Wayne C. Long
Biography
Wayne C. Long is an unusually gifted electronic short story teller. His love for and mastery of this delicious and powerful art form puts him right up there with the best!
Having written all his life, whether as a copy writer in the business world or as a writer of edgy short fiction in the digital world, he does one thing particularly well: he mines the edges of human experience for those powerful ideas that no one is tapping into. He visualizes onto the page what other writers overlook, using his cinematically-trained mind’s eye. He distills down the creative essence of the short story, to where less is more.
Wayne’s work has appeared in QST magazine where its international readership voted to honor him with the coveted QST Cover Plaque Award two years in a row. Wayne’s short fiction continues to enchant global readers in The DX Magazine. He has also written for the Wisconsin Writers’ Journal and is known throughout the blogosphere.
For over four years now, his Web site LongShortStories has been his writing home. There, Wayne markets his latest short stories direct to his enthusiastic global audience via e-mail subscription, transmitting a new story in PDF format every 12 days. He offers prospective subscribers single stories via his pay-per-view store, as well as two free sample stories. In addition, Wayne fosters the short story form by hosting two LongShortStories Short Story Contests annually. On the pages of his blog at www.LongShortStories.com/wayne/, he teaches and engages readers in the art of short story writing.
Wayne C. Long is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and his wife, Diane, is also an N.I.U. graduate. They recently built a home on a hill overlooking the headwaters of the Milwaukee River as it meanders into a charming century-old millpond occupied by hundreds of Canada geese. Wayne and Diane are proud of their two married children (a daughter and a son), one very special granddaughter and a brand-new grandson.
Where to find Wayne C. Long online
Books
Slow Dancing - A Short Story
by Wayne C. Long
Price: $0.99 USD. 6900 words.
Published on January 25, 2012. Fiction.
Set in late-50s heartland America, "Slow Dancing" is a Rock 'n' Roll tale of enduring teenage friendship, feuding families, and the finality of death.
Flash In The Hand
by Wayne C. Long
Price: $1.99 USD. 6780 words.
Published on December 18, 2011. Fiction.
A delicious dozen for your hand-held device. Fabulous Flash Fiction (short stories under a thousand words) from the writer of the breakout "Stories from the Edges."
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