Short stories are magnifying lenses; i have always believed that. The author of a good short story must be able to sieve through the deafening bustling everyday noise to pick out a quirk, a glance, an emotion, a phrase -and then weave a tale around it to carry that message to the people who chance upon his stories.

Such stories are tiny. They don’t require many words nor fancy literary backflips to reduce you to tears, move you to laughter, force you into silence. They can do without stunning visualization or witty dialogue, because in the end, to truly appreciate it, you only need look in a mirror.

Thus are such stories also the epitome of power.

This blog is a tribute to such stories, for i believe such magnifying lenses should be passed around. We all need to learn how to gape at the common everyday things we so often take for granted, once in a while.