The Hardest Form

Is also the briefest. Or is it? I think it is. Although novels are hard too.

Greetings, Story Club.

I’m in the middle of my very last round of edits/corrections on the new book, a novel called Vigil, that comes out on January 27, 2026. Always a harrowing time for someone with my level of, well, obsessiveness: the last time I can change anything.

Good lord.

But don’t worry about me! I’ve been here before. I’m sure all will be well. :)

You can pre-order the finished product here.

The galley, on top of my corrections to the galley, on top of my ongoing Word doc in which all the corrections are constantly being compiled, for future compliance checks. Ah, the relaxing writing life!

I thought it might be fun this week to turn our attention to the most difficult version of the most difficult form: the short-short story or “flash fiction.” It’s very hard to get something so short to do the work of a story, but here are four pretty good examples for us to discuss: