In Porter Shreve's review of Amazon's Day One journal in SFGate, he gives a brief but positive review of my short story, "Playing With Dolls". Here's an excerpt:
"The annual Best New American Voices Anthology used to be the place to find some of the finest fiction writing emerging out of the MFA workshops, but it ceased publication in 2010. Besides the literary magazines, which have always led the way in discovering fresh talent, Amazon’s Day One, a weekly e-journal featuring short stories and poems from debut writers, is attempting to fill the void.
Recent highlights include “After the Beauties,” by Julia LoFaso, about a tropical island under quarantine after a deadly parasite infects the waters; “Questions I Don’t Ask Bubby,” by Cady Vishniac, about a Holocaust survivor who plans to undergo a risky surgery to restore her youth; “Playing With Dolls,” by Monica Macansantos, about a Filipino family brought to reckoning when the father runs off with the maid; and “Flags and Rafts,” by Cecilia M. Fernandez, about two long-lost lovers, one in Miami, one in Cuba, trying to reunite, with over a hundred miles of shark-infested waters between them. The variety of form, setting, situation and subject matter in Day One is impressive, and the writing is consistently fresh and interesting, challenging the tired criticism that fiction workshops churn out a predictable type of safe, quiet, mannerly story."
More here: www.sfgate.com/books/article/Roundup-of-new-e-books-6926486.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop
"The annual Best New American Voices Anthology used to be the place to find some of the finest fiction writing emerging out of the MFA workshops, but it ceased publication in 2010. Besides the literary magazines, which have always led the way in discovering fresh talent, Amazon’s Day One, a weekly e-journal featuring short stories and poems from debut writers, is attempting to fill the void.
Recent highlights include “After the Beauties,” by Julia LoFaso, about a tropical island under quarantine after a deadly parasite infects the waters; “Questions I Don’t Ask Bubby,” by Cady Vishniac, about a Holocaust survivor who plans to undergo a risky surgery to restore her youth; “Playing With Dolls,” by Monica Macansantos, about a Filipino family brought to reckoning when the father runs off with the maid; and “Flags and Rafts,” by Cecilia M. Fernandez, about two long-lost lovers, one in Miami, one in Cuba, trying to reunite, with over a hundred miles of shark-infested waters between them. The variety of form, setting, situation and subject matter in Day One is impressive, and the writing is consistently fresh and interesting, challenging the tired criticism that fiction workshops churn out a predictable type of safe, quiet, mannerly story."
More here: www.sfgate.com/books/article/Roundup-of-new-e-books-6926486.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop
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