The short story is a powerful, compact method of literary ammunition.

Masters such as Edgar Allen Poe and Flannery O'Connor have revolutionized

the style, and today, modern readers are attracted to the short story for

its lean and concise treaties, its accessibility, and of course, the ease

of commitment. Douglas Kennedy used the medium of the short story to write

his way into a future career, and explains to Matthew D'Abate how making

this decision led to him from New York City, to Maine, and finally, across

the Atlantic to Dublin, Ireland.