Friend of Hobblebush,

Here in New Hampshire, the snowbanks are still piled high but the maple syrup buckets are already hanging on the trees. It's a bit incongruous, but it gives us hope! March is bringing something new to Hobblebush Books: Volume I of the Granite State Short Story Series is at the printer now! Read more—and about the allure of stories—below.

An Invitation to the Sunday Granite State Authors Series on March 15 

You are invited to LaBelle Winery to hear Eric Poor read from his book, Working at the Word Factory, and give us some valuable tips—for living and for writing—along the way.

From Working at the Word Factory:

"Among the more famous inadvertent glitches at the Ledger was one some of my friends told me made the Jay Leno Show. The front page had one photo of two children from a costume parade that was slugged "The Princess and the Superhero." The very young children were a cute little girl in a pink chiffon dress wearing a tiara and a somber little lad in a caped costume wtih a big red S on the chest of his blue tights. That photo ran right next to a story with a bold headline that read: Police Arrest Young Burglary Suspects.

They were a fine looking pair of desperadoes . . ." 

The Allure of Stories

Checkov said in his Notebooks, "Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like." This is probably his motivation for writing the short stories that have become the envy of every writer. He didn't set out to moralize or philosophize or any other kind of -ize. But he did use his eyes better than others, and every reader of his short stories is better for it. 

To me, this is the appeal of the short story, and one of the reasons we wanted to make our small contribution with the Hobblebush Granite State Short Story Series. The short story will never go out of fashion. Witness the success of the Moth Radio Hour. We need stories in our day and age more than ever. 

I'd tell you why, but I've got a story I want to finish.

—Sid Hall

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