Author Archives: Andrew Roe

That’s what Gabriel Garcia Marquez said when asked by a reporter if it was true he’d given up writing, as was widely reported last week. Seems like every year or two there’s speculation that the 82-year-old writer has put down … Continue reading →

Francis Ford Coppola has a new movie coming out this summer. It’s called Tetro, and it’s his first original screenplay since The Conversation. (I always think of The Conversation as coming out before The Godfather, but no, actually it came … Continue reading →

Ethan, while in the bathroom and after being queried about his day: “Daddy, don’t talk to me, I need to get a little energy by myself for a moment.”

You have until March 31. (Short notice, I know.) I nominated Alicia Gifford’s amazing story “Back Wash,” which appeared in Storyglossia last year.

So hey: Short Stories Blog recently posted a nice little write-up about my story “Three,” which Wigleaf/Scott Garson published last year. But wait, there’s more… SSB also posted something (positive as well) about my story “Please Don’t Tell Me That,” … Continue reading →