My hasty notes… Utilitarian vs lyrical title, make it match the tone and theme of the work so it attracts the right reader -Gideon Smith Sets reader expectations eg THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT Useful article on short fiction titling by John Joseph Adams www.sfwa.org/2016/05/27/z...

Zen in the Art of Short Fiction Titling - SFWA

by John Joseph Adams Imagine you’re a reader who doesn’t know most of the authors in the anthology you just picked up, or you see someone talking on social media about a cool story they just read. Ar...