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There are currently about 100 selections. of Bob Thurber’s work available online. Here is a short list of popular selections:
Zoetrope All Story Extra
“Firebox Fiction” award / Night Train Magazine
2nd Prize in Lumina’s 2005 National Flash Fiction Contest
(reprinted at: The Santa Fe Writers Project)
2006 Editor's Prize from Meridian Magazine. (4 page excerpt, PDF)
"If You'd Like to Make a Call"
2007 Barry Hannah Fiction Prize from Yalobusha Review.
"Firebox Fiction" award / Night Train Magazine. (PDF)
Broadcast on NPR’s Holiday Story Special
"Calling Home from a Phone Booth
Outside a Pub in North Dublin"
Runner up in Geist's 2nd Postcard Story Contest / Issue 57
A story in the Iowa Review’s website
Widely used educational resource.
“How to Write a Good short story”
Another resource: Plain & Simple.
Copyright 2008, Bob Thurber, all rights reserved
Copyright 2008, Bob Thurber, all rights reserved