The short story has long been considered one of the most difficult forms of fiction writing.
Authors spend years mastering the style and trying to improve on it, with mixed results.
The same writers who excel at novels often find that their prose falls flat in the concise and, at times, more demanding short-story form. Biguenet is no stranger to the form. His work has appeared in Esquire , Granta and Story . In The Torturer's Apprentice , Biguenet compiles a sparkling menagerie of shorts. Following the lead of modern writers who've moved away from traditional subjects, Biguenet finds inspiration in some truly unusual places.