Welcome to The Big Jewel, where we see spots before our eyes because, well, we're visiting the Snow Leopard exhibit on our lunch hour. Not to fear, however. We do have a brand new short story for you by a brand new author, a short story about the life and death (and rebirth?) of the short story. If that's not circular enough for you, go read some Wallace Stevens poems about poetry: A Tale By Rick Ruscoll Last night the American short story, in critical condition, was taken by ambulance to a hospital emergency room; there, the American short story was left gasping on a gurney for who knows how long, when Stephen King rushed in... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx