 15 | Page 13

prologue Q&A HUFFINGTON 09.23.12 short fiction — but in general a world is best made real, made credible, over the long span than the short. Fictional worlds flow best, live best, when a book has built up a relationship with its reader. Stories, on the other hand, gain their power from their very brevity. While a short story cannot build the same kind of relationship with a reader