Within the span of a few pages a short story writer has a lot to do. A story must start, expand, explain and end. It is a difficult task and few are equal to it. But some writers stretch their talents further. The end isn’t just an end but an epiphany; A new understanding. With the talents of James Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, Katherine Mansfield, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others it is easy to see just how their pens write with the ink of genius.