My favorite short story writers are Issac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Philip K. Dick. These writers took the impossible and made them seem commonplace, then shoved the world off it’s axis at the story’s end. They are fun stories to read, as you never know what will happen next, but you do know something will happen. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose is about her favorite stories and writers. Like many college educated writers, she is a huge fan of the Long Dead Writer, and a particular fan of Anton Chekhov. Her advice at one point boils down…