What Purpose Does Short Fiction Serve?

[ellen_datlow]

I and several other editors were asked the above question by SF Signal's John De Nardo. Here are our responses:
Mind Meld

Comments

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I'm glad that it seems to have started up some side discussions of short fiction vs novels. I don't believe any editor thinks that every writer can write both forms equally well. I'm a short fiction fanatic so of course I'm going to encourage the writing of short fiction.